{"id":869,"date":"2026-05-05T15:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/the-story-behind-beyonces-50m-met-gala-2026-necklace\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:25:22","slug":"the-story-behind-beyonces-50m-met-gala-2026-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/the-story-behind-beyonces-50m-met-gala-2026-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s $50M Met Gala 2026 necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127060572.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Beyonce wore more than 300 carats of Chopard diamonds with her look at the 2026 Met Gala. <span class=\"credit\">Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 was quite literally covered head-to-toe in diamonds <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/met-gala-red-carpet-2026-live-updates-see-all-the-celebrity-outfits\/\">at the Met Gala 2026<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The superstar, who served as a co-chair of the night, arrived alongside husband Jay-Z and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/blue-ivy-carter-breaks-met-gala-age-rule-during-her-2026-debut\/\">daughter Blue Ivy Carter<\/a>, fashionably late at around 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/beyonce-is-a-sparkly-skeleton-on-the-met-gala-2026-red-carpet-with-blue-ivy-and-jay-z\/\">dressed as a sparkling skeleton<\/a>, wearing a crystal-covered look that was designed by Olivier Rousteing, the former head of Balmain.<\/p>\n<p>But, hidden among the embellishments were some real, natural diamonds by Chopard \u2014 and they were certainly jaw-dropping.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Closing down the red carpet, she chose a skeleton-inspired gown, custom designed by Olivier Rousteing. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The collar necklace is named the Queen of Kalahari necklace, featuring diamonds cut from the 342-carat rough by the same name. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She wore the Queen of Kalahari necklace, which features three of the largest-cut stones from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chopard.com\/en-us\/high-jewellery-universe\/the-queen-of-kalahari.html\">342-carat rough diamond by the same name<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from the brand, the rare stone was so special because it was not only large, but also of near perfect color and clarity. Of the rough, 23 individual stones were cut.<\/p>\n<p>While the three largest stones were set in drop accents that Beyonc\u00e9 chose to remove from her collar necklace for the evening, her bling still boasts some serious sparkle.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>When worn in full, the necklace is estimated to be worth <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/03\/30\/this-is-what-a-50-million-necklace-looks-like\/\">roughly $50 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The center stone of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s worn collar measures 6.41 carats, accentuated with an additional 140 carats of diamonds that make up the rest of the piece.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Beyonc\u00e9 brought husband Jay-Z (in Louis Vuitton) and 14-year-old daughter North West (in Balenciaga) as her dates. <span class=\"credit\">SARAH YENESEL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In addition to her show-stopping necklace, she wore a dazzling set of bracelets and earrings, all from Chopard. <span class=\"credit\">Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the bling didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n<p>She added a bracelet that boasted two emerald-cut diamonds that weigh 21 and 14.7 carats each \u2014\u00a0not to be outshone by the 36.74-carats of diamonds that are also included in the total structure of the wrist adornment.<\/p>\n<p>A second bracelet featured a humungous cabochon emerald valued between 50 and 99 carats, 55.58 carats of marquise-cut diamonds, 16.08 carats of round-cut diamonds and 10.79 carats of pear-shaped diamonds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Inside, Beyonc\u00e9 changed into a black and gold embellished look from Robert Wun Couture. <span class=\"credit\">Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bey served as co-host of the night alongside Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. <span class=\"credit\">Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the earrings? She wore not one, but two pairs of diamond hoops \u2014 one totaling 13.45 carats, and the other 3.77 carats.<\/p>\n<p>If you were keeping count, that\u2019s more than 300 carats of diamonds that were somehow hidden among her skeletal crystals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/photos\/inside-the-met-gala-2026-see-celebrities-mix-and-mingle-on-fashions-biggest-night\">Inside the party<\/a>, Beyonc\u00e9 changed completely, forgoing both the jaw-dropping necklace as well as her Olivier Rousteing dress.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she changed into a darker embellished Robert Wun Couture gown, complete with a veil, that was covered in celestial crystals.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/style\/the-story-behind-beyonces-50m-met-gala-2026-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyonce wore more than 300 carats of Chopard diamonds with her look at the 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127060572.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}