Champagne diamonds have a unique beauty, an exotic allure that has captivated celebrities, royalty and diamond collectors worldwide.
This love affair with champagne diamonds is most evident among the celebrated set – celebrities such as Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lopez have embraced champagne diamonds in their couture. No red carpet event is complete without sightings of sparkling champagne diamonds.
Who can forget E! reporter Maria Menounos at the 2004 Academy Awards dazzling the crowd in her sensational champagne diamond dress, embroidered with 2,000 champagne diamonds totaling 3,000 carats and worth an amazing $2.5 million.
Guests and onlookers at the 2007 Academy Awards enjoyed a glittering spectacle of champagne diamonds worn by A-list celebrities. Jennifer Lopez wowed everyone with a spectacular pair of 20-carat gray and champagne diamond earrings while acclaimed actress, Hilary Swank, shone with a 20-carat champagne diamond briolette in her hair.
Helen Mirren, winner of the Best Actress Oscar, impressed with an awe-inspiring Chopard 62-carat oval-shaped cognac and white diamond brooch on the back of her gown, and winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, Jennifer Hudson dazzled the crowd with her champagne diamond ring. Cameron Diaz’s fingers matched her Prada dress with a 20-carat cognac diamond ring.
Cate Blanchett’s champagne diamond pendant lit the floor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Jessica Simpson donned a pair of champagne diamond hoop earrings at the MTV Video Music Awards. Ashanti decked herself out with champagne diamond hoops, bracelet and ring at the same awards.
Singer, Kathleen “Bird” York celebrated her first Oscar nomination in by wearing a magnificent pair of 20-carat hand-set natural champagne and cognac diamond earrings, while British pop songbird, Natasha Bedingfield, selected a $1 million diamond necklace studded with champagne, cognac and pink diamonds to wear at an A-list Academy Awards party.
That celebrities are so enamored with champagne diamonds is testament to the diamonds’ ability to make a statement about one’s personal style. They can be stylish, sophisticate, sexy, classical, elegant, understated, feminine and powerful – just like the woman wearing them.
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