In the past few years, women have taken center stage at the annual Cannes Film Festival with Iris Knoboch elected as the first female president of the festival in 2022, and this year, Greta Gerwig is the first female American director to serve as jury president along with actress Camille Cottin hosting the opening and closing ceremonies. In addition, film legend Meryl Streep received the coveted Palme d’Or—the festival’s highest honor—at the opening ceremony, and she did so in style. But this year’s Cannes red carpet has been overflowing with incredible jewelry looks from both women and men. The gentleman have notably been stepping up their accessory game more and more this award season. Here are 10 of the most stunning jewels we’ve seen at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Aubrey Plaza in Piaget
Image Credit: Dave Benett Aubrey Plaza has a built a reputation both on and off screen for her diversity in the roles she plays to her personal sense of style. Underscoring each character and ensemble is an inherent quirkiness all her own. Plaza brought this unique energy to this year’s Cannes Film Festival alongside her Megalopolis castmates and the film’s legendary director, Francis Ford Coppola. For the occasion, she sported a brand that is absolutely on fire right now: Piaget. Piaget has always been known for its bold designs and use of color, which makes the brand a fitting choice for Plaza. For Cannes, she donned two emerald and diamond pieces from Piaget’s Luxuriant Oasis collection: a choker necklace and earrings. She topped off the look with the brand’s new Essence of Extraleganza Ring from the 150th High Jewelry collection.
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Chloe Fineman in Cartier
Image Credit: Laurent KOFFEL Chloe Fineman made her Cannes Film Festival debut alongside her castmates of Megalopolis and the film’s iconic director Francis Ford Coppola. While newer to the film scene, Fineman came dressed to impress alongside the other members of the powerhouse cast. The young actress wore a bold red dress and punctuated the look with two beautiful pieces of jewelry from Cartier. She opted for an on-trend and equally bold Cartier Collection choker necklace from 2004 rendered in platinum and a slew of diamonds. Fineman topped off the ensemble with a more subtle white gold and diamond ring from the French Maison, the Broderie de Cartier ring to be exact.
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Anya Taylor-Joy in Tiffany & Co.
Image Credit: Laurent Koffel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Anya Taylor-Joy has become one to watch both on and off screen. First gaining acclaim for her role in the series The Queen’s Gambit, she hit the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of her upcoming film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. This year, Taylor-Joy has caught equal attention for her style, and it’s clear she has a particular affinity for one brand: Tiffany & Co. Earlier this spring at the Academy Awards, she sported a platinum necklace, ring, and pair of earrings from the iconic brand. For Cannes, she kept with a similar theme, this time opting for simple white gold studs along with two different platinum rings and a breathtaking platinum necklace with over 68 carats of diamonds.
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Meryl Streep in Fred Leighton
Image Credit: Gisela Schober Meryl Streep needs no introduction. She’s one of the most acclaimed actresses of all time, holding the record for most Academy Award nominations of any actor including three Oscar wins as well as three Emmys and nine Golden Globes among countless others. This year, she has a new accolade to add to her impressive roster: the coveted Palme d’Or, the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival. Ever the epitome of class and Grace, Streep took to the red carpet in Fred Leighton. She opted for an updo to show off the brand’s statement making rock crystal and diamond pendant earrings by Hanut Singh.
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Image Credit: Marc Piasecki Omar Sy has been a longtime favorite of French audiences but recently rose to global prominence thanks to his roles in American franchises like X-Men and Jurassic Park. The culmination of his career earned him the privilege to serve on the jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Even though he wasn’t representing one of his films, he certainly came to rep his personal sense of style, decked in Cartier. In addition to a Santos de Cartier skeleton watch, he wore a pair of 18-karat white gold Cartier love earrings with diamonds and this season’s hottest men’s jewelry look: a brooch, an 18-karat white gold Panthère de Cartier brooch with diamonds, emeralds, and onyx to be exact.
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Alton Mason in Messika
Image Credit: JB Lacroix Alton Mason has been breaking down barriers ever since he became the first black male model to walk for Chanel in 2018. Since then, he’s continued to push the bounds on and off the runway with his daring style choices, all at the young age of 26. He appeared on several red carpets throughout this year’s Cannes Film Festival, each time serving an edgy ensemble, complete with fabulous accessories. For the Megalopolis premiere, he wore a particularly flashy look complete with Messika’s statement making So Move three rows necklace.
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Hunter Schaefer in Chopard
Image Credit: Samir Hussein Hunter Schaefer made her Cannes Film festival debut this season on the red carpet for the premiere of her movie Kinds of Kindness. She did so sporting what’s shaping up to be one of the season’s hottest trends: the choker necklace. Schaefer opted for one from Chopard, the official partner of the Cannes Film Festival since 1998. The necklace fittingly comes from the brand’s Red Carpet collection and features an 18-karat white gold setting with nine heart-shaped sapphires surrounded by pear-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds. She topped off the look with a pair of sapphire and diamond earrings from Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie Collection.
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Jasmine Jobson in De Beers
Image Credit: Daniele Venturelli Jasmine Jobson is a young British actress who’s been making waves in the UK and beginning to rise in the global zeitgeist thanks to transitioning from television to film. Her latest role is in the new movie Bird, which debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. For the occasion, Jobson chose an absolutely stunning ensemble with the perfect balance of femineity and masculinity, sleekness and sparkle. To complete the look, she was decked in diamonds from De Beers. She opted for white gold diamond rings from the Enchanted Lotus collection as well as a unique pair of asymmetrical white gold and diamond earrings from the Wonderlight collection.
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Baptiste Giabiconi in Dior
Image Credit: Gisela Schober/Getty Images Baptiste Giabiconi has risen to prominence in the fashion world as the muse of Karl Lagerfeld and has gone on to work for other esteemed houses like Chanel and Fendi. The French model continues to have a thriving career and make waves on the red carpet. At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, he didn’t disappoint, dressed head to toe in Dior. He complete the bold look with just a splash of accessories. He topped off the dramatic suit with a subtle bee brooch from the Maison placed on the collar.
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Emma Stone in De Beers
Image Credit: Pascal Le Segretain Emma Stone hit the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival fresh off her second Oscar win for her role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. Her latest film, Kinds of Kindness, marks the third time she’s worked with the acclaimed director. While it’s yet to be seen if the movie will earn her another Academy Award, she certainly came to Cannes dressed like a winner in an absolutely effortless look that was made for the south of France. She topped it off with gorgeous accessories from De Beers: classic round diamond studs and the show-stopping Optical Wonder Blue ring.
