5 Most Expensive Red Carpet Jewelry Ever

 

Amy Adams

Taking home a Best Actress trophy for her work in American Hustle, Adams dripped in more than $8 million of Lorraine Schwartz jewelry at the 2014 Golden Globes, including a 30-carat Asscher-cut diamond pendant, a 12-carat rose cut diamond ring and 10-carat diamond earrings mounted in yellow gold. Admitted the star, who wore a red chiffon Valentino Haute Couture gown: "[I'm] too sexy for the Golden Globes."

 
Jessica Alba

Celebrity jeweler Harry Winston loaned Alba this $5.8 million diamond necklace from his Mrs. Winston for Harry Winston collection for the 2013 Golden Globes. "I felt glamorous," Alba told Us Weekly on the red carpet, where she turned heads in other Winston pieces including platinum and round diamond stud earrings and a platinum and pear-shaped diamond cluster ring.

 
Cate Blanchett

Snagging a Best Actress trophy at 2014's Golden Globes, the Blue Jasmine actress didn't just impress with her acting prowess. For the annual film and TV bash, Blanchett sparkled in Chopard jewelry. Among the pieces she wore included earrings from the luxe line's Green Carpet Collection, featuring 11 carats of marquise-cut white diamonds set in a laurel design and a white diamond bracelet set in platinum that weighed in at a whopping 35-carats.

 Carrie Underwood

The country superstar dripped in diamonds at the 2013 Grammys. Among the $31 million in jewels she rocked at the music awards show was a statement necklace from Johnathan Arndt that featured 381 carats of oval, pear, marquis and round brilliant white diamonds alone. "It was worth more than me," the singer joked of the over-the-top accessory.

 Sofia Vergara

Seven million dollar Sofia! The Modern Family actress wowed in her cleavage-baring Vera Wang mermaid gown at 2013's Emmys, but even more impressive was the $7 million in statement-making jewels -- ruby, sapphire and Colombian emerald earrings, a 21-carat Asscher-cut diamond ring and a 40-carat Colombian emerald and rose-cut diamond ring -- she wore courtesy of celeb jeweler Lorraine Schwartz.