Everyday Style: The Male Celebrities Making Day Jewellery Cool

Men wearing high jewellery on the red carpet has become something we’ve learned to expect in recent years. At the Cannes Film Festival, Met Gala and the Academy Awards, we’ve seen brooches, lapel pins, bracelets, neckwear and single earrings make a sartorial statement. But what about the male celebrities who wear jewellery every single day as part of their casual wardrobes? Let’s dive into the famous faces demonstrating their appreciation for daily jewels.

Even a casual amount of Instagram stalking reveals the relationship between men and fine jewellery is changing. Famous male celebrities aren’t just pictured on the red-carpet wearing rings by Cartier, brooches by Chopard or lapel pins by Chaumet. Instead, they’re snapping pictures of themselves in relaxed jeans and t-shirts, adorned with layered pendants, bracelets, rings and earrings, and posting them to social media. I am most interested in this shift toward jewellery as a form of daily expression.

Women have appreciated for a long time that jewellery can be used to elevate every occasion, whether a black-tie event or a simple run to the coffee shop. It now appears that men are catching up! They’re wearing jewellery in a way that feels effortless and relaxed, rather than staged and showy. Although I am sure there’s the influence of a professional stylist somewhere in the mix, I doubt they are dressing their famous clients from morning ‘till night. Male celebrities are choosing to finish their daily outfits with jewellery, which presents a new world of opportunities for brands, jewellery designers and commentators like myself. 

If I had to pick an overarching trend for men’s daily-wear jewellery, it would be power layering – a mismatched yet still harmonious array of pieces stacked together. There are parallels here with the ‘neck mess’ trend that has been so significant in women’s jewellery and featured so prominently on men’s catwalks. For example, look to the likes of Justin Bieber for combinations of feminine pearls and more masculine chains that sit tightly around the base of the neck, above the collarbones. Others, like Tasaki creative director Prabal Gurung, have worn necklaces more elegantly with sweeping layers of gold that cascade down the chest, often with an open shirt front or jacket. 

Some celebs have been synonymous with jewellery, especially actor Timothée Chalamet who is typically photographed wearing Cartier on the red carpet. However, in his ‘real life’ Instagram pictures, he’s wearing stacks of beaded bracelets and pendant necklaces with comfortable confidence, almost as if he never takes them off. Perhaps that’s the trick?! Stylish male celebrities are looking to make jewellery appear easy, effortless and ingrained as if pieces weren’t plucked from a jewellery box but have been there all along; a part of them.