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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Helen Mirren Dazzles at Cannes Film Festival Wearing Massive Necklace with Gemstones Totaling Over 400 Carats
Helen Mirren just delivered one of the most memorable jewelry moments at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival — if not of all time. On May 22, the Oscar winner, 79, attended the Colors of Time premiere wearing a jaw-dropping Margot McKinney necklace called the Marina Collier.
Forbes
11-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Jeweler Margot McKinney Opens Her First U.S. Boutique In Beverly Hills
The entrance to the new Margot McKinney boutique in the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel Margot McKinney opened her first boutique in the United States in the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel. It is a continuation of the expansion for the Australian high jewelry brand in the U.S. and other markets. In February McKinney opened a pop-up space in Bergdorf-Goodman. In May she participated in the prestigious TEFAF Maastricht international art, design and antiques fair in The Netherlands. While McKinney has been more visible the past year or two, the fourth-generation jeweler is a familiar name in rarified circles that value high jewelry. Her impressive jewels, charitable contributions, and her overall personality and charm has earned her a United Kingdom royal 'Order of Merit,' recognizing her distinguished service in art and the promotion of culture. In the U.S., her jewels have been in several Neiman Marcus stores and at Bergdorf Goodman since 2007. The new Margot McKinney boutique features leopard print chairs, an antique desk with a restored ... More leather writing surface in sky blue, and a wall finished in teal chinoiserie-inspired wallpaper with botanical and exotic bird motifs The Beverly Hills boutique is also McKinney's first outside her flagship boutique, called 'The Green Door,' in her home of Queensland, Australia. McKinney said her recent outreach has created strong growth for her high jewelry creations and increased opportunities to expand. 'It is a thrill to be opening my first independent Margot McKinney store outside of Australia, and an honor for it to be located within the incomparable Peninsula Beverly Hills,' McKinney said in a statement. 'This is a milestone moment in the 141-year history of the McKinney family business, and I could not have asked for a more fitting environment to showcase my jewelry to a whole new group of collectors.' Margot McKinney's new boutique has the brand's signature 'Kelly Green' gloss lacquer and a ... More gold-colored ceiling dome The interior is presented in her signature 'Kelly Green" gloss lacquer on the cabinetry and trim with an eclectic curation of antique and contemporary furniture and fittings. A recessed ceiling dome highlighted in gold presides over an area furnished with leopard print chairs, an antique desk with a restored leather writing surface in sky blue, discreet wall-mounted lamps with mirrored sconces, and a wall finished in teal chinoiserie-inspired wallpaper with botanical and exotic bird motifs. McKinney also noted that the new boutique also complements 'the Peninsula's elegant style allure.' Several of McKinney's most important one-of-a-kind creations will be in the boutique, including the Marina collier, created by McKinney for her debut at TEFAF Maastricht. It features a massive 241.14-carat cushion-cut green beryl and a large baroque pearl suspended from a 65.72-carat aquamarine. If that's not enough, the elaborate, colorful jewel boasts an arrangement of green tourmaline, small diamonds, rare baroque South Sea pearls, sapphires, aquamarines, Paraiba tourmalines and tsavorites. A sampling of the bold, colorful gem-centric jewels in the new Margot McKinney boutique. McKinney is known for her classic jewelry creation made with spectacular gems and pearls from Australia and other parts of the world. Her pearl jewels are especially noteworthy. All her pieces are made with South Sea pearls, considered by many to be the world's most coveted pearls. The pearls all come from a single source as each year McKinney buys the entire inventory from pearl farmer, Aji Ellies Wimilirantna. Her bold, colorful creations also use Australian opals, and exquisite gemstones including diamonds, sapphires and tanzanites. McKinney says the pieces in the new boutique provide an introduction to the breadth of her creations for those previously unfamiliar with her work. The new Margot McKinney store will be open seven days per week at The Peninsula Beverly Hills.
