
CNN
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At the now wrapped-up Met Gala and the Cannes Film Festival, which is in full swing, megawatt diamonds and vibrant gemstones lit up the red carpet. Yet, it’s the rare, not-for-sale pieces drawn from jewelers’ private vaults that continue to dominate the conversation on social media.
Think of Isha Ambani’s custom-made necklace — a blinding cascade of diamonds, each immaculately cut and set. The striking jewel, worn by the Indian billionaire heir to the Met Gala, was inspired by a historic Cartier design, created in the 1930s for Maharaja Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar and later reproduced for the movie “Ocean’s 8.” Meanwhile, singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh wore a…