Luxury Jeweller Loans Diamond Necklaces For £200 A Night

Published on 07/12/09

The fashion magazine editor I’m chatting to pauses and takes another swig of champagne, clearly struggling to find the right word.

‘Radiant,’ she says. ‘You’re glowing.’ I beam back. She’s not the first person to praise my appearance this evening.

The secret behind the source of all these compliments is a lot more expensive than a few shots of Botox.

Diamonds - in my case a £39,000 diamond necklace draped around my decolletage, and a £40,000 chunky diamond and white gold bangle on my wrist - really are a girl’s best friend.

Sadly, I have not won the lottery. These diamonds are mine for one night only, hired from Diamond Thrills, which specialises in hiring out luxury jewellery.

At £200 to hire a necklace or bracelet worth tens of thousands of pounds, it’s a relatively cheap way of looking a million dollars.

Jamie Mordaunt, who set up the firm, agrees to deliver the diamonds as I’m getting ready for the party. I’ve never owned a diamond and I’m dazzled by the glitter laid out before me.

It’s not the size of the stones that impresses me, but the way they catch the light.

I feel like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman in the scene where Richard Gere presents her with a diamond necklace.