6 Jewelry Trends to Watch for at the 2026 Emmy Awards
Brooches, bib necklaces, and blue gems are likely to make appearances
On Monday, September 14, the red carpet alone will be must-see TV if the 2026 Emmys serve up anything close to the jewelry we’ve seen since the Golden Globes in January. Especially since this year, the lineup of Emmy nominees includes several stars with a proven track record of making memorable—and sometimes unexpected—ornament choices. Ones to watch include Zendaya, nominated for Euphoria; Colman Domingo, nominated for The Four Seasons and Euphoria; and Elle Fanning, nominated for Margot’s Got Money Troubles. We’ll also be keeping an eye on the jewels chosen by Emmy nominees Carey Mulligan (Beef), who has an association with Jessica McCormack, and Claire Danes (The Beast in Me), who was recently spotted wearing a Belperron cuff.
After reviewing the year’s most recent and memorable red carpets, here is our 2026 Emmy jewelry trend forecast:
Ear Cuffs
At the 2026 Emmys, ear cuffs are likely to surface in “elevated earscapes” composed of different styles, from studs to bold, gem-set paisley shapes that sweep up the ear. The style is not exactly new but has evolved over the last decade, especially in the workshops of European design houses. The volume varies, ranging from substantial and sculptural (Rihanna at the Met Gala, who was wearing pavé diamond ear cuffs by Briony Raymond and Dyne) to edgy and architectural (Flora Coquerel at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in Naude Bourne). Red carpet ear cuffs can also be quite dainty, as in Emma Stone’s choice for the 2026 Oscars: Repossi’s Serti sur Vide style set with a tiny pear-shaped diamond.
Draped Statement Necklaces
Torques and chokers were a prominent red carpet trend this year but the general direction of necklaces appears to favor tiers of diamonds, decorative fringe or elaborately draped swags cascading across, and down from, the collarbone. At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, Demi Moore embraced the style—expressed with heaps of diamonds—on two occasions: at the Kering Women in Motion Awards dinner she wore Boucheron’s “Le Col” necklace, an impressive design that spreads out into an 18k gold lace-inspired collar. And for the premiere of La Vénus Electrique Moore’s Chopard bib necklace was as wide as a yoke on a fair isle sweater—and was teeming with 226.34 carats of diamonds. Other recent examples that give a feel for the multi-strand, draped necklace trend include Emily Blunt in Mikimoto at the Met Gala, Teyana Taylor in Tiffany & Co. at the 2026 Oscars, Simone Ashley in Chaumet at Cannes, and Zendaya in Chopard at the world premiere of The Odyssey in London.
Nontraditional Diamonds
While there are bound to be diamonds on the 2026 Emmys red carpet, they may not be entirely bright white and brilliant. You could call it the Taylor Swift effect: antique diamonds, with their perfectly imperfect nuances, are having a moment. Some even have visible inclusions or undertones of blue, gray, and yellow. And with celebrity stylists continually reaching for vintage and vintage-inspired jewels for red carpet events, these antique diamonds may soon pop up in everything from rivières to cocktail rings. Meanwhile, De Beers’s desert diamonds have been the highlight of some of the 2026 red carpet season’s most talked-about jewels, including Rose Byrne’s question-mark-shaped Taffin de Givenchy necklace, with its 22.58-carat yellow-brown antique-cut diamond, at the 2026 Oscars. So be on the lookout for diamonds in sophisticated shades of champagne, honey, pale brown, and cognac. Beyond these warm neutrals, Kate Hudson’s green diamond suite by Italian jeweler Garatti may inspire stylists to explore the glorious possibilities of fancy-color diamonds, particularly those that complement gowns in similar hues.
Brooches
They’re a menswear mainstay, but brooches have migrated from jacket lapels to gowns on recent red carpets. A certain diamond and yellow sapphire brooch in the shape of a spider made headlines this summer: Worn by Zendaya to the Spider-Man: Brand New Day premiere in Shanghai, the jewel became the subject of controversy when it was allegedly misidentified by her stylist, Law Roach, as the work of Chopard when it was actually a piece by David Webb. The mystery remains unsolved; however, the viral visibility of Roach’s look for Zendaya could inspire other stylists to use brooches as a vehicle for storytelling. This approach is already an emerging trend: At the 2026 Golden Globes, Ayo Edebiri’s Chanel gown was accented with a brooch on each shoulder and Ariana Greenblatt pinned a trio of Chopard brooches to her gown at Cannes.
Blue Gemstones
The high jewelry collections presented during Paris Haute Couture week revealed a high concentration of aquamarine, turquoise, sapphire, and other blue gems, potentially offering clues as to the types of jewels headed for the 2026 Emmys red carpet and beyond. Among the extraordinary options is Piaget’s “Colours of Extraleganza” collection, which includes a series devoted to the color blue (think: sapphires, aquamarine, a rare Paraíba tourmaline, and black opal). Tiffany & Co.’s “Blue Book 2026: Hidden Garden” featured a spectacular 22-carat Santa Maria aquamarine; Van Cleef & Arpels brought turquoise and lapis lazuli into its “Fascinating Egypt” collection; and Chopard’s 2026 Red Carpet Collection was anchored by a necklace with a royal blue sapphire weighing 88.37 carats as its centerpiece. And Messika has created a necklace starring an important stone known as the Okavango Blue diamond, which represents a landmark partnership between Messika and the Government of Botswana. Cut and polished to 20.46 carats, it is already a celebrity of sorts: in 2022, it was the focus of a special exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.
Men in Vintage
You can count on most male celebs going the brooch-and-luxury-wristwatch route at the 2026 Emmys, but the more interesting shift is where these pieces are being pulled from: the past. At the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, for example, Colman Domingo wore a vintage Boucheron Serpent Bohème brooch along with a vintage Boucheron bracelet, both sourced from the house’s archives. Jon Batiste followed a similar path at the 2026 Met Gala in a circa-1951 Cartier brooch, while Michael B. Jordan accepted his Best Actor Oscar for Sinners wearing a vintage 1970s Piaget 9297 in yellow gold with a pavé diamond dial. Connor Storrie’s Tiffany Bird on a Rock brooch at the 2026 Golden Globes wasn’t vintage itself, but the design was first introduced by Jean Schlumberger decades ago—a reminder that historic jewelry icons can be rediscovered and reinterpreted by new generations.