According to harper s bazaar the ocean s 8 team hired cartier to create a replica necklace out of zirconium the cheap gemstone that looks like diamonds and white gold.
Cartier diamond necklace ocean s 8.
High jewelry necklaces often can take as much as two years from concept to completion but to meet the needs of the ocean s 8 production cartier.
In addition to the eight female stars of ocean s 8 a particular cartier necklace plays a central role in debbie ocean s sandra bullock heist.
The plan is to steal the extremely valuable jeanne toussaint necklace right off the neck of actress daphne kluger anne hathaway who is coerced into wearing it to the met gala to retrieve it fashion designer rose helena bonham carter.
The jewel featured in ocean s 8 is named after cartier s legendary creative director jeanne toussaint a visionary and pioneering woman toussaint was decisive in establishing cartier s style beginning in the 1930s.
When cartier was approached to become the exclusive jewelry partner of the ocean s 8 movie it took the role seriously re creating one of the most exceptional high jewelry historic pieces using.
Had actual stones been used the necklace seen in ocean s 8 would certainly be worth over 100 million far more than the movie s entire 70 million production budget.
Oceans 8 had a lot of help from the fashion world the bespoke piece is the result of eight weeks intensive work in the cartier high jewellery workshops in paris but the necklace actually dates back to the 1930s.
The story behind the massive cartier necklace in ocean s 8 the latest film in the heist franchise will feature a real pice of cartier jewelry recreated for the screen.
Jeanne toussaint necklace after cartier.
Weeks in the brand s high jewelry shop in paris.
The time needed however was another matter.
The jeanne toussaint necklace created by cartier and worn by anne hathaway.
At the heart of the ocean s 8 met gala heist lies one magnificent piece of jewellery.
The action of ocean s 8 starring sandra bullock cate blanchett anne hathaway mindy kaling sarah paulson awkwafina rihanna and helena bonham carter directed by gary ross is set around robbery of the famous toussaint diamond necklace by cartier kept in a vault for 50 years and to be worn by daphne kluger a hollywood actress.