Inside Tiffany’s Blue Book gala in New York: Gwyneth Paltrow, Carey Mulligan, Sarah Jessica Parker and more
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Gwyneth Paltrow, Carey Mulligan, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Williams and Jessica Biel. The guest list for last night’s Tiffany Blue Book gala read like an Oscar red carpet.
But it was all about aqua, with New York’s Rockefeller Center bathed in pale blue light and a 4-storey high blue box erected over the ice rink. Inside was a ’20s-style supper club with mounds of lobster and beef tenderloin, free flowing champagne, plumed aerialists hovering like exotic birds and Smash’s Megan Hilty belting out show tunes. The elegant excess reflected Tiffany’s starring role in the soon-to-be released The Great Gatsby, with the $200,000 diamond headband worn by Mulligan in the film on display alongside pieces from Tiffany’s 2013 Blue Book collection which goes on sale today.
The one-of-a-kind gems, which run up to $6 million for a pair of heart-shaped fancy blue diamond earrings, were eyed by top tier clients including a svelte blonde in a feathery Oscar de la Renta gown. Around her neck was stunner from last year’s 175th anniversary Blue Book collection: a 175 carat blush pink morganite (about the size of an egg) which was “tied” in a diamond bow.
 which was "tied" in a diamond bow.
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