2025 Oscars: 12 Jewelry Looks We Loved

“Diamonds Are Forever,” sang Doja Cat in a musical tribute to 60 years of James Bond films at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Apropos—since that was the overriding jewelry theme of the night. (Though while she was singing the Shirley Bassey classic, Doja was dripping in roughly 1 million Swarovski crystals.)

Here, we break down a dozen of the most dazzling, diamond-filled looks of the night.

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh (photo: Heather Swift/The Academy)

When we grow up, we’d like to be as cool as Wicked’s Shiz sorceress and Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh. The strapless blue Balenciaga! The Boucheron Plume ear cuff! The backlace! And, yes, of course, she was wearing one of her beloved bejeweled Richard Mille timepieces.

Boucheron Quatre Radiant Edition High Jewelry tie-necklace with princess-cut, baguette-cut, and round diamonds in white gold

Boucheron Plume de Paon asymmetrical earrings with pavé diamonds, set with rose-cut diamonds, in white gold

Boucheron Plume de Paon large ring with pavé diamonds, set with a rose-cut diamond in white gold

 Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo (photo: Trae Patton/The Academy)

The details hadn’t been announced, but everyone pretty much knew the two Wicked witches—Oscar nominees Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande—would be performing “Defying Gravity” during the telecast. Fortunately, we only had to wait for the show-opening medley: First, Grande sung Judy Garland’s signature “Over the Rainbow,” wearing Dorothy-coded sequined red heels and a Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli gown with a ruby slipper affixed to her back; then, Erivo performed Dorothy’s ballad “Home” from the 1975 musical The Wiz. Finally, the duo went into Wicked’s now-ubiquitous anthem, which finished with Erivo’s roof-raising riff. For her performance, Erivo wore a decidedly non-Elphaba-esque custom floral-trimmed Vivienne Westwood ballgown based on a piece from the designer’s spring-summer 1997 “Viva La Bagatelle” collection, accessorized with art deco–style white gold and diamond jewels from Marli New York. How will she ever top this next year when she’s plugging the sequel, Wicked: For Good?

Marli New York High Style Moonlight necklace in 18k white gold with diamonds

Marli New York Cleo Rev diamond earrings in 18k white gold with diamonds

Marli New York High Style Moonlight rings in 18k white gold with diamonds

Marli New York High Style Darli Convertible ring in 18k white gold with diamonds

 Paul Tazewell

Paul Tazewell (photo: Al Seib/The Academy)

In 2019, Black Panther’s Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for costume design. On Sunday, Paul Tazewell—the man behind Glinda’s diaphanous gowns and Elphaba’s swooping skirts in Wicked—became the first Black man to win in the category. And he did it with style to spare, in a Kwiat Ashoka diamond snake ring, Fred Leighton art deco emerald and diamond cufflinks, and the brooch to end all brooches—a diamond and platinum Fred Leighton from the 1950s. It’s good to see him, isn’t it?

Fred Leighton 1950s diamond and platinum brooch with 45+ cts. t.w. round and baguette-cut diamonds

 Mikey Madison

Mikey Madison (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

Everyone loves to drop the phrase old Hollywood glamour, but we rarely see it executed so well: Here’s surprise Best Actress winner Mikey Madison, the young star of Anora—which won Best Picture and four other awards—wearing Dior haute couture, inspired by “Bal à Paris,” a 1956 spring-summer Christian Dior gown. And the pièce de résistance: an Edwardian diamond necklace straight out of the Tiffany & Co. archives. (Madison’s other jewels—diamond studs, a marquise and round diamond cluster bracelet, a sweet pink tourmaline and diamond ring, and a 9+ ct. diamond ring—were lovely too.) At the Oscars we also saw Gal Gadot in an Angela Cummings for Tiffany 1980 gold petal necklace and Robert Downey Jr. sporting a Schlumberger for Tiffany brooch from 1956. At the SAG Awards, Jeremy Allen White surprised us with a late–art deco Tiffany brooch. Note to stylists: Keep digging into the big jewelry brands’ archives.

Tiffany & Co. Archives necklace in platinum-iridium with diamonds, 1909–1919 (photo: Tiffany & Co.)

 Timothée Chalamet

Timothée Chalamet (photo: Michael Baker/The Academy)

Nominated for his star turn as a young Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, Chalamet has been totally unpredictable fashion-wise on the awards-show circuit this season. No one could have called this butter-yellow Givenchy leather tuxedo by Sarah Burton. But you knew the Cartier ambassador was going to break out some eye-popping pieces. The spiky yellow gold and diamond rings? A late-’80s chunky chain link necklace with a yellow diamond center? The coveted mid-1990s mini Baignoire watch? As Dylan sang: “Once upon a time you dressed so fine…”

Cartier Tradition necklace, 1988, in 18k yellow gold, 18k white gold, with sapphires, white pavé diamonds, and 3.84 ct. brilliant-cut fancy yellow diamond

Cartier Collection mini Baignoire watch, 1994, 18k yellow gold, with triangular-shape diamonds, square-cut faceted rubies, and pear-shape faceted sapphires

 Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

We thought Selena Gomez couldn’t top her baby-blue Prada Golden Globes gown…and then we saw her step onto the red carpet at the Oscars in this custom Ralph Lauren blush design—covered in 16,000 (!) glass-like beads—which took a team of 12 people to create. Her look was reportedly inspired by Sophia Loren, so it’s only fitting that the Emilia Pérez star selected diamonds from Loren’s favorite jeweler, Bulgari.

Bulgari High Jewelry necklace in platinum with 10.16 ct. pear-shape diamond, 6.91 cts. t.w. round brilliant-cut diamonds, 11.6 cts. t.w. step-cut diamonds, and 20.78 cts. t.w. pavé-set diamonds

Bulgari High Jewelry earrings in white gold with 3 cts. t.w. round brilliant-cut diamonds, 1.88 cts. t.w. step cut diamonds, and round brilliant-cut diamonds; (bottom l.) Bulgari High Jewelry ring in platinum with 3.6 ct. round diamond, 1.23 cts. t.w. step-cut diamonds, and 3.09 cts. t.w. pavé-set diamonds; (bottom r.) Bulgari Serpenti Viper one-coil ring in 18k white gold with full pavé diamonds

 Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

Our favorite fashionable male star, Best Actor nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), again stole the show in a sash-tied tuxedo jacket by Alexander Michele for Valentino. Continuing the ribbon motif were two pieces from the Boucheron Private Collection: the Ribbon clip on his lapel (Domingo does love a brooch) and the gold rope chain bracelet with a pompom tassel. And just for fun—Serpent Bohème stud earrings and a Fuzzy the Leopard ring. The man never misses.

Boucheron Private Collection bracelet, 1946, with gold rope chains, gold tubular motifs, platinum and round diamonds, and ribbed clasp ending with a pompom tassel

Boucheron Fuzzy the Leopard Cat ring with emeralds, tourmaline, black lacquer, and pavé diamonds in pink gold

 Halle Berry

Halle Berry (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

“My entire career I wanted to dress one person at the Oscars, and that’s Halle Berry,” designer Christian Siriano said on E! preshow on the red carpet. And this shattered-mirror gown, which contains 7,000 beads, was worth the wait. Berry’s jewelry was appropriately edgy and modern: chain links and pavé styles from Italian brand Pomellato, in both cool white and warm rose gold.

Pomellato Catene necklace in 18k white gold with diamonds (worn as a bracelet)

Pomellato Catene rings in 18k rose gold and 18k white gold with diamonds

Pomellato Iconica earrings in 18k rose gold with diamonds and Iconica ring in 18k rose gold with diamonds

 Coralie Fargeat

Coralie Fargeat (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

And the backlace trend continues: We saw it on Michelle Yeoh, Margaret Qualley (costar of The Substance), producer Lisa Remington (a winner for her documentary short The Only Girl in the Orchestra), and Coralie Fargeat, a Best Director nominee for The Substance. To be fair, this cool Boucheron creation dangled even farther down the front than it did down the back—it reached almost to Fargeat’s waist. But we’re still putting it in the backlace category.

Boucheron Nature Triomphante High Jewelry collection Rosée necklace with pavé diamonds in white gold

 Demi Moore

Demi Moore (photo: Kyusung Gong/The Academy)

The night might have been a disappointment for Demi Moore, surely the odds-on favorite to win Best Actress for her starring role in the sci-fi satire The Substance. But if it’s any consolation, she won big-time with this look: a custom crystal-embroidered Armani Privé gown and nearly 100 carats of Chopard diamonds.

Chopard Red Carpet Collection earrings in 18k white gold with 17.114 cts. t.w. diamonds

Chopard Garden of Kalahari Collection bracelet in 18k white gold with 20 ct. emerald-cut diamond, 15 ct. emerald-cut diamond, and 31.64 cts. t.w. diamonds

Chopard Garden of Kalahari Collection ring with 10 ct. oval-shape white diamond and 5.7 cts. t.w. of diamonds in 18k white gold

 Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

Just as she did at the Golden Globes, Emilia Pérez’s Best Supporting Actress winner Zoe Saldaña debuted a Cartier High Jewelry creation on the red carpet: the Panthère Versatiles, from the Nature Sauvage collection. Composed of 18k white gold, onyx, diamonds, and a 10.1 ct. Zambian emerald, the necklace, described by the maison as “highly transformable,” took—wait for it—4,827 hours (34 months) to create. It can be worn not only as a necklace but also as a bracelet, and even as a piece of shoulder jewelry, using a second strand with a twin panther head.

Cartier Nature Sauvage Panthère Versatiles necklace in 18k white gold with emerald, onyx, and diamonds

The second strand that allows the Panthère Versatiles to convert into a shoulder jewel

 Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman

Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman (photo: Etienne Laurent/The Academy)

And speaking of highly transformable jewelry: If you’ve been following Best Actor winner Adrien Brody and his return to the spotlight with The Brutalist, you noticed that he was wearing yet another eye-popping nature-inspired brooch by Elsa Jin. This time, note that his partner, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, was wearing a coordinating single earring. The matching set—which contains 1,328 diamonds—can be two brooches or two earrings or, as on Brody and Chapman, a brooch and an earring. Jin calls the piece Goddess of Love.

Elsa Jin Goddess of Love convertible brooch-earring set with 9.75 ct. emerald and 91.8 cts. t.w. diamonds in 18k gold and titanium

Top: Wicked star Cynthia Erivo performs “Defying Gravity” at the 97th Academy Awards. (Photo: Trae Patton/The Academy)