Celebrity Diamond Jewelry Spotlight: Jennifer Lopez
Throughout her nearly three-decade career as a musician, actress, beauty mogul, and pop culture icon, Jennifer Lopez has proven herself to be a natural diamond aficionado. On Wednesday, the pop star dropped her latest single “Can’t Get Enough,” from her forthcoming ninth studio album, This Is Me…Now. Lopez teased some hints about the new project on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, with her Boucheron Hopi, the Hummingbird diamond jewelry suit.
“My earrings have hummingbirds – it’s hummingbird season,” she told Extra. “As you will see, these are little Easter eggs from my project, you will know what they mean when you see the film. It [will be] on Amazon February 16.”
The star previously shared in her newsletter On the JLo, “To me, hummingbirds are messengers of love.” She said, “They’re very agile – can fly forward, backward, and up and down. They’re also the fastest bird but they always have time to stop, eat something sweet, and smell the roses.”
In her newly released “Can’t Get Enough” music video, Lopez excitedly gets married, with fun-filled bridal gowns, a diamond tennis necklace, diamond drop earrings, a new engagement ring, and even interchangeable husbands.
The Hustlers actress has quite the collection of diamond engagement rings in real life as well. First, Ojani Noa presented Lopez with a pear-shaped diamond on a gold band before they married in 1997. Then, her backup dancer Cris Judd popped the question in 2001 with an emerald-cut diamond before Affleck came into the picture for the first time. Marc Anthony got down on one knee in 2004 with an 8.5-carat emerald-cut Harry Winston blue diamond before the couple split in 2012. Even as recently as 2021, Lopez revealed that her blue diamond is still her most treasured piece of jewelry.
Her next suitor came through with her largest diamond yet. Baseball player Alex Rodriguez proposed in 2019 with a 15-carat emerald-cut diamond. After four years together and a million-dollar engagement ring, A.Rod and J.Lo called off their engagement in April of 2021.
20 years after their first engagement in 2002, Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in August 2022. After Affleck proposed to J.Lo with a 6.1-carat Harry Winston pink diamond in the early-aughts, the actor chose yet another colorful diamond this time around. In April 2022, Affleck proposed with an 8.5-carat cushion cut fancy vivid green diamond engagement ring, symbolizing “luck,” according to Lopez, who has said green is her lucky color. Purchased from Ilan Portugali of Beverly Hills Diamonds and designed by Rahaminov, the stone is set in a classic platinum mounting with a trapezoid-shaped white diamond on each side.
Hailed as the second-coming of iconic Hollywood couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, “Bennifer” has also gained a reputation for their meet-cute on a film set (Gigli vs. Cleopatra), their highly-publicized breakup and subsequent rekindled romance, AND their expression of love through diamond jewelry. When is comes to diamonds, to be compared to Elizabeth Taylor is the greatest compliment of all.
Just last month, the couple was spotted on a shopping spree in St Barts. Lopez was trying on a few diamond pieces from Bulgari as Affleck snapped her photo and investigated pieces from the jeweler’s Cinemagia high jewelry collection.
Think you gotta keep her iced? You don’t. Apart from romantic gifts and engagement rings, Lopez knows how to deck herself out in diamonds all on her own. She typically sticks to her tried-and-true jewelry designers, often opting for Harry Winston or Fred Leighton diamonds for red carpet occasions. The multihyphenate is known for incorporating diamonds into her work, like the iconic Harry Winston moment in her film Maid in Manhattan or her Pasquale Bruni diamonds in Marry Me.
In honor of new J.Lo music coming our way, Only Natural Diamonds is looking back on Lopez’s best natural diamond jewelry moments of all time, from her engagement rings to red carpet appearances and more.
1999: Jennifer Lopez at the 71st
Annual Academy Awards in
Harry Winston diamonds.
The Selena actress attended the 1999 Academy Awards to present the Oscar for Best Original Song in a timeless black silk Badgley Mischka strapless ballgown, paired perfectly with a 100-carat diamond Harry Winston floral wreath necklace and matching diamond earrings. Lopez also adorned an Art Deco-inspired diamond bracelet and a 9.6-carat diamond ring from Fred Leighton.
2001: Jennifer Lopez at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards in Fred Leighton diamond earrings.
Lopez attended the 2001 Academy Awards in a Chanel Couture gown with a champagne-colored taffeta shirt and a sheer charcoal one-shouldered top with Fred Leighton dangling leaf-inspired diamond earrings to, once again, present the Oscar for Best Original Song.
2002: Jennifer Lopez on Set
Shooting Maid in Manhattan in
Harry Winston diamonds.
In her 2002 romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan, Lopez’s character Marisa Ventura undergoes a fashion transformation in this rags-to-riches story. Her most dramatic reveal comes during a Black-tie party hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, when our heroine arrives in a pale coral silk chiffon, strapless Bob Mackie gown from the Spring/Summer 2001 collection and the immaculate Harry Winston diamond wreath Cluster necklace and matching Cluster earrings.
The Cluster collection was first designed by Mr. Harry Winston in the 1940s, inspired by freshly fallen snow on a decorative holly wreath at his home. Chosen by costume designer, Albert Wolsky, the particular necklace J.Lo wore in the film features 180 marquise, pear-shaped, and round brilliant diamonds, totaling over 48.80 carats, catapulting the scene into one of the most iconic diamond moments in cinema.
2003: Jennifer Lopez at the 75th Annual Academy Awards in Fred Leighton diamond earrings.
Lopez arrived at the 2003 Academy Awards arm-in-arm with her now-husband, Ben Affleck not long after their first engagement announcement. That night, the Enough actress debuted one of her best looks to date and one of the most iconic red carpet style moments in all of Oscar’s history. Wearing a one-shoulder embroidered mint green Valentino gown inspired by a dress worn by Jackie Kennedy in 1967. Bringing a touch of bohemian modernity to the ensemble, Fred Leighton whipped up shoulder-scraping chandelier earrings for Lopez to complete her look with 31 carats of diamond briolettes. As a specialty of Fred Leighton at the time, Indian Mughal jewelry inspired the silhouette of the earrings.
2006: Jennifer Lopez at the 78th Annual Academy Awards in Fred Leighton diamond jewels.
For the 2006 Academy Awards, Lopez wore an olive green vintage Jean Desses gown, teamed with extraordinary Fred Leighton diamond jewelry, including pavé diamond pinecone drop earrings and a scalloped diamond and yellow gold necklace.
2016: Jennifer Lopez at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Harry Winston diamond jewels.
Lopez turned heads in a bright yellow Giambattista Valli caped gown at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards. The star topped off her look with layered Harry Winston diamond necklaces including both a wreath design and a cascading fringed piece. The star teamed her look with yellow diamond earrings and a statement-making red lip.
2017: Jennifer Lopez at the Met Gala in Harry Winston diamond hoop earrings.
Lopez attended the 2017 Met Gala, celebrating the “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of The In-Between” costume exhibition, wearing a sheer sky-blue Valentino gown with Harry Winston three-row hoops set with 42.54 carats of diamonds, a vintage diamond bracelet set with 57.30 carats of diamonds, a Mrs. Winston Bracelet set with 45.05 carats of diamonds, and a stack of four diamond band rings from the jeweler.
2019: Jennifer Lopez at the
Met Gala in Harry Winston
diamond jewels.
The songstress attended the 2019 Met Gala, celebrating the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” costume exhibition, wearing a plunging silver beaded fringe Versace gown with over 8.8 million dollars’ worth of diamond jewelry from Harry Winston. Adhering to the audacious theme of the evening, Lopez teamed her gown with a shimmering silver headdress and Harry Winston’s “Purple Dragon Necklace.” The star matched her eye makeup to the lavender-purple cushion-cut sapphire at the center, which was surrounded by 64.16 carats of round brilliant, pear-shaped, and marquise-shaped white diamonds.
Adding to the over-the-top glamor, J.Lo accessorized even further with vintage 29.59-carat diamond chandelier earrings from 1972, two Secret Cluster diamond bracelets, and two diamond rings set in platinum from the renowned jewelry house.
2020: Jennifer Lopez at the 26th Annual SAG Awards in Harry Winston diamond jewelry.
At the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Lopez was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Ramona in Hustlers, and her diamond jewelry was worthy of the occasion.
The star sported a black Georges Hobeika off-the-shoulder curve-hugging gown, teamed with over $9 million of Harry Winston diamond jewels. Front and center was the 73.55-carat Cascading Diamond Drop necklace, paired with Diamond Line Drop earrings from the jeweler, the Secret Cluster Diamond bracelet, a round brilliant, a pear- and marquise-shaped Wire Diamond bracelet, and an assortment of dazzling rings, wearing a total 199.26 carats of diamonds.
2022: Jennifer Lopez at the Halftime Documentary Premiere in Lorraine Schwartz diamonds.
Lopez celebrated the premiere of her Netflix documentary, Halftime at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in a curve-hugging Tom Ford black velvet gown with sheer cutouts in all the most risqué places. Styled by Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn, the star accessorized her look with spectacular teardrop 60-carat natural diamond earrings and a 15-carat diamond triangle ring, both from Lorraine Schwartz. Her fancy vivid green diamond engagement ring from Affleck was on full-display as well.
2023: Jennifer Lopez at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in diamond Bulgari Serpenti pieces.
If anyone knows how to own the Grammys, it’s Lopez. The star shined brighter than ever at the 2023 ceremony in her plunging navy Gucci gown, drenched in silver beaded fringe. Never one to shy away from some extra sparkle, Lopez added over 150 carats of diamonds in three oversized layered Bulgari Serpenti diamond necklaces and stacked sapphire and diamond rings.
2023: Jennifer Lopez at the ‘Women in Hollywood’ Celebration in ORLOV crocodile earrings.
Lopez was honored at the 2023 Elle Women in Hollywood Celebration, wearing a backless chrome Grace Ling breastplate, with dazzling and dangling Orlov Crocodile earrings, set with 552 white diamonds, weighing in at 6.08 carats. To add to their character, each earring is set with two Colombian marquise-shape emeralds to immolate the creature’s eyes.
2024: Jennifer Lopez at the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Boucheron diamonds.
Lopez made an appearance in a petal pink custom Nicole + Felicia couture gown at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards, and dubbed it “hummingbird season” with the impending release of her next album, This Is Me… Now. In celebration, the star came clad in Boucheron Hopi the hummingbird earrings, set with a morganite stone, sapphires and of course, diamonds. J.Lo also wore the jeweler’s diamond Plume de Paon bracelet and the Hopi the hummingbird ring set.
2024: Jennifer Lopez at the Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 runway show in Sartoro diamond jewelry.
Lopez attended the Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 runway presentation during Paris Fashion Week wearing sleek black Valentino gown and Sartoro’s mosaic diamond Éclat choker teamed with the brand’s diamond Réflexion earrings and ring, inspired by “the purity of Swiss nature.”
