Celebrity Style Jewelry

Diamonds, rings light up American Music Awards

Katherine Heigl at the American Music Awards.
By Hannah Connorton
Nov 28, 2011

New York--The 39th Annual American Music Awards, held in Los Angeles Nov. 20, gave celebrities a chance to parade their jewels down the red carpet. Diamond-laden drop earrings were an expected staple, while some stars chose to accessorize with sapphire cuffs and bold cocktail rings. Below, National Jeweler highlights the stand-out jewelry at the event.

New Year’s Eve’s Katherine Heigl (above, left) wore Sutra’s blue sapphire and black rough diamond tassel earrings (below, $35,250).

Singer Selena Gomez (below) wore Candy Ice’s “Blossoming Vine” earrings, made of white gold, colorless topaz and diamonds ($4,000). The earrings come with interchangeable charms, seen at the bottom, and Gomez’s are made of white gold, diamond and black agate ($1,400 each).

Singer Katy Perry (below) wore Candy Ice’s pink and white topaz earrings with diamond accents ($6,800).

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Reality TV star Audrina Patridge wore a bevy of Kwiat diamond bracelets to the awards (below).

Kwiat Waterfall bracelet with 13 carats of diamond set in platinum ($51,700).

Kwiat Deco bracelet with nearly 20 carats of diamonds set in platinum ($108,000).

Kwiat Waterfall bracelet with 50 carats of diamonds set in platinum ($212,500).

Kwiat Deco bracelet with 7 carats of diamonds set in platinum ($45,400).

Singer and actress Jennifer Hudson (below) wore M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza’s double coral reef black sapphire cuff (below, top, $4,400) and the designer’s asymmetrical pavé Free From multi-color sapphire cuff (below, bottom, $2,200).

Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland (below) wore Hellmuth’s 18-karat white gold diamond bangles.

Jane by Design’s Erica Dasher (below) chose to accessorize with Isharya for the Awards.

Isharya’s Gemini earrings in black agate drusy and white crystal ($280).

Isharya’s Louvre resin ring in black translucent resin ($80).

Isharya’s oval carved black resin ring with a green turquoise stone ($95).

Isharya’s drusy ring in white agate drusy ($178).

Isharya’s border swirl filigree ring in transparent resin ($95).

Jennifer Lopez, who performed at the awards, dressed in Neil Lane’s crossover diamond and platinum ring (below, top) and Neil Lane’s assorted rectangular-shaped diamond and platinum ring (below, bottom).

J-Lo also wore Neil Lane’s 10-carat diamond and gold drop earrings (below, $300,000) while accepting her award for Favorite Latin Artist.

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