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Celebrity Jewelry Gawk™ - Classy, colorful looks
It’s all earrings and bangles these days with celebrities, and while we’ve got the traditional white-gold and diamond look happening, more stars are hitting the red carpet in colored gems. Twilight star Ashley Greene (below) was seen wearing bangles and...
It’s all earrings and bangles these days with celebrities, and while we’ve got the traditional white-gold and diamond look happening, more stars are hitting the red carpet in colored gems.
Twilight star Ashley Greene (below) was seen wearing bangles and earrings by M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza to a ball in Los Angeles. The star's earrings are made with colored sapphires ($670) and her bangles include the orange enamel abstract ($2,000), the pave art deco ($1,845), the futuristic deco ($2,345), the dotted bangle with semiprecious stones ($895), and the green sapphire bangle ($1,650).
Vanessa Minnillo’s (below) Adeler earrings are made from 14-karat yellow gold with chalcedony cabochon stones ($3,695).
Jennifer Lopez (below, top) wore a Brumani ring (below, middle) in 18-karat white gold with diamonds ($4,614) and a Katerina Maxine Victorian scroll ring (below, bottom) in 18-karat white gold with a ruby center stone ($16,780) to a gala in New York City.
Halle Berry’s (below) 18-karat gold and diamond Bavna hoop earrings ($7,500) shined at the “Beauty Culture” exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography.
American actress Aimee Teegarden (below) wore Brumani’s “Maitan Black” earrings in 18-karat white and black gold with round diamonds ($7,821) to the 2011 Young Hollywood Awards.
Nick Cannon (below) wore ELYSEE’s classic automatic watch ($850) while filming America’s Got Talent. The watch is made in rose gold stainless steel on a black leather strap, and features a black dial, moon phases and automatic movement.
American sportscaster Erin Andrews (below) accessorized with Diamond in the Rough chandelier earrings with pave diamond accents ($25,000) while attending the 36th Annual Gracie Awards Gala in Beverly Hills.
Demi Moore (below) wore M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza’s large pave link dangling earrings ($812) to Samsung’s “Hope for Children” gala held in New York City last week.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (below) donned Links of London’s effervescence stiletto earrings to the Ark Gala Dinner, the royal couple’s first official public engagement as newlyweds.
Tamera Mowry (below) wed FOX news correspondent Adam Housley dre
ssed in jewelry from Erica Courtney. Mowry’s chose platinum flower basket earrings with white topaz and diamonds ($24,000) and a platinum Moulin rose-cut fancy color 10-carat diamond necklace ($90,000) for the day.
Emma Roberts (below) wore Amrapali Victorian diamond stud earrings ($5,690) to Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema in New York City.
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