This year’s honorees include a Midwest retailer and two multi-store independents, one in New York and the other in New England.
Celebrity Jewelry Gawk – Spring rings in
Although winter weather is lingering in certain regions of the country, spring is here and celebrities are bringing in the season with bold-colored baubles.
Now that awards season is over, stars seem to be donning more day-to-day jewelry: stud earrings, smaller drop earrings and more subtle (yet still trendy) necklaces. Still, celebrities are sporting more glamorous pieces for TV appearances.
Scroll down to see the best in celebrity jewelry this month.
Spring Breakers actress Vanessa Hudgens (below) wore Dove’s Angel Hair earrings, made in 18-karat yellow gold with rutilated quartz and diamonds ($9,225), on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 20.
Hudgens also donned Demarco’s sliced diamond Flower ring (below, $41,235) while on the show.
Skyfall’s Bérénice Marlohe (below) accessorized with Allia’s small Smokey Jagged ring ($3,990) at the grand opening of the Escada flagship store in Berlin on March 19.
Beth Behrs of the TV show Two Broke Girls wore 14-karat white gold, white topaz earrings and diamond earrings (below, $1,365) by Emily Faith Collection to the 30th Annual PaleyFest, a TV fan festival, in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 14.
Dancing with the Stars host Brooke Burke-Charvet (below) wore two palladium rings for the show’s 16th season premiere this month: a palladium, pink tourmaline and sapphire ring by Thomas Wittelsbach (Green Lake Jewelry Works) and a palladium angular ring featuring rubellite and trillion-cut diopside by Stephen Arnold (F and C Creations).
A pregnant Kim Kardashian (below) donned Le Vian’s 14-karat “Vanilla” gold earrings with “Blackberry” and “Vanilla” diamonds ($4,797) to the Atlanta premiere of Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor on March 16.
Also accessorizing with studs this month was actress Halle Berry, who wore Baccarat’s Mist crystal studs (below, $375) to a press conference for her new movie The Call in Beverly Hills on March 13.
Actress Anna Sophia Robb (below) will wear Alex Woo’s Little C necklace throughout the new show The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to the popular TV show Sex and the City. The necklace is available in silver, gold or with diamonds ($158 to $878).
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