Blake Lively wore Elizabeth Taylor’s actual ruby and diamond necklace
After method dressing, there's no denying the biggest red carpet trend amongst our favourite A-listers right now is celebrities wearing vintage. Not only is it a great sustainable fashion choice, but choosing to wear something from the designer archives seems to possess an unspeakable magic quality that hits different compared to a new season runway garment. Extra points if it was previously worn by Hollywood royalty, too – à la Katy Perry in Claudia Schiffer's orange Chanel thongkini from 1995.
Well, Blake Lively just upped the ante in a *big* way. The actress has been on a style win of late by donning a series of floral-themed 'fits while promoting her new film It Ends With Us. But her sartorial prowess reached its crescendo at the film's world premiere when she arrived in vintage 2003 Versace that was first worn by none other than Britney Spears.
Impressive. But even more so when followed up with a Vogue photoshoot in which she wore Elizabeth Taylor's actual ruby and diamond necklace!
For the fashion bible's September 2024 issue, Blake poses in a movie-themed photoshoot shot by acclaimed director, Baz Luhrmann. One scene/image sees her pose in a Monte Carlo casino wearing a plunging, backless gold sequinned LaQuan Smith gown. With her trademark blonde hair styled in a deep side parting and voluminous waves, Blake is oozing old Hollywood glamour. Making the Cartier necklace the perfect accessory.
Taking to her Instagram stories to reveal the jewellery's history, Blake wrote over the snap, “That's Elizabeth Taylor's actual necklace 🤯❤️🙏 As a magpie, that was surreal”.
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the biggest film stars during the 1950s, known just as much for her starring roles as her eight marriages to seven men (marrying Richard Burton twice). Her love and collection of jewellery is also well recorded, with the ruby and diamond necklace part of a matching earrings and bracelet Cartier set gifted to her by her third husband, Mike Todd, in 1957.
The moment was actually captured on film, albeit without sound.
The couple had a daughter together, Liza Todd, but were only married for 13 months when Todd was killed in a plane crash the following year. The ruby jewels were sold individually after Elizabeth Taylor’s death in 2011 as part of a Christie’s estate auction. The Cartier Collection bought the necklace for $3,778,500 with the earrings and bracelet selling to a private buyer for $782,500 and $842,500 respectively, proving the iconic status acquired by the ruby and diamond pieces amongst her extensive jewellery box.
We're not sure you can top wearing Elizabeth Taylor's vintage jewellery. Yep, this is officially Blake's style peak!
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