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The Hollywood men leading the male jewellery revival: from Timothée Chalamet, Jared Leto and Cillian Murphy, to Rami Malek and Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan – the boys doing bling right

It’s gents’ time to sparkle: Louis Vuitton debuted a men’s jewellery line in 2024, Timothée Chalamet and other male celebs are bringing the bling, and international stylists and auction houses are loving it. Photo: @cartier/Instagram
It’s gents’ time to sparkle: Louis Vuitton debuted a men’s jewellery line in 2024, Timothée Chalamet and other male celebs are bringing the bling, and international stylists and auction houses are loving it. Photo: @cartier/Instagram
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  • Hollywood stars from Timothée Chalamet to Cillian Murphy are all lighting up the red carpet with serious high jewellery pieces – veteran UK stylist Tom Stubbs says it’s shine time for men
  • As men’s jewellery comes back into vogue, fashion experts tell Style just what the newly jewellery-curious gent should look out for

After several decades in the inspiration wilderness, men’s jewellery is staging a comeback – and doing so with no little attitude.

Rami Malek stars in a Cartier video for the brand’s iconic Tank Francaise watch, directed by Guy Ritchie and shot in Paris
Rami Malek stars in a Cartier video for the brand’s iconic Tank Francaise watch, directed by Guy Ritchie and shot in Paris

Glamorous gentlemen’s bling is strutting back into the spotlight, adorning male celebrities from Timothée Chalamet and Jared Leto, to Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan and Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek – all of whom have been spotted on more than one occasion sporting serious pieces on the red carpet.

LV gets in on the act

Louis Vuitton’s The Les Gastons Vuitton collection is inspired by and named after a grandson of the company founder. Photo: @francescaamfitheatrof/Instagram
Louis Vuitton’s The Les Gastons Vuitton collection is inspired by and named after a grandson of the company founder. Photo: @francescaamfitheatrof/Instagram
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As men’s jewellery grows in popularity, fashion houses are capitalising on the trend. In January, French luxury giant Louis Vuitton launched its first high jewellery line for men, including bracelets, rings, earrings and pendants in white and yellow gold, as well as more modern materials like titanium.

Created by Francesca Amfitheatrof, the brand’s artistic director of watches and jewellery since 2018, the Les Gastons Vuitton collection is inspired by and named after a grandson of the company founder. The gentleman in question, Gaston-Louis Vuitton, was a driving force behind the company’s transformation from a specialist malletier (trunk maker) to a more diverse “manufacturer of trunks, leather goods, goldsmith products and travel items”, as its mission statement was reworded in 1914.
Rings with meaning. Photo: @francescaamfitheatrof/Instagram
Rings with meaning. Photo: @francescaamfitheatrof/Instagram

Entry-level items in the range include a small white gold ring and a single stud earring. At the more exclusive end of the spectrum there is a white gold ring set with 140 diamonds, or an extravagant laser-cut white gold necklace dripping in gems.

Les Gastons also includes that perennial gentleman’s favourite, the signet ring. Like many other items in the collection, it bears the recognisable LV monogram – contrary to the long-standing tradition of having a signet ring that carries a family crest or one’s own initials.

Louis Vuitton Les Gastons. Photo: Handout
Louis Vuitton Les Gastons. Photo: Handout

“I wouldn’t wear a signet ring with LV on it unless my name was Vince Lambert or Leslie Valentine or something,” said British stylist Tom Stubbs, who has dressed an array of prominent people for decades, including actors Eddie Redmayne and Mark Strong, actor-singer Luke Evans, actor-filmmaker-rapper Ed Skrein and singer-songwriter David Gray.

A fresh spin on the signet ring