Celebrity Jewel: Cannes Film, Fashion & Jewels

This weekend marked the end of the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, with the prestigious Golden Palm Award going to: Tree of Life - starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.


At the premiere of "Tree of Life" - Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain and Brad Pitt...


Jude Law, Uma Thurman, Nansun Shi, Jury President Robert De Niro, Linn Ullmann, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Martina Gusman, Olivier Assayas, and Johnnie To made up the Jury which bestowed awards which included the following:


Best Director:  Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Best Actor:      Jean Dujardin  (The Artist)
Best Actress:   Kirsten Dunst  (Melancholia)
...with Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life  receiving the Palme d’Or.

...and you know that along with movie premieres come Red Carpets and Red Carpet Jewels!

Kirsten Dunst won Cannes’ Best Actress for her role in Melancholia, in a green wool and black dotted lace and tulle gown with Swarovskicrystals from Rodarte’s Fall/Winter 2011 collection with stunning Bulgari jewelry...


more views at JustJared: 
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/05/18/kirsten-dunst-melancholia-cannes-premiere/


Jewelry Insider noticed the abundance of Green early - it carried through all of the events during Cannes.

Here Irina Shayk attends the AmFAR Gala...
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/05/21/irina-shayk-zhang-ziyi-amfar-gala-gals/



One of my favorites was the neckpiece that Rosaria Dawson wore to the AmFAR Gala!

Jewelry Hounds can catch up with the over the top glamour
at the Jewelry Insider's blog!
http://jewelry01.blogspot.com/2011/05/cannes-film-festival-jewelry-update.html

The Red Carpet looks are interspersed with shots from photo calls, casual days as celebs turn up to watch the films being presented and with the obligatory bathing suit and yacht photos - after all this is the French Riviera!

Special Events Held During Cannes:

Designer Roberto Cavalli Opened a Boutique During Cannes:
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/05/18/bar-refaeli-roberto-cavalli-boutique-opening/

2011 amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala:  http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2011/05/20/more-from-the-2011-amfar%E2%80%99s-cinema-against-aids-gala/

Chopard's "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" Party:
http://thestylistsite.com/2011/05/17/cannes-chopard-diamonds-girls-best-friend-bar-refaeli/

Fashion and Celebrity Blogs:

If you are all about the fashion - Red Carpet Fashion Awards posts her favorite looks of each day - you can start with Day 1 here: http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2011/05/11/who-was-your-best-dressed-on-day-1-of-cannes-film-festival-2/

Just Jared  http://justjared.buzznet.com/tags/2011-cannes-film-festival/

E!Online  http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/2011_cannes/index.html

Chanel Spring 2011 Press Day

Last week the iconic house of Chanel invited the press to view their 2011 Spring Collection.

There were all the fabulous handbags and accessories that we have come to expect from Chanel but this is a jewelry blog so lets take a look at the Chanel Jewelry.

Fashion Bracelets...enamel with their iconic double C logo - Glittering Lucite Bangles

...and shoulder dusting earrings from gold & blackened metal chains - what would Chanel be without chain.

For a full report on all things Chanel see the Red Carpet-Fashion Awards Blog...

The Red Carpet...

"The Red Carpet" - the words alone bring to mind visions of privileged people in glamorous gowns draped in diamonds and jewels...we are mesmerized.

For jewelers these are important events - a celebrity in your jewelry on the right "Red Carpet" can be a catalyst in a jewelers career.

...and for some of us it is just mesmerizing to watch all the beauty going down the carpet...and several trends have come off the red carpet. But who has time to look for coverage of each and every Red Carpet Event?! Certainly not me! So I am going to share my favorite coverage of all things "Red Carpet"... Red Carpet Fashion Awards!

Red Carpet Fashion Awards is on every red carpet - everywhere - right now the coverage is Cannes and when I say coverage, this site COVERS it! With shots of the gown from the haute couture runways next to a shot of a star wearing the same gown.

While the site does a fairly good job of covering jewelry (I only wish they posted the Designer names) with closer views and when possible the name of the Designer.

So - lets take a Red Carpet Fashion Awards look at Cannes 2010:

Fan Bingbing in a gold one-sleeved print gown looks to be an update of traditional embroidered oriental gowns with dragons and waves crashing along the hem. She is showing off large glittering earrings with a wide bracelet combo - this is a standard runway look for the last few seasons.

This is a great example of runway to real person - Elie Saab from the runway and on the lovely Helen Mirren - BTW those are Chopard Diamond Cuffs that Helen added to the look.

...Helen Mirren again - she knows how to show the jewels...again in Elie Saab and Chopard, but I thought that you would be excited to see that there have been several necklaces and neckpieces worn at Cannes 2010!

All photos are from the Red Carpet Fashion Awards site and are used here to entice you to click through and check out the daily posts from the Red Carpet events around the world!