BY JAY AQUINO

APRIL 7, 2024

Timothée Chalamet, Cartier’s house ambassador, is no stranger to turning heads with his bold and avant-garde red carpet style. But his recent cinematic roles in "Wonka" and "Dune Part 2" have given the French luxury house a new canvas to showcase its mastery in jewelry design, creating bespoke pieces that perfectly complement Chalamet’s unique aesthetic.

For Wonka, Cartier crafted an extraordinary necklace for Chalamet, made from exquisite white gold and encrusted with nearly 1,000 radiant gemstones. This masterpiece features a stunning array of colors, including lush emeralds, vibrant pink tourmalines, blush-toned rubellites, and ethereal blue opals. Each gemstone was meticulously selected and arranged to create a kaleidoscopic display of color and brilliance, with Cartier’s artisans dedicating 450 hours to bring this vision to life.

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Meanwhile, in "Dune Part 2," Chalamet donned another custom piece from Cartier, one that pushed the boundaries of design and engineering. This intricate creation features rotatable elements, allowing for an astonishing 900 permutations of embedded gemstones. The shimmering stones—diamonds in shades of orange, yellow, and brown—were chosen to evoke the desert landscape of Arrakis, the film’s haunting setting. The inverted diamonds, carefully placed, mimic the rugged terrain of Dune’s planetary surface, while blue sapphires and spinels pay tribute to the striking blue eyes of the Fremen tribe.

Cartier’s work for these films isn’t just about adornment; it’s about storytelling through craftsmanship. Each piece is a testament to the house's ability to merge artistic expression with the narrative worlds of "Wonka" and "Dune," 

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