Wuthering Heights Jewellery: Romance, Revisionism and a Helping of Hollywood Magic
If you watched Saltburn, you’ll already have a sense of what to expect from Emerald Fennell’s sumptuous retelling of Wuthering Heights starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Arriving in cinemas on February 13, 2026, it's perfectly timed for Valentine’s Day, if your idea of romance is dark, obsessive and a little unhinged.
This being Fennell, the film is not a strait-laced exercise in period accuracy. Instead, as two-time Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran recently explained to British Vogue, the look “has a nod to the period, a nod to contemporary fashion, and also a nod to Old Hollywood,” which makes the Wuthering Heights jewellery worn by Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw all the more interesting.
Durran has confirmed that her Wuthering Heights jewellery choices include a mix of vintage fine jewellery from Chanel and period-inspired costume pieces. Sources also point to the handiwork of the late Joan Castle Joseff of Joseff of Hollywood, alongside André Fleuridas for Mazer – legendary names who crafted costume jewellery for hundreds of Hollywood productions during the Golden Age of cinema.
Vogue describes Robbie’s costumes as “a style that marries Victorian and 1950s fashion,” referencing both the idealised 19th-century portraits of Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the sculptural, wasp-waisted elegance of Charles James. It’s a heady mix that has already sent the internet into a mild frenzy over its historical liberties and delicious excess.
Wuthering Heights is released on February 13, 2026. It stars Margot Robbie is Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff
With details still thin on the ground, let’s start decoding what we can see. Take the striking necklace worn by Robbie with an iridescent pink organza dress, fastened at the front with an oversized bow. Large and imposing, it recalls the paste jewellery worn across classes in the 1840s. An affordable yet theatrical alternative to real gemstones, paste jewellery was made with glass stones, often foil-backed to catch the light like diamonds. It is a fitting visual reference point for the Romantic period in which Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is set.
Robbie’s bridal tiara also feels reassuringly era-aware. Crafted in white metal and formed from winding leaves, it taps into the Victorian love of naturalistic motifs, botany and symbolism. Silver was widely used in the 1840s, with new refining and metalworking techniques allowing jewellers to achieve the delicate, highly detailed designs fashionable at the time.
Made in white metal and formed from winding leaves, Margot Robbie”s bridal tiara is VIctorian-esque
It taps into the Victorian love of naturalistic motifs, botany and symbolism
Margot Robbie wears several cross-motif jewels in Wuthering Heights, echoing the central role of sentiment, faith and moral symbolism in 1840s jewellery. A dramatic cross brooch suspended from the neckline of a gown is almost certainly period-inspired; emeralds and rubies of that scale would have been prohibitively expensive.
The second, worn in what appears to be a mourning scene, also has all the hallmarks of a Victorian-inspired design. In the 19th century, cross brooches were closely tied to mourning and memento mori traditions, with heart motifs symbolising love, faith and remembrance.
In the 19th century, cross brooches were closely tied to mourning and memento mori traditions, with heart motifs symbolising love, faith and remembrance
Here, Robbie wears a brooch pinned to her flowing dress
Large and imposing, this necklace recalls the paste jewellery worn in the 1840s as an affordable alternative to real gemstones
The second cross brooch worn by Robbie is almost certainly period-inspired. Reserved for the elite, emeralds and rubies of that scale would have been prohibitively expensive for the Earnshaw family
Elsewhere, the mid-century influence is clear to see. In a scene where Catherine sits beside her husband Edgar Linton (played by Shazad Latif), the mood shifts, with a diamond necklace and earrings in white metal, paired with a sapphire and diamond cluster ring that exude 1950s society glamour.
As Durran herself puts it, this is a stylised Wuthering Heights. Catherine wears around 50 different looks in total, with mood boards ranging from Gone with the Wind and Singin’ in the Rain to vintage Thierry Mugler, Alexander McQueen and gilded Dolce & Gabbana. None of it is literal homage, but all of it feeds into a visual language that’s referential and intentionally theatrical.
This dark tale of obsessive love has been retold many times, but never with such gloriously over-the-top extravagance. And with some 50 outfit changes for Catherine, the Wuthering Heights jewellery moments revealed so far feel very much like a teaser for what’s still to come.
In this scene, the mid-century influence is clear to see. This diamond necklace and earrings in white metal, paired with a sapphire and diamond cluster ring, exude 1950s glamour
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Claire Roberts has been writing about jewellery and watches for more than 20 years. She is a seasoned journalist who joined the team 5 years ago as a contributing writer and a newsletter editor.
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