The best jewellery at the Venice Film Festival 2021, from Zendaya’s mesmerising Bulgari snake necklace to Jessica Chastain’s Chopard diamonds
- Zendaya turned heads at the Dune screening in her custom-made Balmain dress with an emerald and diamond snake necklace from Bulgari’s Magnifica Hypnotic collection
- Penélope Cruz and Kirsten Dunst chose elegant dangling earrings from Chanel and Fred Leighton, while Bianca Balti went for avant-garde-style jewellery by Dolce & Gabbana
Here’s a recap of some of the most glitzy red carpet looks, radiating glamour with opulent high jewellery and one-of-a-kind fashion.
Jessica Chastain
At the screening of Competencia Oficial, American actress Jessica Chastain accessorised her Zuhaid Murad’s scarlet strapless gown with yellow and white diamond pieces from Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie collection.
The sumptuous necklace is set with 40.72 carats of pear-shaped fancy yellow diamonds and 51.50 carats of pear-shaped white diamonds, with their vivid brilliance further enhanced by 5.07 carats of marquise-cut white diamonds and 2.22 carats of yellow diamonds.
Penélope Cruz
“Understated elegance” might best describe the ephemeral high jewellery and fashion combination achieved by Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, who also graced the red carpet for the Competencia Official premiere.
Cruz, an ambassador of Chanel, donned a simple white one-shoulder tiered dress from the brand’s Cruise 2021-22 collection. She complemented the look with luminous pearl tassel earrings with diamond accents – a variation of the Camelia earrings in Chanel’s High Jewellery Signature Collection, designed by the legendary Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel herself in 1932.