Gear­ing up for the Golden Globe Awards this Sun­day night, jew­el­ers, such as the haute house of Cartier, are cater­ing to Hollywood’s A-list. Up In The Air’s Anna Kendrick was get­ting the star treat­ment and try­ing on a
num­ber of rock-em/sock-em gems that would eas­ily knock-out the com­pe­ti­tion (and let’s not fool our­selves into think­ing that these events aren’t about scene steal­ing among the nom­i­nees). I hope that Ms. Kendrick made choices that played up her petite frame and per­sonal style. On the video, there was one neck­lace that looked truly beau­ti­ful on her. That par­tic­u­lar exam­ple would make an excel­lent choice. Not every­one goes with what suits them as much as what is trend-itiorial. In fact, try­ing too hard has become pan­demic at the GG’s — too much of even a great jewel is still too much.

I once was watch­ing an old 1930s news­reel of a Hol­ly­wood pre­mier. The actresses, whom I couldn’t iden­tify, seemed so relaxed and nat­ural, and yet, so ele­gant and refined at the same time. Their jew­elry was equally appro­pri­ate — gor­geous too — but it didn’t seem to bog them down in impor­tance. In fact, I would describe the look as not quite dowdy with an uplift­ing note of naive exu­ber­ance. Almost as if they were debu­tants wear­ing their grandmother’s heir­looms to their first social and didn’t know how to wear them with atti­tude. Ignor­ing the bauble on your arm as if were your own skin. That is the way to wear almost any type of jew­elry, and cer­tainly the way it appears most nat­ural. Just fyi…