This year, the stage of MTV’s Video Music Awards was ruled by diamond jewelry. Among the biggest diamond trends were bracelets, including layered bangles and bold cuffs, big stud earrings for both the ladies and gentlemen, and dramatic right-hand rings. Bold jewelry designs are in fashion.
Rihanna wore multiple diamond bracelets, including carved-wood styles with white gold and brown diamonds, a white gold and gray-diamond tassel bracelet, and a white gold and bone bracelet with round-diamond balls. She also donned yellow gold and diamond hoop earrings, a multicolored-diamond "fleur de lis" ring in white gold and black rhodium, and an attention-grabbing "shadow cross ring" featuring a rose-cut diamond center and a Maltese cross band in yellow gold. Chris Brown wore a suite of classic pieces, including a Cartier diamond bracelet, earrings and right-hand ring. Pink sported Neil Lane diamond bracelets on both wrists, plus a right-hand ring and earrings.