Margot Robbie wore an archival piece of jewellery once owned by Elizabeth Taylor for the premiere of her new film. Photo / Araya Doheny Photography, Variety via Getty Images
Margot Robbie wore an archival piece of jewellery once owned by Elizabeth Taylor for the premiere of her new film. Photo / Araya Doheny Photography, Variety via Getty Images
Margot Robbie has stunned fans with her old Hollywood archival look for the Wuthering Heights world premiere.
As she walked the red carpet at Los Angeles TCL Chinese Theatre, Robbie wore the “Taj Mahal” necklace made famous by the legendary Elizabeth Taylor.
The Cartier pendant was gifted to the filmstar in 1972, a present from her two-time husband Richard Burton, and has been in the care of Taylor’s estate since her death in 2011.
The necklace is worth an estimated US$8 million ($13.1m).
“This necklace and the diamond itself has a pretty incredible history and feels like a very romantic history, so it felt appropriate to match with our Schiaparelli gown,” Robbie told red carpet interviewers.
The Cartier "Taj Mahal" pendant worn by Margot Robbie is worth an estimated $13.1 million. Photo / Araya Doheny Photography, Variety via Getty Images
Initially commissioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahangir for his wife, the Taj Mahal necklace was passed down to their son Shah Jahan before finally coming into Burton’s possession.
“The pendant’s surface bears an inscription in Parsee that reads, ‘Love is Everlasting’, along with the name of Nur Jahan, the first woman to receive the jewel as a gift from her husband,” a press release from Taylor’s estate said.
Robbie’s stylist Andre Mukamal paired the necklace with 38-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings in what Robbie described as an “intentional” look.
The 35-year-old is playing Catherine Earnshaw in Emerald Fennell’s highly anticipated adaptation of the classic gothic novel by Emily Bronte.
Margot Robbie stars alongside Jacob Elordi in the new adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Photo / Araya Doheny Photography, Variety via Getty Images
Set to release on Valentine’s Day, the dark love story is centred around the character’s mercurial relationship with Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff.
The Australian actors were recently revealed to have commissioned matching rings designed by London jewellery maker Cece Feigh-Hughes, according to the Daily Mail.
Each signet ring bears the inscription “whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”, a key piece of prose from the 1847 novel.
Feigh-Hughes shared a photo of her work to Instagram, writing that the entwined skeleton design told “a story of passion, devotion and wild romance”.
