Chopard is a favourite at amfAR’S Cinema Against AIDS Gala
The 22nd annual Cinema Against AIDS gala took place in the Mediterranean resort of Antibes, in south-eastern France
The fund-raising event was a huge success where more than $30 million was collected for amfAR's AIDS research programs and the search for a cure. The undisputed highlight of the evening was a live auction, led by auctioneer Simon de Pury, in which a stunning 18½ foot tall sculpture by Jeff Koons, titled ‘Colouring Book’, was up for grabs. After a lively round of bidding, the work, part of Koons’s Celebration Series, sold for over $13 million.
The fundraiser, at the 68th Annual Cannes Film Festival, was awash with high-profile celebrities who chose to show their support for Chopard on the glamorous Red Carpet; French actress Marion Cotillard wore a stunning necklace featuring white diamond beads, totalling 205 carats, set in 18-karat white gold, and a white diamond ring from Chopard’s Red Carpet Collection, featuring a pair of emerald-cut diamonds and diamond pave set in 18 karat white gold.
Meanwhile, Chopard ambassadress, Czech model Petra Nemcova adorned her look with a pair of peridot earrings with black pearls set in 18-karat white gold, and an emerald cut diamond ring with trapeze and brilliant-cut white diamonds set in platinum. Also on the Red Carpet was famed American model, Kendall Jenner, who dazzled in a pair of ashoka-cut white diamond earrings set in platinum, whilst on her long tapered fingers sat; a white diamond swan ring from Chopard’s Animal World Collection featuring black diamonds, yellow diamonds and chalcedony set in 18-karat white gold, a white diamond ring set in 18-karat Fairmined white gold from Chopard’s Green Carpet Collection, a white diamond ring set in 18-karat white gold, an ashoka-cut white diamond ring set in platinum and a rose-cut white diamond ring set in platinum.
Other stars who were spotted in Chopard jewels were; Brazilian Model Adriana Lima, who wore a pair of earrings featuring pear-shaped tanzanites and white diamonds set in titanium, and an ashoka-cut white diamond bracelet set in platinum and American actress Michelle Rodriguez, who wore a white diamond necklace and earring suite set in 18-karat white gold, a white diamond ring, and a pear-shaped white diamond ring set on a band of white diamond pave in 18-karat white gold.
English Model Jourdan Dunn sparkled in a pair of earrings featuring pink sapphires and rubies set in 18-karat rose gold, and a ring featuring a cushion shaped amethyst with pink sapphires, blue sapphires and amethysts set in 18-karat rose gold, both items are from Chopard’s Temptations Collection. Whereas, German model Toni Garrn dazzled in a pair of white diamond earrings set in 18-karat white gold, a brilliant-cut white diamond ring set on a white diamond pave band in 18-karat white gold and a marquise-cut white diamond ring set on a band of white diamond pave in 18-karat white gold.
