![]() Priyanka Chopra also sported Bulgari’s High Jewelry necklace, only hers featured the label’s Bulgari Laguna Blu Diamond, which was loaned by Sotheby’s The 11.16-carat blue diamond is the largest Bulgari blue diamond to be offered for sale at Sotheby's, and its estimated value is over $25 million (it will be part of a forthcoming Geneva auction later this month). Rihanna chose Bulgari’s High Jewelry necklace in platinum, complete with five pear diamonds, 118 Akoya cultured pearls, seven pear diamonds, 109 round diamonds, 561 fancy shape diamonds, and pavé-set diamonds to finish it off. Particularly, there was no shortage of diamonds-some huge and worth millions-on the red carpet, all of which shined and dazzled against the paparazzi flashbulbs.ĭua Lipa, for one, wore Tiffany & Co.’s new Legendary Diamond necklace, set on platinum It’s over 200 carats and based on the cut of the iconic yellow Tiffany Diamond worn by the likes of Beyoncé and Audrey Hepburn. Typically a finishing touch to the look, many A-listers chose to make their accessories the focal point. Plenty of stars paid homage to the late Karl Lagerfeld at last night’s 2023 Met Gala-but look closer, and you’ll find that many guests chose to make bold statements with their choice of jewelry. ![]()
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![]() Olive, Again, like Strout's first book, delivers roughly five hours of spine-tingling pleasure. Her writing is exquisite her vision is boundless. Strout again demonstrates her gift for zeroing in on ordinary moments in the lives of ordinary people to highlight their extraordinary resilience Publishers Weekly, starred review She gets better with each book Maggie O'Farrell 'Nothing you can do about it.' Beautifully written and alive with compassion, at times almost unbearably poignant. There's no simple truth about human existence, Strout reminds us, only wonderful, painful complexity. ![]() ![]() In Olive, Again, she teaches us that there is always more to know about human beings, even the ones we are closest to. A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily. 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