The brand is also a longtime supporter of supermodel—and Cannes
habitué—Natalia Vodianova, helping underwrite her Love Ball and
Fabulous Fund Fair, marquee events for Vodianova’s Naked Heart Foun-
dation. This summer marked the launch of Chopard’s Happy Hearts
Collection of necklaces and earrings, with a portion of profits also ear-
marked for the foundation. “Chopard is a house with an incredibly big
heart,” Vodianova says.
As a friend of Chopard, the supermodel was happy to return the
favor during this year’s film festival by donning the jeweler’s latest daz-
zlers, the 2019 Red Carpet Collection amethyst and titanium earrings.
They were created using a new technique, which involves thinly pol-
ishing and anodizing the titanium so that it diffracts light, creating the
illusion that it matches the color of the gemstones. Given all the good
that the brand is doing, the festivities on the French coast proved even
more stellar.—Naomi RougeauIN CANNES,
VODIANOVA (LEFT)
WEARS CHOPARD’S
RED CARPET
COLLECTION
AMETHYST AND
TITANIUM CHANDELIER
EARRINGS AND
HAUTE JOAILLERIE
COLLECTION
DIAMOND CUFF; RED
CARPET COLLECTION
CHANDELIER
EARRINGS (BELOW)
IN TANZANITE AND
TITANIUM.ver the last few decades at Cannes, the covetable baubles
of Swiss jewelry house Chopard have become synonymous
with the glamorous stars who walk the red carpet. (In fact,
the brand bedecks so many of them that it commandeers the
entire top floor of the Hôtel Martinez for the week of the festival, going
so far as to bring in its own furniture.) But what’s less well-known is
that Chopard has also been crafting the Palme d’Or trophy (now made
of rock crystal and fair-mined gold) since 1998, when it was rede-
signed by Caroline Scheufele, the brand’s current creative director and
copresident—and that at the center of all the glitz, glamour, and inno-
vation lies a philanthropic heart.Chopard once again lights up the
Cannes Film Festival, this time with a little
help from supermodel Natalia Vodianova.GLAM
SQUAD
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