5 Jewelry Trends to Look Out for at This Year’s Oscars

The Oscars red carpet typically serves as the ultimate finale of the awards-show season’s spectacle of gowns and glitter. Scheduled for Sunday, March 15, the broadcast also promises to solidify many of the jewelry trends that have surfaced over the last few months.

Based on the styling at recent events like the Golden Globes, Grammys, BAFTAs, and Actor Awards, some Oscar jewelry moments are easy to predict, due to ongoing “friendships” between brands and actors. For instance, Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning—both among the evening’s nominees—are almost certain to step out in Cartier. If Colman Domingo, recently named a brand ambassador for Boucheron, is on the list of presenters or guests, there will surely be a diamond brooch or two. And, in keeping with the season’s other red carpets, a clutch of stars will be gilding their looks with desert diamonds courtesy of De Beers.

With previous red carpets as our guide—and a little well-informed intuition—our 2026 Oscars jewelry trend forecast is as follows:

1. Shoulder Duster Earrings

Statement earrings are back, the longer the better, whether stiletto-straight, diamond-fringed, or trailing pearl tassels. And it’s looking like shoulder dusters—a style that must dangle well past the jawline—will be lighting up this year’s Oscars red carpet. You can imagine something like the massive pair of heirloom Cartier chandeliers that the Princess of Wales wore to the BAFTAs. And superlongs are a likely choice for Chase Infiniti, Best Actress nominee for her role in One Battle After Another, who wore a swingy pair of diamond danglers by De Beers to the Golden Globes, and rubellite and pearl shoulder dusters by LAGOS to the NAACP Image Awards.

2. Collars

A necklace trend that also encompasses torques (e.g., Zoe Saldaña in Cartier at the 2025 Oscars) and chokers (e.g., Tyla at the 2026 NAACP Image Awards), collars have become the defining red-carpet statement jewel over the past year. And Bulgari Serpenti collars are in a class of their own (just ask Zendaya, who has worn versions of the iconic design on several occasions).

The Oscars red carpet promises to serve us similarly modern, sculptural styles, perhaps aligning with those worn by Hailey Bieber at the 2026 Grammys (in a sleek design with a diamond teardrop by Lorraine Schwartz); Ali Larter at the 2026 BAFTAs (in Repossi’s tubular, Masaï-inspired Blast necklace); and Chase Sui Wonders at the 2026 Golden Globes (in Jean Schlumberger’s “Hand” collar in yellow gold, platinum, and diamonds from Tiffany & Co.).

3. Built-In Jewels 

Lavish, sparkling embellishments are a big trend in fashion now, and some recent red carpet gowns have incorporated elements that mimic actual jewelry: Consider Teyana Taylor’s Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown, with its rhinestone-detailed “party in the back” at the Golden Globes, or Mia McKenna-Bruce’s BAFTAs gown, a custom Miu Miu sheath with black sequins and a shimmering, scarf-like embellishment trimmed in crystal pendants and fringe. And Jon Batiste’s 2026 Grammy ensemble, created by Nigerian designer Ugo Mozie of Eleven Sixteen, was a jewelry box in bolero jacket form. Be prepared for some Oscars red carpet looks to tell a similar “built-in jewelry” story, which would surely mean barely-there accessories (or none at all).

4. Brooches & Pins

Brooches have become a red-carpet menswear essential, adorning the jackets of maximalists (e.g. A$AP Rocky) and traditionalists (e.g. Eddie Redmaine) alike. If there’s an Oscars twist to this well-established trend, it may be wearing several brooches at once, as Patrick Schwarzenegger and Colman Domingo did at the 2026 Golden Globes. The White Lotus star accented his look with three floral styles by Dolce & Gabbana and a bumblebee brooch that once belonged to Joan Rivers, reportedly a tribute to the famous red carpet critic and comedienne. Meanwhile, Domingo sported a cascade of ivy-shaped diamond brooches by Boucheron, solidifying his status as the ultimate “leading man” when it comes to unconventional Oscars jewelry styling.

5. Question Mark Necklaces 

While established and emerging red carpet trends tend to guide the most accurate Oscars jewelry forecasts, there’s also room to speculate on the next big firestarter. And at the 2026 Oscars, that might be the “Question Mark” necklace, a design pioneered by Frédéric Boucheron in 1879. The claspless, asymmetrical design loops around the neck, leaving an open space at the throat, with one end forming the question mark’s downward-curving stem. Boucheron unveiled two new diamond Question Mark necklaces at its high jewelry presentation during Paris Haute Couture Week in January—could one of them make an Oscars appearance?  If that happens, it may have a ripple effect.