Dazzling Red Carpet Jewelry Moments at the 2026 Emmy Awards

Television’s biggest night brought sparkle to the red carpet, with this year’s Emmy nominees and presenters turning out in an intriguing mix of major high jewelry, colorful stones, vintage pieces, and more unexpected ornaments. Some of the trends that have been gathering momentum throughout awards season made another strong showing, while a handful of particularly inventive choices offered something new. From dramatic necklaces, cleverly placed brooches, and bold earrings to increasingly adventurous jewelry on the men, the evening provided plenty worth looking at twice.

Here are some of our favorite jewelry moments from the Emmys red carpet.

1. Florence Pugh in Bulgari

Complementary colored stones took center stage in the tourmaline and morganite necklace worn by Bulgari U.S. Ambassador Florence Pugh, which had pretty pavé diamond Vs over the pear-shaped drop stones. The piece had the scale and articulation to read almost as a jeweled collar, but did not fight the drape and shimmer of her lavender Vivienne Westwood gown.

2. Selena Gomez in Tiffany & Co

No awards show has been complete without Tiffany Jean Schlumberger Bird on a Rock designs in the past few years, and the Emmy’s best case was Selena Gomez’s ensemble, which included the plumage-inspired Feathers earrings and bracelet. Gomez paired them with a gold Louis Vuitton gown.

3. Colman Domingo’s Boucheron Belt

Friend of the House Colman Domingo wore five pieces by Boucheron, with the most attention-grabbing being green tourmaline, lacquer, white gold and diamond-paved Green Garden brooch from the “Histoire de Style” High Jewelry collection.

4. Zendaya in Mikimoto

Zendaya wore both Akoya and South Sea pearls with her crystal-and-tulle plunge-neckline Prada dress, with hers showstoppers from Mikimoto being the 12mm White South Sea Pétales Place Vendôme White earrings, featuring substantial 4.40 carats of diamonds in a petal shape. “I loved the idea of taking something as timeless as Mikimoto pearls and making them feel fresh, modern, and young,” said stylist Law Roach, continuing, “There’s an elegance to pearls that will always be classic, but the way Zendaya wears them tonight feels completely of the moment.”

5. Ryan Michelle Bathe in Martin Katz

In one of a happy handful of wins for color coordination last night, Ryan Michelle Bathe accompanied her lemony-buttercream Lia Stublla strapless side-split number with Martin Katz diamond drop earrings that had astonishingly canary pear-shaped focal stones, held in place within a floating white diamond pavé frame by yellow diamond connectors that created an interior shape that mildly but happily evokes a pineapple. The jeweler also supplied Bathe’s white diamond bib necklace and 10-carat fancy yellow and white Desert diamond three-stone ring.

6. Mark Ronson in Audemars Piguet

The malachite dial caught the eye on the new-for-2026 Royal Oak Self-Winding timepiece, with its saturated green standing out against Mark Ronson’s all-black Céline ensemble. The stone’s natural bands make each watch one-of-a-kind. Ronson, a longtime Audemars Piguet has been wearing the brand since long before they began their official association.

7. Sarah Pidgeon in Chanel

Multiply versatile, the camellia-shaped centerpiece of the Chanel Diamant Evanescent lariat that Sarah Pidgeon wore with a lilac slip Chanel gown can be repositioned along its diamond chain to form a sautoir, or removed to create a brooch. Chanel currently lists the piece at 343 brilliant-cut diamonds totaling 10.49 carats.

8. Supriya Ganesh in Irene Neuwirth

Blue stones are a trend that Galerie anticipated for this year’s big autumn awards show, with Supriya Ganesh, the star of The Pitt, opting for watery pastel aquamarines from Irene Neuwirth that matched her McQueen gown. The 18k gold, 16-inch strand creatively mixes round, oval, marquise, and emerald-cut renditions of the March birthstone.

9. Sarah Snook in Cartier

Double-nominated Sarah Snook did a clever if unintentional play on her nods for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series and as an executive producer for the same series by wearing the same honeycomb Cartier bracelet on either wrist, in addition to a similar, substantial necklace.

10. Carrie Coon in De Beers

Gilded Age star Carrie Coon walked the red carpet in a restrained floor-length 2026 Maison Margiela black dress, which could also read as deepest navy in some lights and set off her De Beers London diamonds beautifully. Her three cocktail rings were especially striking against the simple lines of the garment. The standout was the Talisman Diamond Cocktail Ring, a bombé design set in white gold with irregularly shaped blue-green rough diamonds.