Kim Kardashian accessorized with one of Princess Diana‘s pendants at the 2024 LACMA Art + Film Gala on Saturday in Los Angeles. The reality star and entrepreneur paired a plunging white gown with the Attallah Cross pendant, an antique amethyst piece that was famously worn by the late royal at a 1987 charity gala.
Kim Kardashian at the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala on Nov. 2 in Los Angeles.
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Kardashian accessorized with an ivory coat, which she wore off-the-shoulder. A layered pearl choker that resembles another jewelry piece of Diana’s completed the Skims founder’s look.
Kardashian wore her dark tresses in a sleek bob, while her makeup consisted of winged eyeliner, brown eyeshadow and a nude lip.
Princess Diana in 1987.
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Kardashian purchased the Attallah Cross at a Sotheby’s auction in 2023. Named for its previous owner, Naim Attallah, former group chief executive of Asprey & Garrard, the Palestinian-British businessman lent the amethyst and diamond piece to Diana throughout the 1980s. She notably wore it on a string of pearls at the 1987 Birthright charity gala, where she paired the pendant with a purple velvet Catherine Walker gown.
Originally made by Garrard in the 1920s, the Attallah Cross features square-cut amethysts surrounded by 5.25 carats of circular-cut diamonds. Kardashian purchased it for $197,453, double its pre-auction estimate.
Kardashian’s chunky pearl choker resembled Diana’s eleven-strand necklace, which was also adorned with rubies and diamonds. Featuring 900 pearls, the Princess of Wales wore it at several events, including film and theater premieres.
Princess Diana wearing her eleven-strand pearl choker in 1991.
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The LACMA Art+Film Gala, sponsored by Gucci, supports the museum’s curatorial programming, exhibitions, acquisitions and more programs that explore the intersection of art and film. This year’s event honors director Baz Luhrmann and sculptor Simone Leigh.
