Posted By: Sorbet
Diamonds, a monster, and a 14-minute standing ovation
What do you get when you mix gothic literature, Netflix, and a vault full of Tiffany & Co. jewels? A monster of a fashion moment. Guillermo del Toro, Hollywood’s patron saint of the beautifully creepy, has unleashed his long-awaited Frankenstein, starring Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, and Christoph Waltz. It took 14 minutes of standing ovation at Venice to say what we’re all thinking: Frankenstein is already iconic.
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
For the first time in its nearly 200-years history, Tiffany & Co. has opened its archives and high jewelry workshop for a cinematic collaboration, supplying 27 pieces for the film. With necklaces, rings, earrings, brooches, a hair comb, even a pocket watch worn by Charles Dance as Leopold Frankenstein. Ten are historic jewels, six are archival silver objects, and five were designed specifically for the production. In other words: exhilarating couture horror.
Highlights include archival masterworks designed under Louis Comfort Tiffany, with floral and nature-inspired motifs that mirror Mary Shelley’s own themes of creation and transformation. Costume designer Kate Hawley paired these pieces with bespoke textiles, ensuring each jewel doubled as character development, making them part of the storytelling itself.
In the end, del Toro delivers the chills, the cast delivers the thrills, and Tiffany &Co. delivers the shimmer. The result is unapologetic macabre o-p-u-l-e-n-c-e, arriving in select theaters on October 17 and streaming worldwide on Netflix from November 7.
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
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