Lagoon Luxe: Jewellery Highlights from the Venice Film Festival 2022

September 14, 2022

By Katerina Perez

5 min read

From August 31 to September 10, 2022, the Venice Film Festival was a High Jeweller’s paradise with movie stars and models dressed to the nines and ready to impress. Let’s look at some of this year’s most inspiring red carpet jewellery moments, including pieces by Pomellato, Tasaki, Chopard, Cartier and Bulgari

Did you know Venice is built atop 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea? It’s a spectacular city ideally suited to a glittering international film festival… so why did this year’s jewels feel a little underwhelming? There’s no mistaking the quality on display – the Cartier collars, the Bulgari serpents, the sleek Tiffany & Co. diamond chokers – but where was the drama? Perhaps we will have to wait for the winter award shows, like The Academy Awards, to get the ‘wow’ moments. 

Spanish model and TV personality Nieves Álvarez wearing Bulgari High Jewellery at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Turkish actress Dilan Çiçek Deniz wears earrings by Chopard at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actresses Sadie Sink and Lili Reinhart in Chopard at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Model Sylvia Flote Oakeshott wears Chopard earrings at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

American actress Zooey Deschanel in Bulgari High Jewellery at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actresses Laura Dern and Tina Kunakey in Bulgari jewellery and timepieces at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Cartier Sixième Sens par Cartier High Jewellery earrings worn by YouTube personality Emma Chamberlain at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

American YouTube star Emma Chamberlain in Cartier High Jewellery at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: Vogue.sg

Cartier ring worn by YouTube personality Emma Chamberlain at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Cartier Polar Bear ring worn by YouTube personality Emma Chamberlain at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actress Rachel Brosnahan in Bulgari High Jewellery at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

A Bulgari High Jewellery bracelet with 45.55 carats of ruby beads and 26.50 carats of diamonds, worn by actress Rachel Brosnahan at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

A Bulgari High Jewellery ring set with a 7.63 carat diamond worn by actress Rachel Brosnahan at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actresses Maude Apatow and Sydney Sweeney at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: TeenVogue.com

Cartier Beautés du Monde High Jewellery earrings worn by actress Maude Apatow at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Cartier Reflection de Cartier ring worn by actress Maude Apatow at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actress Tessa Thompson wears a Pomellato choker and rings to the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actress Tessa Thompson wears Pomellato rings at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actress Simone Ashley in a Bulgari choker necklace at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Italian actress Alice Pagani in a Bulgari Serpenti diamond necklace at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas in a Messika necklace at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: graziamagazine.com

American model Grace Elizabeth in a Crivelli necklace at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: celebsfirst.com

Actresses Florence Pugh in Tiffany & Co. and Penelope Cruz in Chanel at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: tatlerasia.com and npr.com.ng

Actress Chloë Sevigny wears a Bulgari Serpenti necklace at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actress Tilda Swinton and YouTube personality Emma Chamberlain in yellow gold jewellery at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: vogue.com and vogue.sg

Cartier Collection Nail brooch from 1926 worn by actor Timothée Chalamet at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Actor Timothée Chalamet in Cartier at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: maxblizz.com

Actor Rége-Jean Page in a Chaumet Torsade de Chaumet brooch at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Chaumet Torsade de Chaumet brooch worn by actor Rége-Jean Page at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival

Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana wearing the LIFE 2021 brooch by Elsa Jin at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: caras.uol.com.br

Cartier High Jewellery diamond necklace at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. Photo credit: pagesix.com

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