Diamonds Celebrated at The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy(R) Awards

Diamonds Celebrated at The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy(R) Awards

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamonds shined bigger and brighter than ever as television's leading ladies sparkled in amazing diamond fashions, and honored the diamond anniversary of the 60h Annual Primetime Emmy(R) Awards. Glittering from the red carpet, the major diamond style trends of the evening spotlighted stunning diamond statement necklaces paired with gorgeous diamond earrings and bold diamond bracelets.

Show-stopping diamond fashions were worn by two of the evening's star-studded Emmy nominees, including America Ferrara who brought old Hollywood glamour to the red carpet in a dramatic Fred Leighton 19th Century diamond flower necklace, paired with 2.5-carat old mine-cut diamond pendant earrings; rose-cut diamond cluster bracelet and 19th Century diamond line bracelet. Also stunningly adorned, was Mary-Louise Parker dressed in a show-stopping diamond look by Cartier, valued at more than $75,000, including one of the big trends of the red carpet, 4.05-carat cushion-cut diamond studs with pave detail; Cartier tradition triple and double raw diamond bracelet; and Cartier tradition pear shaped diamond bracelet.

TOP DIAMOND TRENDS at the 2008 Emmy(R) Awards included:

Gorgeous Diamond Drop Earrings

-- Amanda Righetti - H. Stern - Deco diamond earrings
-- *America Ferrara - Fred Leighton - 2.5-carat old mine pendant diamond
earrings
-- Anastasia Griffith - Kwiat - Diamond drop earrings
-- Audra McDonald - H. Stern - Diamond Stern Radiant earrings, valued at
$495,000
-- *Brooke Shields - Fred Leighton - Old mine-cut diamond leaf and vine
earrings in silver on gold
-- Candice Bergen - Cathy Waterman - Diamond pendant earrings set in
platinum
-- Catherine Keener - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum earrings
-- Chandra Wilson - Chopard - Fancy-cut yellow diamond drop earrings
-- Cheryl Hines - Diamond hoop earrings
-- Cynthia Nixon - Fred Leighton - Fancy shape diamond pendant earrings
-- Dana Delany - LILY et Cie - 1920's French diamond earrings set in
platinum
-- Debra Messing - Fred Leighton - 19th Century old mine diamond fan
pendant earrings, 25-carats
-- Elisabeth Moss - Chopard - 6-carat oval diamond drop earrings
-- Emilie de Raven - H. Stern and Stephen Russell - H. Stern Victorian
diamond earrings with cognac diamonds, valued at $8,300
-- Evangeline Lilly - Kwiat - Diamond pendant earrings
-- Felicity Huffman - Martin Katz - Diamond pave teardrop earrings,
12-carats of diamonds, valued at $35,000
-- Glenn Close - Fred Leighton - 1930's diamond pendant earrings
-- Giuliana Rancic - Chopard - Yellow diamond heart shaped earrings
-- Hayden Panettiere - Fred Leighton - Diamond drop earrings in platinum
-- *Heidi Klum - Lorraine Schwartz - (Red carpet) Blackened platinum and
diamond and lavender jade butterfly earrings; (Look #1) Diamond stud
earrings; (Look #2) Gray and yellow rough diamond flower earrings;
(Look #3) Diamond and lavender jade briolette earrings; (Look #5)
Diamond earrings; (Look #6) Diamond and turquoise teardrop earring
-- Holly Hunter - Fred Leighton - 6-carat cushion-cut pendant earrings in
platinum and gold
-- Jane Krakowski - Diamond Waterfall earrings
-- January Jones - Lorraine Schwartz/ Kwiat - Lorraine Schwartz diamond
and blackened platinum drop earrings
-- Jean Smart - Chopard - Multi-cut diamond chandelier earrings
-- Jennifer Carpenter - H. Stern - Giuliana diamond hoop earrings
-- Jenna Fischer - Erica Courtney -- Diamond and gold Royal Lotus earrings
-- Jennifer Morrison - Lorraine Schwartz - Blackened platinum brown
diamond mesh earrings
-- Jennifer Westfeldt (with Jon Hamm of Madmen) - Martin Katz - Cognac and
yellow briolette diamond drop earrings with 24-carats of diamonds,
valued at $65,000
-- Jillian Dempsey - Fred Leighton - Old mine-cut diamond pendant
earrings, 3-carats each
-- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Tiffany & Co. - Classic diamond stud earrings,
6-carats
-- Julie Benz - Chopard - Rose-cut diamond hoop earrings, 28-carats
-- Kate Flannery - Erica Courtney - Diamond and platinum wide flower
earrings
-- Kate Walsh - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum earrings
-- Katrina Bowden - H. Stern - Zephyr diamond earrings, valued at $209,000
-- Kristen Chenoweth - Jude Frances - Diamond earrings
-- Kyra Sedgwick - Fred Leighton - 1930's diamond pyramid earrings in
platinum
-- Lauren Conrad - Hearts on Fire - Diamond studs
-- Lisa Edelstein - Kwiat - Diamond and onyx earrings, 10-carats of
diamonds
-- Lisa Rinna - Bochic - Diamond snowflake earrings
-- Marcia Cross - Hearts on Fire - Diamond Botanica earrings
-- *Mary-Louise Parker - Cartier - 4.05-carat cushion-cut diamond studs
with pave detail, valued at $261,000
-- Melora Hardin - Kwiat/Chopard - Chopard diamond stud earrings, 8-
carats in diamonds
-- Olivia Wilde - Kwiat - 1960's diamond Decades Collection earrings,
valued at $300,000
-- Rose Byrne - Fred Leighton - 2.5-carat each old mine diamond stud
earrings, silver on gold
-- Saffron Burrows - Chopard - Multi-shape yellow diamond chandelier
earrings, with 25-carats of diamonds
-- Sally Field - Martin Katz - Martin Katz original design diamond drop
earrings with 7-carats of diamonds, valued at $50,000
-- Sandra Oh - Bulgari - Emerald-cut diamond stud earrings, 5.5-carats
each
-- Sarah Paulson - Kwiat - Vintage diamond earrings
-- Teri Hatcher - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum earrings
-- Tina Fey - Diamond drop earrings
-- Valerie Cruz - H. Stern - Celtic Dunes diamond earrings
-- Vanessa Williams - Diamond linear earrings

Bold Diamond Bracelets

-- Amanda Righetti - H. Stern - Giuliana diamond bangle
-- *America Ferrara - Fred Leighton - Rose-cut diamond cluster bracelet;
19th Century diamond line bracelet
-- Anastasia Griffith - Kwiat -50-carat diamond Waterfall Collection
bracelet, valued at $250,000
-- Angela Kinsey - Diamond bracelet
-- Ashley Jensen - H. Stern - Diamond Neptune cuff with more than
60-carats of diamonds, valued at $429,000
-- Audra McDonald - H. Stern - Diamond Nature bracelet in noble gold and
diamonds, valued at $76,000
-- Catherine Keener - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum bracelet
-- Chandra Wilson - Chopard - Pair of yellow diamond emerald-cut light
yellow diamond bracelets with 40-carats of diamonds
-- Cheryl Hines - Diamond bracelet
-- Cynthia Nixon - Fred Leighton -1920's buckle diamond bracelet; art deco
diamond bracelet
-- Dana Delany - LILY et Cie - Three French 1920's diamond bracelets
-- Emilie de Raven - Stephen Russell -Stephen Russell diamond and platinum
bracelet, valued at $130,000
-- Glenn Close - Fred Leighton - 1930's diamond bracelet
-- Hayden Panettiere - Fred Leighton -1920's diamond bracelet in platinum;
1920's diamond and onyx bracelet in platinum
-- *Heidi Klum - Lorraine Schwartz - (Look #3) Diamond and lavender jade
bracelet; (Look #5) Braided diamond bracelet; (Look #6) Diamond and
turquoise bangle bracelets
-- Jamie Lynn Sigler - H. Stern - Stars link diamond bracelet, valued at
$11,000
-- January Jones - Lorraine Schwartz - Lorraine Schwartz diamond and
blackened platinum flower bracelet
-- Jennifer Morrison - Lorraine Schwartz - Blackened platinum brown
diamond snake cuff
-- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Tiffany & Co. - Stacked Metro diamond bangle
bracelets in yellow, white and rose gold
-- Julie Benz - Chopard - Two brilliant-cut diamond line bracelets with
more than 34-carats of diamonds
-- Kate Flannery - Erica Courtney - Diamond bracelet
-- Kate Walsh - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum bracelet
-- Katrina Bowden - H. Stern -Kora diamond cuff bracelet with more than
65-carats of diamonds, valued at $545,000
-- Kristen Chenoweth - Jude Frances - Diamond bracelet
-- Kyra Sedgwick - Fred Leighton - Diamond Emerald-cut pinkie ring in
platinum
-- Lauren Conrad - Hearts on Fire - 32-carat Effervescence diamond
bracelet
-- Lisa Edelstein - Kwiat - 10-carat diamond Pagoda Collection bracelet
-- Lisa Rinna - Bochic - Lion head diamond cuff and diamond bangles
-- Marcia Cross - Hearts on Fire - Stacked diamond sculptural bracelets
-- *Mary-Louise Parker - Cartier - Cartier tradition triple and double raw
diamond bracelet, Cartier London 1934, including 85 cushion- and
circular-cut diamonds with 28-carats of diamonds, 20 baguette-cut
diamonds with approximately 1.4 carats of diamonds, and four rose-cut
diamonds, valued at $335,000; Cartier Tradition pear shaped diamond
bracelet, Cartier Paris 1951, 204 diamonds with 19.33 carats of
diamonds, valued at $92,000
-- Sally Field - Martin Katz -7 row diamond bracelet with 8-carats of
diamonds, valued at $35,000
-- Teri Hatcher - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum bracelets
-- Tina Fey - Three diamond bangle bracelets and one diamond cuff bracelet
-- Vanessa Williams - Diamond cuff bracelet

Stunning Diamond Statement Necklaces

-- *America Ferrara - Fred Leighton -19th Century diamond flower necklace
-- Candice Bergen - Cathy Waterman - Diamonds by the yard necklace set in
platinum
-- Glenn Close - Fred Leighton - 1930's diamond pendant earrings; 1930's
diamond bracelet
-- *Heidi Klum - Lorraine Schwartz - (Look #4) Diamonds by the yard
necklace
-- Jennifer Love Hewitt - H. Stern - Diamond necklace, valued at $120,000;
diamond Venus necklace with more than 48-carats of diamonds, valued at
$1,584,000
-- Jennifer Westfeldt (with Jon Hamm of Madmen) - Martin Katz - 7-carat
cognac diamond pendant necklace, valued at $75,000
-- Jillian Dempsey - Fred Leighton - 19th Century diamond Riviere and
diamond link necklace
-- Katrina Bowden - H. Stern - Zephyr diamond earrings, valued at
$209,000; Kora diamond cuff bracelet
-- Melora Hardin - Chopard - Chopard rose-cut diamond lariat necklace
with 54-carats of diamonds
-- Nicollette Sheridan - Diamond collar necklace
-- Rose Byrne - Fred Leighton - Edwardian double diamond strand and
diamond cluster necklace in platinum layered with two diamond chain
necklaces in platinum

The following celebrities wore DIAMONDS to the 60th Annual Emmy(R) Awards:

-- Amanda Righetti - H. Stern - Deco diamond earrings; Giuliana diamond
bangle
-- *America Ferrara - Fred Leighton - 2.5-carat old mine pendant diamond
earrings; rose-cut diamond cluster bracelet; 19th Century diamond line
bracelet; and 19th Century diamond flower necklace
-- Anastasia Griffith - Kwiat - Diamond drop earrings; 50-carat diamond
Waterfall Collection bracelet, valued at $250,000; diamond and platinum
domed Right Hand Ring
-- Angela Kinsey - Diamond bracelet
-- Ashley Jensen - H. Stern - Hera diamond ring, valued at $6,100; diamond
Neptune cuff with more than 60-carats of diamonds, valued at $429,000
-- Audra McDonald - H. Stern - Diamond Stern Radiant earrings, valued at
$495,000; diamond Nature bracelet in noble gold and diamonds, valued at
$76,000
-- *Brooke Shields - Fred Leighton - Old mine-cut diamond leaf and vine
earrings in silver on gold; 19th Century diamond bow brooch
-- Candice Bergen - Cathy Waterman - Diamond pendant earrings set in
platinum; diamonds by the yard necklace set in platinum
-- Catherine Keener - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum earrings; diamond
and platinum bracelet
-- Chandra Wilson - Chopard - Fancy-cut yellow diamond drop earrings; pair
of yellow diamond emerald-cut light yellow diamond bracelets with
40-carats of diamonds; 20-carat yellow diamond Right Hand Ring; and a
5-carat yellow and white diamond drop earring worn as a brooch
-- Cheryl Hines - Diamond hoop earrings; diamond bracelet; diamond Right
Hand Ring
-- Cynthia Nixon - Fred Leighton - Fancy shape diamond pendant earrings;
1920's buckle diamond bracelet; art deco diamond bracelet; 6-carat
octagonal diamond Right Hand Ring set in platinum
-- Dana Delany - LILY et Cie - 1920's French diamond earrings set in
platinum; three French 1920's diamond bracelets
-- Debra Messing - Fred Leighton - 19th Century old mine diamond fan
pendant earrings, 25-carats; 10.5-carat rose-cut diamond ring set in
platinum
-- Elisabeth Moss - Chopard - 6-carat oval diamond drop earrings; 6-carat
Emerald-cut diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Emilie de Raven - H. Stern and Stephen Russell - H. Stern Victorian
diamond earrings with cognac diamonds, valued at $8,300; H. Stern
diamond and noble gold ring; Stephen Russell diamond and platinum
bracelet, valued at $130,000
-- Evangeline Lilly - Kwiat - Diamond pendant earrings
-- Felicity Huffman - Martin Katz - Diamond pave teardrop earrings,
12-carats of diamonds, valued at $35,000; Emerald-cut diamond Right
Hand Ring with 4-carats of diamonds, valued at $98,000
-- Glenn Close - Fred Leighton - 1930's diamond pendant earrings; 1930's
diamond bracelet
-- Giuliana Rancic - Chopard - Yellow diamond heart shaped earrings;
23-carat fancy yellow diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Hayden Panettiere - Fred Leighton - Diamond drop earrings in platinum;
1920's diamond bracelet in platinum; 1920's diamond and onyx bracelet
in platinum
-- *Heidi Klum - Lorraine Schwartz - (Red carpet) Blackened platinum and
diamond and lavender jade butterfly earrings paired with a blackened
platinum and diamond Right Hand Ring; (Look #1) Diamond stud earrings
paired with a diamond Right Hand Ring; (Look #2) Gray and yellow rough
diamond flower earrings paired with gray and yellow diamond flower
Right Hand Rings; (Look #3) Diamond and lavender jade briolette
earrings paired with diamond and lavender jade bracelet; (Look #4)
Diamonds by the yard necklace; (Look #5) Diamond earrings; braided
diamond bracelet, paired with diamond Right Hand Ring; (Look #6)
Diamond and turquoise teardrop earring paired with diamond and
turquoise bangle bracelets
-- Holly Hunter - Fred Leighton - 6-carat cushion-cut pendant earrings in
platinum and gold
-- Jamie Lynn Sigler - H. Stern - Stars link diamond bracelet, valued at
$11,000
-- Jane Krakowski - Diamond Waterfall earrings
-- January Jones - Lorraine Schwartz/ Kwiat - Lorraine Schwartz diamond
and blackened platinum drop earrings; Lorraine Schwartz diamond and
blackened platinum flower bracelet; Kwiat custom diamond hair piece;
and Kwiat diamonds by the yard chain in her hair
-- Jay Manuel - Neil Lane - Large black diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Jean Smart - Chopard - Multi-cut diamond chandelier earrings; 78-carat
oval and pear shaped diamond cuff; 8-carat square-cut diamond Right
Hand Ring
-- Jennifer Carpenter - H. Stern - Giuliana diamond hoop earrings
-- Jenna Fischer - Erica Courtney -- Diamond and gold Royal Lotus earrings
-- Jennifer Love Hewitt - H. Stern - Diamond necklace, valued at $120,000;
diamond Venus necklace with more than 48-carats of diamonds, valued at
$1,584,000; top floral diamond Right Hand Ring, valued at $270,000
-- Jennifer Morrison - Lorraine Schwartz - Blackened platinum brown
diamond mesh earrings; blackened platinum brown diamond snake cuff
-- Jennifer Westfeldt (with Jon Hamm of Madmen) - Martin Katz - Cognac and
yellow briolette diamond drop earrings with 24-carats of diamonds,
valued at $65,000; 5-carat cognac and diamond ring, valued at $75,000;
7-carat cognac diamond pendant necklace, valued at $75,000
-- Jillian Dempsey - Fred Leighton - Old mine-cut diamond pendant
earrings, 3-carats each; 18th Century cameo and diamond ring; 19th
Century diamond Riviere and diamond link necklace; black satin evening
bag with art deco diamond and enamel clasp
-- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Tiffany & Co. - Classic diamond stud earrings,
6-carats; stacked Metro diamond bangle bracelets in yellow, white and
rose gold
-- Julie Benz - Chopard - Rose-cut diamond hoop earrings, 28-carats; two
brilliant-cut diamond line bracelets with more than 34-carats of
diamonds
-- Kate Flannery - Erica Courtney - Diamond and platinum wide flower
earrings; diamond bracelet
-- Kate Walsh - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum earrings; diamond and
platinum bracelet; diamond and platinum Right Hand Ring
-- Katrina Bowden - H. Stern - Zephyr diamond earrings, valued at
$209,000; Kora diamond cuff bracelet with more than 65-carats of
diamonds, valued at $545,000
-- Kristen Chenoweth - Jude Frances - Diamond earrings; diamond bracelet
-- Kristen Dos Santos - Erica Courtney - Diamond flower cross necklace
-- Kyra Sedgwick - Fred Leighton - 1930's diamond pyramid earrings in
platinum; diamond emerald-cut pinkie ring in platinum
-- Lauren Conrad - Hearts on Fire - Diamond studs; 32-carat Effervescence
diamond bracelet; diamond brooch
-- Lisa Edelstein - Kwiat - Diamond and onyx earrings, 10-carats of
diamonds; 10-carat diamond Pagoda Collection bracelet; vintage onyx and
diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Lisa Rinna - Bochic - Diamond snowflake earrings; lion head diamond
cuff and diamond bangles
-- Marcia Cross - Hearts on Fire - Diamond Botanica earrings; stacked
diamond sculptural bracelets; diamond Botanica ring
-- Mark Wahlberg - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum cufflinks and shirt
studs
-- Mary Hart - Chopard - So Happy heart shaped diamond Right Hand Ring
-- *Mary-Louise Parker - Cartier - 4.05-carat cushion-cut diamond studs
with pave detail, valued at $261,000; Cartier tradition triple and
double raw diamond bracelet, Cartier London 1934, including 85
cushion- and circular-cut diamonds with 28-carats of diamonds, 20
baguette-cut diamonds with approximately 1.4 carats of diamonds, and
four rose-cut diamonds, valued at $335,000; Cartier Tradition pear
shaped diamond bracelet, Cartier Paris 1951, 204 diamonds with 19.33
carats of diamonds, valued at $92,000; Cartier diamond ying yang
cocktail ring, valued at $64,250; and Cartier diamond cocktail ring,
valued at $23,200. Total diamond look valued at more than $775,000.
-- Melora Hardin - Kwiat/Chopard - Chopard diamond stud earrings,
8-carats in diamonds; Chopard rose-cut diamond lariat necklace with
54-carats of diamonds; Kwiat two diamond classic leaf and flower
brooches worn in the hair
-- Nicollette Sheridan - Diamond collar necklace; diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Olivia Wilde - Kwiat - 1960's diamond Decades Collection earrings,
valued at $300,000; 5-carat domed diamond and platinum ring
-- Rose Byrne - Fred Leighton - 2.5-carat each old mine diamond stud
earrings, silver on gold; Edwardian double diamond strand and diamond
cluster necklace in platinum layered with two diamond chain necklaces
in platinum; 12-carat fancy yellow diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Saffron Burrows - Chopard - Multi-shape yellow diamond chandelier
earrings, with 25-carats of diamonds
-- Sally Field - Martin Katz - Martin Katz original design diamond drop
earrings with 7-carats of diamonds, valued at $50,000; 7 row diamond
bracelet with 8-carats of diamonds, valued at $35,000
-- Sandra Oh - Bulgari - Emerald-cut diamond stud earrings, 5.5-carats
each
-- Sarah Paulson - Kwiat - Vintage diamond earrings; vintage diamond Right
Hand Ring
-- Teri Hatcher - Neil Lane - Diamond and platinum earrings; diamond and
platinum bracelets; and diamond and platinum Right Hand Ring
-- Tina Fey - Diamond drop earrings; three diamond bangle bracelets and
one diamond cuff bracelet; diamond Right Hand Ring
-- Valerie Cruz - H. Stern - Celtic Dunes diamond earrings
-- Vanessa Williams - Diamond linear earrings; diamond cuff bracelet

*The Diamond Information Center (DIC) has purchased the rights to red carpet diamond photos to be used for editorial purposes.

For detailed descriptions and jeweler information, please see credit chart sent separately from this release.

Contacts:
Liz Jaeger (BWR) 310.550.7776; LJaeger@bwr-la.com - General
information

Alex Wagner (BWR) 310.550.7776; AWagner@bwr-la.com - General
information

Erin Shiba (DIC) 310.360.5519; Erin.Shiba@jwt.com - Diamond trend
information
and quotes

Whitney Kenson (DIC) 310.360.5547; Whitney.Kenson@jwt.com - Diamond
credit
information

Source: Diamond Information Center

CONTACT: General infomation: Liz Jaeger (BWR), +1-310-550-7776,
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Diamond trend information and quotes: Erin Shiba (DIC), +1-310-360-5519,
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