Zendaya, Anne Hathaway Embrace Antiquity's Luster
High-end jewelry designers are increasingly incorporating ancient artifacts like coins and intaglios into contemporary pieces. This trend, influenced by Hollywood's interest in antiquity, focuses on giving modern jewelry a sense of historical narrative and uniqueness.
Why it matters
It highlights a shift in luxury consumer preferences toward items that offer historical storytelling and cultural weight rather than just traditional precious stones.
A jewelry movement simmering across the market is getting a dose of Hollywood red carpet shine courtesy of "The Odyssey."
Across recent high jewelry collections, trade shows and independent designers, ancient coins, intaglios, archaeological objects and materials with a discernible past have begun to cohabitate with conventional diamonds and precious stones. The interest is less in reproducing historical jewelry - no one is asking clients to dress like Julius Caesar - than in giving contemporary pieces the patina, uniqueness and narrative of objects that appear to have lived another life. Related Articles Celebrity News Anne Hathaway's 'The Odyssey' Maternity Dressing Was an Exercise in Embracing Her Inner Goddess Shoe Trends Anne Hathaway Makes a Case for Strappy Sandals to Beat the Heat
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