Chopard’s 88-Carat Ode to Cannes 2026

For nearly 30 years, Chopard has been the jewelled heartbeat of the Cannes Film Festival. Since 1998, the house has crafted the Palme d’Or trophy in ethical gold under the watchful eye of co-president Caroline Scheufele, transforming what was once a simple prize into one of cinema’s most coveted objects. This year, Chopard deepens that long-standing romance with the festival through its latest high jewellery offering: the 2026 Red Carpet Collection, aptly titled Miracles.

The collection is a 79-piece tribute to the often overlooked wonders of the natural world. It is an invitation to pause the frantic choreography of the Croisette and look, instead, at the “visual poetry” found in a ray of light or an unexpected emotion. As Scheufele herself puts it, miracles are often modest affairs, born of a detail that the rest of the world is too busy to notice.

At the center of this year’s collection sits a necklace that seems to have its own weather system. Sculpted in ethical white gold, the piece is anchored by a staggering 88-carat Royal Blue sapphire. It is a stone of such deep, saturated inkiness that it feels like a captured fragment of the night sky.

Surrounding this central “miracle” are rows of sapphires and aquamarines that unfold in fluid gradations, punctuated by the cold fire of diamonds. The effect is one of a horizon line where the sea meets the air, a wearable reminder that the meeting of earth and sky is, in its own way, a daily feat of magic.

To produce such a thing requires a level of patience that feels entirely out of step with the digital age. There are the lapidaries, who coax the internal brilliance out of raw stones; the gem-setters, who position diamonds with a precision that would make a neurosurgeon blink; and the goldsmiths, who sculpt precious metal into articulated forms. 

There is, of course, the matter of the gold. In a world increasingly concerned with the provenance of its pleasures, Chopard’s commitment to ethical gold remains the backbone of its contemporary identity. 

As the Cannes red carpet once again unfurls in May, these jewels will catch the light of camera flashes and the gaze of the world. In Scheufele’s hands, they serve as elegant reminders that the most powerful miracles are often the ones we choose to see.