“I had originally met Colleen when we did the jewelry for Julia Roberts in The Mexican. Copyright 2005 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc The West bracelet is reflective of both films: fun and fashionable, decadent and innocent, all at the same time.”

Lane also points out “the Hollywood of today is borrowing from the Hollywood of the past. Lane revealed that these were the type of bracelets that women wore in those days when they ‘arrived’ or had ‘back door’ relationships in which the guys would lavish diamonds on them. Atwood went to Hollywood legend Neil Lane and borrowed stacks of Art Deco diamond bracelets, one of which was owned previously by Mae West, which Neil had purchased for his private collection and archives Set in the same era as West’s She Done Him Wrong, the 2002, Rob Marshall adaptation of the musical Chicago stars Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zellweger as ‘Velma Kelly’ and ‘Roxie Hart’, two murderesses who try to escape the gallows by using their stage act and celebrity. Nominated for 11 Academy awards and recipient of three for Costume design thus far, Colleen Atwood’s first win was for Chicago in 2002. It is comprised of approximately 1,300 diamonds and its weight is 134 karats. It was inspired by the embellished styles of the jewels during the reign of Louis XVI-which imbued the necklace with the over-the-top opulence that was perfect for the film.

Although there was jewelry enhancing Nicole Kidman’ character throughout the film as the beautiful Courtesan Satine, the major piece was a fantasy bib necklace designed specifically for the movie by Stefano Canturi. This was the case in Moulin Rouge to achieve the fantastical look, feel and pop score of the film. Although Martin researches the eras in which the films take place like that of an art and fashion historian, she deliberately steps out of the time periods. Let the first credit’s roll on a selection of award winners:īaz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge 2001 earned his wife, costume and production designer Catherine Martin Academy awards in both of those categories. The jewelry in the films help to define and develop character and advance plot while other items –or singular pieces have made it from screen to street initiating new trends or bringing back past styling. Bejeweled has published and will continue to publish stories on the great houses and jewels of early Hollywood and the screen sirens who owned them in real life and wore them in film.īut for this particular piece, we celebrate films from 2001 through the present, which have garnered Oscars for costume designers and others which have showcased the jewelry some of us covet and some of us even own. For this article, I have chosen to go back in time only to the beginning of the 21 st century in selecting the movies that range from modern day romantic comedies to period films. As We Enter a New Year we look back on almost two decades of our favorite jewelry in films DecemINSPIRATIONS, SCREEN GEMS OffĪs 2016 comes to a close with holiday movies hitting the theaters and award season just around the corner, BEJEWELEDMAG.COM pays tribute to films, which featured jewelry designers, renowned houses and antique dealers that have made an impact on our collective imaginations.

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