Brown is The New Black

Brown is the New Black, at lease to fashionistas as it is the rage on runways worldwide. Brown represents honesty and earthiness. While it used to be considered a little on the monotonous side, it also represents persistence, straightforwardness, openness, steadiness, and wellbeing. Now it can be seen everywhere and it is beautiful. The subtle but sophisticated tones of brown diamonds as commonly referred to as champagne diamonds – ranging from light champagne tones to the darker, rarer, vivid fancy cognacs – are finding a large audience at least in the fashion capitals around the world. Celebrities are wearing them to any red carpet occasions. It has become popular to celebrities and no carpet event is complete without these sparkling set of champagne diamonds.

Among the A-list celebrities who embraced champagne diamonds to their couture are Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez impressed everyone with a fabulous pair of 20-carat gray and champagne diamond earrings while much-admired actress, Hilary Swank,breathtakingly beautiful with a 20-carat champagne diamond briolette in her hair during the 2007 Academy Awards.

Helen Mirren, winner of the Best Actress Oscar, donned on the back of her gown a Chopard 62-carat oval-shaped white and cognac diamond brooch, and with the Best Supporting Actress Oscar title, Jennifer Hudson amazed the crowd with her champagne diamond ring. Cameron Diaz’s matched her Prada dress with a 20-carat cognac diamond ring.

The champagne diamond pendant lit the floor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards worn by Cate Blanchett.

Not to mention reporter Maria Menounos dazzled the crowd in her breathtaking champagne diamond dress, embellished with 2,000 champagne diamonds totaling 3,000 carats and worth an amazing $2.5 million at the 2004 Academy Awards.

Brown diamonds are really neutral and can be worn with almost any color as well. Champagne diamonds are beautiful, innovative and affordable alternative to white diamonds. Champagnes, because of their various colors and hues allow one to express one’s individuality and be different.