Let us talk about This season’s high jewelry collections burst with radiant yellow diamonds in feminine floral sprays, 1970s disco-inspired creations, and contemporary chokers. A diamond solitaire pendant, a large and colorful gemstone pendant, or a fusion necklace. You can select your favorite metal type and color with any design that you prefer. Add a perfect finishing touch to any outfit with unique necklace designs.
Let’s look closer at our pick of the most inspiring and inspiring yellow diamond-set pieces from the most recent crop of new launches, including highlights from Graff, Messika, and De Beers. Here are some sensational creations that stole the show at the 2024 Haute Couture shows… but wait, there are more! We have snuck in a few extra pieces for good measure, so keep scrolling!
The Dior Joaillerie Yellow Diamond Necklace
Certainly, one of the highlights of the Dior Joaillerie Les Jardins de la Couture High Jewellery collection is a suite of yellow diamond-set jewels, including a collar necklace, a pair of earring jackets, and a two-finger ring. All three boast emerald-cut yellow diamonds, set Contiguous to pavé-set surfaces of yellow and white diamonds and ‘sequined’ lacquer – specially developed by the house – to capture the energy and intensity of the sun’s rays. The necklace’s hero gemstone weighs 3.88 carats, combined with 295 brilliant-cut white diamonds for a total weight of 14.81 carats.
De Beers Metamorphosis Summer High Necklace Set
These highlights include a choker necklace with a 9.06-carat cushion-cut fancy intense yellow diamond, surrounded by angular colorless princess-cut diamonds. The set also includes three eye-catching rings: one with a 1.70-carat fancy intense yellow diamond, another with a 7.61-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond, and a Butterfly ring with polished white and rough yellow diamonds for contrast. Additionally, the Prelude set offers a necklace with a 10.05-carat fancy light yellow pear-shaped diamond and a ring with a 10.28-carat cushion-cut fancy vivid orange-yellow diamond.
Chopard’s Dazzling Creations for the 77th Cannes Film Festival
At this year Cannes Film Festival, Chopard unveiled 77 stunning jewelry pieces, created by Caroline Scheufele, showcasing the Red Carpet collection’s evolution. Among them, my top picks are a set of yellow diamond jewels: a necklace, a ring, and earrings, boasting a classic design. The necklace dazzles with 101.86 carats of yellow diamonds, complemented by 2.26 carats of round brilliant yellows and over 150 carats of colorless gems. The ring features a striking 7.99-carat pear-shaped fancy yellow diamond.
Completing the set, the earrings sparkle with 11.83 carats of yellow diamonds, along with fancy light yellow stones and colorless marquise-cut diamonds totaling 1.40 carats. These are statement pieces! On the other hand, there’s a contemporary necklace featuring a row of cushion-cut yellow diamonds totaling 78.67 carats. Aaccompanied by 27.86 carats of brilliant-cut diamonds and a stunning 36.94-carat emerald-cut yellow diamond drop.
Chaumet Flowers Parure Necklace
The first chapter is this whimsical and romantic high jewelry collection. Wood & Undergrowth – contains the Bark and Poplar set of four pieces, including some striking opal designs and a bracelet. Set with an emerald-cut yellow diamond amongst textured white and yellow gold, dotted with colorless stones. However, I dont like to focus on chapter three . Flowers – which includes pansies, tulips, irises, and arums immortalized through precious gems and metal forms.
The 12 pieces in this parure include pavé surfaces of blue, pink, and Padparadscha sapphires unfurling to reveal fancy vivid yellow diamonds that sit on the fingers, the ears, or on a tiara. Highlights include a series of Pensée rings in white gold, including one set. With a cushion-cut VVS2 yellow diamond of 1.56 carats and a second radiating with a cushion-cut VS2 yellow diamond of 1.13 carats.
Harry Winston Marquess High Necklace
Hailing from the new Royal Adornments High Jewellery collection. The Harry Winston Marquess necklace draws inspiration from the Indore Pears diamond necklace. Once owned by an Indian Maharajah. It was purchased by Harry Winston (yes, THE Harry Winston) in 1946 to showcase in his ‘Court of Jewels’ travelling exhibition. This contemporary iteration is crafted like an elegant ribbon, featuring two lines of colourless baguette- and round brilliant-cut diamonds and a third loop containing 123 cushion-, oval- and round brilliant-cut yellow stones for 34.20 carats. All three strands lead the eye to a cushion-cut fancy intense yellow diamond centre stone of 15.32 carats.
Magnificence of Yellow Diamond
Okay, so technically, this is not a single piece but an entire collection! I am sure you will agree it is difficult to single out just one yellow diamond whopper in this collection, which is bursting with sunny XXL diamonds. The Ultimate Party set kicks the festivities off with a 1970s-inspired mirror-polished collar studded with a 20.04-carat pear-cut yellow diamond and a 9.07-carat cushion-cut colourless diamond.
Next, there’s the Glitter Fever necklace with 15 cushion-cut yellow diamonds ranging from two to 15 carats. Coupled with a matching ring (another 2.73-carat yellow diamond solitaire) and a pair of complimentary earrings for a further 12.62-carats of diamonds. Finally, I must mention the Ultimate Party necklace with a sizeable cushion-cut yellow diamond suspended from a diamond necklace for a total weight of 37.34 carats and a toi et moi ring with a 16.18-carat yellow diamond and a 7.06-carat heart-shaped diamond. Big, bold, and characterful!
Tribute to Venice Necklace
One of my favourite pieces in the Bulgari Mediterranea High Jewellery collection is the Tribute to Venice necklace. Featuring scalloped peaks of colorless diamonds punctuated with pear-shaped yellow diamond drops. At the heart of the creation is a significantly proportioned pear-shaped yellow diamond solitaire of 15.38 carats in a perfect. Slightly acidic shade of yellow to complement the white precious metal and white diamonds. The motif used here reflects the inspirations of the East Meets West set, from which this necklace hails. Notably the pathway of the ancient Silk Road from Asia across Europe, with a pitstop in Venice.
Spectacle of Yellow Diamond Mastery
Again, I have snuck an entire collection in this round-up of the best yellow diamonds. But considering Graff’s latest offering is an ode to nitrogen-rich stones, it feels fitting. Sunrise, A Celebration of Graff Yellow Diamonds was a collection and exhibit hosted by Graff at its Paris flagship this summer. Incorporating a never-before-seen 30-carat fancy intense yellow pear-shaped diamond. Accompanied by a further 138 carats of yellow and white diamonds in a unique pendant-necklace. Although this is undoubtedly the ‘hero’ piece. There are plenty of other yellow diamond creations of note, all with Graff’s signature fancy intense color palette.
A Brief History of the Iconic Tiffany Diamond
Beyonce is among four women who have worn the iconic 128.54-carat yellow Tiffany Diamond, part of Tiffany & Co.’s rich history. Recently, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were featured in a campaign. It marks the first time the couple appeared together in an ad and the first time the Tiffany Diamond was showcased in a Tiffany & Co. campaign.
The next year after its discovery in South Africa in 1877, Tiffany & Co.’s founder, Charles Lewis Tiffany, acquired the Tiffany Diamond. Tiffany’s chief gemologist in Paris cut it into its current form. Since then, notable figures like socialite Mary Whitehouse and actress Audrey Hepburn have worn it.
For Tiffany & Co.’s 175th anniversary in 2012, they reset the Tiffany Diamond, adding over 100 carats of white diamonds. Lady Gaga famously wore this design at the 2019 Oscars. Beyoncé’s Tiffany & Co. campaign features her wearing the same Tiffany Diamond necklace. The estimated value of the Tiffany Diamond in 2019 was $30 million.
