Chopard Red Carpet 2026: Two Emerald Cuffs, Over 100 Carats

Editorial Take

• Chopard’s Red Carpet Collection 2026 emerald cuff bracelets each centre on a Colombian emerald cabochon of over 50 carats, set in 18-karat ethical white gold, and together carry more than 100 carats of Colombian emerald alongside well over 100 carats of supporting diamonds, sapphires, and further emeralds — making them among the most stone-intensive High Jewellery pieces of the year.
• Two distinct chromatic approaches: one cuff pairs its central stone with diamonds only; the second adds sapphires and additional emeralds for a polychromatic field.
• Both pieces belong to the 2026 Red Carpet Collection — 79 one-of-a-kind creations, one per year of Cannes Film Festival history.
• Worn publicly by Isabelle Huppert at Cannes and Beyoncé at the Met Gala 2026, before Chopard Ambassador Georgina Rodríguez wore both simultaneously for the New York summer campaign.

Setting & Composition

Both cuffs share a bold, sculptural architecture: a rigid form built around a single massive Colombian emerald cabochon at its centre. The divergence comes in how each piece surrounds that stone.

The first cuff deploys marquise, pear-shaped, and brilliant-cut diamonds cascading outward from the central emerald. The effect is one of maximum contrast: deep, saturated green against colourless brilliance, opacity against transparency. The emerald commands attention; the diamonds amplify it.

The second takes a polychromatic approach. Sapphires introduce a cool blue counterpoint to the emerald’s green, while additional emerald accents deepen and extend the central stone’s chromatic presence across the full surface. Where the first bracelet isolates the emerald, the second immerses it.

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The Colombian Emerald Cabochon

Colombia has been the world’s most respected emerald source since the sixteenth century, when Spanish explorers encountered the Muzo and Chivor mines. Colombian emeralds remain the benchmark against which all others are measured, defined by an intensely saturated green produced by the presence of chromium and vanadium.

The cabochon cut preserves maximum carat volume from the rough stone and creates a deep, almost liquid quality of colour that faceted cutting cannot achieve. At 50-plus carats, that glow becomes a physical presence — a concentration of green readable from across a room.

Sourcing two such stones, sufficiently matched in colour, saturation, and quality to be worn as a pair, reflects both Chopard’s access to the very top tier of the global gemstone market and the curatorial eye of Co-President and Artistic Director Caroline Scheufele, whose personal involvement in stone selection has defined the Red Carpet Collection since its inception.

The Red Carpet Collection 2026 and Ethical Gold

Both cuffs belong to the Red Carpet Collection 2026 — Chopard’s annual High Jewellery collection, unveiled each May at the Cannes Film Festival, of which Chopard has been Official Partner since 1998. The 2026 edition marks the Festival’s 79th year, producing exactly 79 one-of-a-kind pieces. The broader collection spans an 87-carat emerald choker, a phoenix brooch, and a necklace centred on an 88-carat Royal Blue sapphire, themed around what Chopard describes as “airy volumes, sky-borne hues, and miniature bestiaries alive with motion.”

Both cuffs are crafted in 18-karat Chopard ethical white gold, sourced through Fairmined certification and other verified responsible-sourcing programmes as part of the Maison’s Journey to Sustainable Luxury initiative. For those who collect High Jewellery at this level, that provenance is now as integral to the piece as the stone weight itself.

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