Monica Bellucci's Most Dramatic Jewellery Moments Establish Her As A Modern-Day Icon Taylor, Liz

Monica Bellucci’s Most Dramatic Jewellery Moments Establish Her As A Modern-Day Icon Taylor, Liz

Few modern Hollywood stars can compete with Italian actress Monica Bellucci when it comes to diamond jewelry. Since her film debut in the early 1990s, after a successful modeling career, the actress has shown an everlasting devotion to sparkling gems from Cartier, Chopard, and Boucheron.

Bellucci favors necklaces, which she uses to embellish her décolletage to dramatic effect. And the Bond girl leaves no stone left, accessorizing her red-carpet outfits with emeralds, diamonds, rubies, and sapphires.

Bellucci has a distinct style – she favors form-fitting dresses in a subdued palette by Dolce & Gabbana and Christian Dior – and jewelry is how she injects flair into her looks. As a Cartier ambassador, she gets access to the legendary jewelry house’s most precious — and extravagant — diamonds, such as the trademark crocodile pieces initially created for Maria Félix in the 1970s. More lately, the actress has framed huge hoop earrings with her new shorter hair for a boho spin on striking jewelry.

Only 17 of the Italian siren’s finest haute joaillerie moments are revisited in this issue of British Vogue.

November 19, 1996 Bellucci graced the red carpet in London wearing a black plunging neckline with a little crucifix necklace.

August 6, 1999 At a gala in Monaco, the actress donned a baby blue gown with a necklace composed of gold strands studded with diamonds to match her earrings.

November 30, 1999 Monica donned a ruby and diamond parure at Cartier’s centennial celebration in Paris.

At the premiere of Under Suspicion on May 11, 2000, the actor wore a pearl choker necklace with pendant embellishment.

Bellucci wore a pink corseted Dolce & Gabbana gown with a fringe-trim diamond choker necklace to the closing ceremony of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2000.

May 25, 2000 At an awards presentation, the actress donned a pearl and diamond set with a strapless black dress.

3 September 2000 The actress wore a figure-hugging off-white gown with a diamond collar.

January 21, 2001 Bellucci donned a magenta halter-neck gown with extravagant diamond drop earrings at the Golden Globes.

February 24, 2001 The Italian actor wore a leather-trimmed outfit with a diamond choker necklace and let his hair free.

September 1, 2002 At the Venice Film Festival, she wore Dolce & Gabbana. Her slicked-back hair drew attention to her pearl pendant necklace.

Monica wore earrings that matched her gobstopper cocktail ring with a baby blue floor-length gown to Cannes on May 14, 2003.

May 25, 2003 Monica later in the celebration wore a festoon necklace comprised of colored stones.

Monica wore a vintage Panthère de Cartier choker to a Panthère de Cartier soiree in Paris on April 7, 2004.

September 4, 2005 The actor arrived in Venice with stunning diamond pendant earrings and a jagged blunt fringe.

September 4, 2005 Monica later wore a necklace from the same collection at the premiere of The Brothers Grimm.

May 25, 2006 To a Cannes premiere, the actress donned one of Cartier’s first crocodile emerald and diamond necklaces, initially commissioned by Maria Félix in 1975.