Diamond Jewellery At The White House

Published on 14/06/10

Queen Latifah, Jessica Simpson and Jay Leno weren't the only stars assembled at the recent White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner. A plethora of glittering jewels also made it past security, shimmering from the wrists and ears of everyone from the first lady, Michelle Obama, to guests such as Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss.

The annual dinner, held this year on May 1 at the Washington Hilton, brings together the White House press corps and Washington politicos to honor professional recipients of the WHCA's journalism awards and to raise money for scholarships. A longtime D.C. tradition, the dinner also includes performances from the celebrity set--and increasingly, it seems--lots of jewelry.

True to her style-icon status, Michelle Obama stepped out in a red, off-the-shoulder gown by Prabal Gurung paired with an assemblage of eye-catching jewelry, including stacked cuff bracelets and long drop earrings. Together the pieces featured an artful mix of textures and materials, including yellow gold, white bakelite, diamonds and gemstones.

Sitting atop the first lady's wrist was a hand-hammered cuff in 18-karat yellow gold from Sutra Jewels highlighted at the center by a 10-carat raspberry tourmaline and flanked by rose-cut diamonds in a star-burst motif. Stacked right above--in the way fashion designers have been styling cuffs on the runway--was Bochic's white bakelite cuff featuring gold filigree and diamond inlay.