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Celebrity Jewelry Gawk™ - Bling on Rings
Drop earrings may have dominated the red carpet at the recent Emmy Awards, but there’s no denying celebrity love for cocktail rings. From large, ornamental designs to more delicate, feminine styles, here’s the best of the star’s rings this month....
Drop earrings may have dominated the red carpet at the recent Emmy Awards, but there’s no denying celebrity love for cocktail rings. From large, ornamental designs to more delicate, feminine styles, here’s the best of the star’s rings this month.
Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester wore Van Cleef & Arpels’ “Two Butterfly” ring (below), a between-the-finger ring featuring round diamonds and yellow sapphires set in 18-karat yellow and white gold.
Marisol Nichols (below), of the TV show 24, wore a Katerina Maxine 18-karat white gold ring with a nearly 9-carat rubellite and diamonds ($18,400) to an Emmys party in Los Angeles.
Cote de Pablo, from the TV series NCIS, donned Brumani’s Baobab 18-karat yellow gold ring (below) with brown diamonds, aquamarine and pink tourmaline ($12,001) to an awards event in California this month.
Mad Men’s Jessica Paré (below) accessorized with an Arunashi blue moonstone and black diamond “Mushroom” ring ($7,650) for an Emmys party in Los Angeles.
Thor’s Jaimie Alexander wore a Victor Velyan ring (below) with spessartite garnet ($6,140) to a soiree in West Hollywood.
House’s Jennifer Morrison (below) wore KumKum’s Paradise night black zircon and sterling silver ring ($599) outside of the Jimmy Kimmel Live studios in Los Angeles this month.
Morrison also wore Le Vian’s 14-karat rose gold and diamond flower ring (below, $6,847) to a movie premiere.
Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively (below) donned a large pavé flower ring ($1,325) by M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza on the set of the show in Los Angeles.
True Blood’s Kristin Bauer wore a sapphire ring ($1,295) by M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza to a premiere in Los Angeles.
Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks (below) wore Carrera y Carrera’s 18-karat yellow gold Gardenia ring with pearl and diamonds ($5,300) to an awards event in New York City.
Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland wore Baccarat’s Fleurs de Psydelic iridescent mahogany, honey and pink Mordore crystal ring (below, $595) to a movie premiere in Los Angeles.
Singer Natasha Bedingfield (below) sailed away with DeLatori’s 18-karat gold plated sterling silver ring with white drusy and white topaz ($450).
Victoria Justice, from the TV series Victorious, wore a 14-karat yellow gold and raw diamond
ring (below, $390) by 88 by Sandy Simonian to an awards event.
Modern Family’s editor Ryan Case wore Erica Courtney’s 18-karat yellow gold ring (below, $24,000) with diamonds and an alexandrite center.
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