Chopard and Cannes: a celebration of stars

Every year, the Cannes Film Festival is something that is eagerly looked-forward to by people across the globe. These include not only aficionados of the silver screen, but also lovers of haute joaillerie and haute couture as the press and the social media is in frenzy about who wore what for the famed red carpet appearances. Chopard is a leading actor in this scenario, as it has been for the past 25 years, as the luxury marque is inextricably linked with the Cannes. We bring you not only a peek at all the stars who lit up the red carpet with high jewellery from Chopard, but also the brand’s Red Carpet Collection for the year…

amfAR Gala Cannes 2022
The amfAR Gala Cannes 2022 on May 26, 2022, was a glittering event attended by the movers and shakers of the film industry and fashionistas wearing Chopard creations.

American singer Christina Aguilera shined in earrings from the Precious Lace Collection in 18-carat white gold featuring rubies and diamonds, while actress Vanessa Hudgens sparkled in a pair of earrings in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold from the Red Carpet Collection featuring a pair of pear-shaped diamonds totalling 18.05-carats and 5.82-carats of diamonds, a ring from the Haute Joaillerie Collection in 18-carat white gold featuring a 5.86-carat brilliant-cut diamond and diamonds, and a ring from the Precious Lace Collection in 18-carat white gold featuring diamonds.

French Actress Camille Razat was magnificent in a necklace in platinum featuring 62.1-carats of heart-shaped diamonds, a ring in 18-carat white gold featuring diamonds and rubies, a diamond band in 18-carat white gold, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection, and a ring from the Green Carpet Collection in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring marquise-cut diamonds.

English Actress Claire Foy dazzled in earrings in 18-carat white gold featuring four pear-shaped emeralds totalling 40.37-carats and a ring in 18-carat white gold featuring a pear-shaped emerald and diamonds, both from the Haute Joaillerie Collection, along with a bracelet from the Red Carpet Collection in platinum set with 56.58-carats of diamonds.

Actress Eva Longoria selected earrings in 18-carat white gold and titanium featuring 18.69-carats of diamonds and a ring in 18-carat white gold featuring diamonds, both from the Precious Lace Collection, and a ring from the Haute Joaillerie Collection in Fairmined-certified 18-carat yellow gold and 18-carat white gold featuring a cut-cornered rectangular yellow diamond and diamonds.

Canadian-South African model Maye Musk shined in earrings in titanium featuring 92.06-carats of pear-shaped tanzanites and a bracelet in 18-carat white gold featuring 50.08-carats of diamonds, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

American media personality Olivia Culpo dazzled in earrings in 18-carat white gold featuring a pair of pear-shaped diamonds totalling 10.14-carats and 7.72-carats of diamonds and a bracelet in 18-carat white gold featuring 35.28-carats, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

South African actress Charlbi Dean Kriek shined in a pair of diamond stud earrings in 18-carat white gold and a diamond bracelet set in platinum and 18-carat white gold featuring 35.47-carats of diamonds.

French model Cindy Bruna was stunning in earrings in 18-carat white gold featuring 14.98-carats of diamonds and a ring in 18-carat white gold set with diamonds, both from the Precious Lace Collection, and a bracelet from the Haute Joaillerie Collection in platinum featuring 24-carats of marquise-cut and briolette-cut diamonds.

Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, selected a necklace in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring a 50-carat brilliant cut diamond and diamonds, and a ring in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring a 20-carat cushion-cut diamond and diamonds, all from the Garden of Kalahari Collection.

Italian actor Michele Morrone selected a L.U.C XPS timepiece in 18-carat white gold set with diamonds, while Czech model Petra Nemcova chose a necklace in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring 89.62-carats of pear-shaped emeralds, 28.3-carats of diamonds and 12.07-carats of emeralds and earrings in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring a pair of round shaped emeralds and 19.51-carats of diamonds, while Chopard Co-President and Artistic Director Caroline Scheufele wore high jewellery from Chopard.

Red Carpet – Closing Ceremony
American actress Aja Naomi King shined in a necklace in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold, a pair of diamond studs in 18-carat white gold totalling 8.03-carats, a diamond band in 18-carat white gold and a ring in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring a 4.7-carat pear-shaped red spinel and diamonds, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

French actress Camille Razat dazzled in earrings from the Precious Lace Collection in 18-carat white gold set with 9.06-carats of diamonds, a bracelet from the Haute Joaillerie Collection in 18-carat white gold featuring 45.30-carats of diamonds and a ring from the Red Carpet Collection in 18-carat white gold featuring a 4.4-carat round-shaped emerald and diamonds.

French filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré was magnificent in earrings from the Precious Lace Collection in 18-carat white gold featuring 3.15-carats of diamonds, a diamond band from the Haute Joaillerie Collection in 18-carat white gold and a ring from the Green Carpet Collection in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring marquise-cut diamonds.

Swedish actress and Member of the Jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival Noomi Rapace stunned in earrings in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring a pair of cushion-shaped sapphires totalling 31.93-carats and pear-shaped diamonds and a necklace in 18-carat white gold featuring 119.60-carats of pear-shaped sapphires and 20.14-carats of pear-shaped diamonds, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

Italian actress and Member of the Jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival Jasmine Trinca glittered in earrings in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring 11.25-carats of diamonds and a ring in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring 5.26-carats of diamonds, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

Polish actress and Member of the Un Certain Regard Jury Joanna Kulig sparkled in a necklace in platinum set with 62.1-carats of heart-shaped diamonds, a pair of diamond studs in 18-carat white gold, a ring in 18-carat white gold featuring a 4.54-carat square emerald-cut diamond and trapeze cut diamonds.

Chopard Co-President and Artistic Director Caroline Scheufele wore a necklace in  Fairmined-certified 18-carat yellow gold and white gold featuring a 33.26-carat rectangular-cut yellow diamond and 61.26-carats of white diamonds and a bracelet in Fairmined-certified 18-carat white gold featuring 44.37-carats of diamond beads and diamonds, both from the Red Carpet Collection, along with diamond stud earrings in 18-carat white gold and a ring in 18-carat white gold featuring a heart-shaped diamond and diamonds, both from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

French actor William Abadie selected a Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2RE.1 in 18-carat white gold.

Red Carpet Collection – ‘Chopard Loves Cinema’
Representing so much more than an oft-repeated refrain, ‘Chopard Loves Cinema’ is the theme chosen by Chopard to mark its activities at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, which corresponds to the jeweller’s 25th participation as an official partner. On this occasion, Caroline Scheufele has designed a masterful Red Carpet Collection of 75 Haute Joaillerie creations: an epic saga inspired by the grand adventure of cinema from its early black and white charms to its dizzying colours. This creative abundance draws on her own repertoire and the magnificent models capture the watershed moment when contemporary cinema was born and began to blossom.

Caroline Scheufele unveiled the first creations ahead of the full Red Carpet Collection that was staged at the Cannes Film Festival. Chopard’s tireless Co-President and Artistic Director’s zest for life and eclectic tastes drive her prolific inventiveness and a dazzling capacity to arouse jewellery emotions. Much like a film director, this keen lover of the seventh art has devised a jewellery collection freely inspired by her favourite movies, which have had a lasting impact on her, whether through the worlds they portray or certain legendary scenes that have inducted these masterpieces into cinema’s hall of fame. In tribute to the 75th Cannes Film Festival, the collection is composed of no fewer than 75 Haute Joaillerie creations.

To enhance the dazzling sparkle of this Red Carpet Collection, Chopard’s ateliers have assembled a selection of high-quality precious stones. This approach has notably given rise to earrings set with two 17.16 and 15.85-carat unheated sapphires. While sourcing a single sapphire of this size and with such a naturally rich colour is already a rare occurrence in itself, pairing two specimens of equal properties is quite simply miraculous. To reveal the nobility of this sapphire duo, whose luminous hue is described as cornflower blue, Chopard has combined them with two sets of white, pink and blue diamonds, thus creating an enchanting visual feast.

A great admirer of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece “To Catch a Thief”, Caroline Scheufele has also designed a necklace based on an exceptional 13.69-carat internally flawless D-grade diamond, which evokes the spirit of the French Riviera, whose luxury and relaxed lifestyle have been attracting the greatest stars for decades.

Other jewels in the Red Carpet Collection include a rich pearl necklace punctuated by a pear-shaped spinel that falls gracefully into the hollow of the neck, as well as a set of aquamarine and diamond rings and earrings shaped like the prow of a gondola and Venetian bridges, as well as a pair of earrings in tangy colours punctuated by yellow, pink and white diamonds.