Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey didn’t just deliver an ancient epic to the big screen; it delivered one of the most jewelry-obsessed press tours in recent memory. From London to Paris to New York, the film’s leading ladies turned red carpets and morning show green rooms into their own mythological runway. Indeed, the jewelry on display at The Odyssey movie press rounds did some serious heavy lifting alongside couture gowns and custom-built showstoppers.
This wasn’t just red carpet dressing; it was storytelling, with stylists leaning into “method dressing” that echoed each actress’s character while jewelers pulled out pieces dripping in ancient history, natural diamonds, and colored stones with serious pedigree. If Homer had known his 2,700-year-old poem would one day inspire a Chopard necklace with 36 carats of diamonds, he probably would have written a few extra verses about Athena’s earrings.
I’ve been tracking every stop of this tour, and a handful of The Odyssey movie jewelry moments have genuinely stopped me mid-scroll. Below, I’m breaking down my favorite looks from Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, and Lupita Nyong’o’s jewelry moments, plus a couple of standout appearances from Charlize Theron. Honestly, these jewels are an absolute siren song—no earplugs allowed!
Lupita Nyong’o’s The Odyssey Movie Jewelry Moments
Lupita Nyong’o, who takes on the dual roles of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra in the film, worked with longtime stylist Micaela Erlanger to build a wardrobe that nodded to Helen’s legendary beauty without ever tipping into costume. Erlanger has said the goal was playing with draped silhouettes and structural details as “just enough of a wink” to the source material, and the jewelry followed that same instinct. Across seven distinct looks spanning three continents, Nyong’o quietly delivered some of the most consistently strong jewelry moments of the entire press tour.
For the New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square on July 14, Nyong’o wore a gold floral lace gown from Nicholas Oakwell Couture with a corseted bodice and structured hips that gave the whole silhouette a statuesque, almost sculptural quality. She paired it with a statement Sabyasachi piece: five strands of pearls centered on two massive uncut diamond pendants totaling over 11 carats, along with a matching gold tiger ring set with a blue sapphire. Hair was by Vernon François and makeup by Nick Barose, and the whole look was finished with a custom Olympia Le-Tan clutch shaped like a book, an on-the-nose but genuinely charming nod to Homer’s original text. It remains one of the strongest Lupita Nyong’o The Odyssey jewelry moments of the entire tour, and honestly one of the best red carpet looks of her career.
At the Paris premiere, she wore a striking red gown from Chanel accessorized with gold and diamond sculptural branch earrings by Sauer, a quieter but no less elegant addition to her Odyssey movie jewelry rotation.
For the Paris photocall the next day, she switched into an embellished brown gown from Giorgio Armani, layering on chandelier earrings and rings from Hearts On Fire that caught the light beautifully in daylight photos.
London brought two more standout looks. At the world premiere, Nyong’o wore a sleek, downright sexy metallic gown by Christian Cowan with a dramatic side cutout, styled with jewelry fom Garatti featuring a mix of green and white diamonds.
At a separate London photocall, she opted for a more understated white-and-black Chanel dress paired with simple pearl-and-diamond hoop earrings, proof that not every The Odyssey movie jewelry moment needed to be maximalist to make an impression.
Off the red carpet, Nyong’o kept the jewelry going on her talk show stops. For The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she wore a Silvia Tcherassi printed halterneck “Gypsy” dress with gold earrings by Marco Bicego, and on a separate Fallon appearance closing out the tour, she paired a Diotima Fall 2026 shimmering crop top and fringed skirt with more Marco Bicego drop earrings.
Both looks proved that Lupita Nyong’o’s The Odyssey jewelry choices didn’t stop once the premieres wrapped.
Zendaya’s The Odyssey Movie Jewelry Moments
Zendaya plays Athena in the film, and stylist Law Roach treated her entire press tour as an extended tribute to the goddess of wisdom, resulting in some of the most talked-about jewelry looks of the year. Roach reportedly held one dress in reserve for nearly two years before the tour even began, which tells you how much planning went into this rollout, and the jewelry that came with each look was chosen with the same level of care.
The tour’s biggest jewelry headline came at the New York premiere on July 14, where Zendaya wore Matières Fécales Haute Couture’s “Ange” dress, complete with feathered angel wings, paired with Chopard jewels. This included cascading earrings crafted in white gold with over 36 carats combined of yellow and white diamonds, plus a striking 10.80-carat yellow diamond ring. It was arguably one of the most photographed of all Zendaya’s The Odyssey jewelry appearances.
At the Paris premiere on July 8, she wore a custom Louis Vuitton cutout dress with a matching jacket designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, its lace bolero detail reportedly taking nearly 800 hours to construct. The look was finished with Messika jewels, headlined by the Miroir du Delta collar necklace featuring a 14-carat cushion-cut tanzanite center stone, along with matching stud earrings and a pear-shaped ring.
Zendaya’s London premiere look, worn July 6 at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, broke the internet almost instantly: an off-the-runway Schiaparelli couture gown with a molded, sculptural bodice, paired with Chopard jewels including a multi-strand diamond necklace totaling more than 80 carats and matching stud earrings. Hair by Coree Moreno and makeup by Ernest Casillas completed the goddess-like effect.
Earlier that same week, at a London photocall, Zendaya wore a custom Jacquemus gown with a built-in headwrap, styled with earrings featuring ancient discs dating to the 1st millennium BC, set in diamonds and yellow gold by Glenn Spiro. It’s one of the more historically loaded The Odyssey movie jewelry moments of the tour, pairing genuinely ancient objects with a thoroughly modern silhouette.
Rounding out her press stops, Zendaya wore a molten-gold brocade skirt suit from Zuhair Murad’s Spring/Summer 2013 couture collection for a Tonight Show appearance, complete with a gilded belt that tied the entire archival look together. Simple, sculptural, and warm-toned, it was a fitting closing chapter to one of the most memorable jewelry offerings during The Odyssey press rounds.
Anne Hathaway’s The Odyssey Movie Jewelry Moments
Anne Hathaway, who is currently pregnant with her third child, brought a softer, more maternity-forward energy to the press tour, working with stylist Erin Walsh to build looks around Bvlgari jewelry, the house for which she’s a longtime brand ambassador. It made for a remarkably cohesive run of jewelry appearances, all built around the same design house but never feeling repetitive. Indeed, it was no small feat across five separate cities and countless photo opportunities.
At the New York premiere, Hathaway wore a custom Prada gown inspired by the house’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection, featuring a crystal-embellished halter bodice, paired with Bvlgari’s iconic Serpenti earrings and a coiling Serpenti bangle.
In Paris, she stunned in a custom brown Louis Vuitton gown by Nicolas Ghesquière with an empire waist, ideal for her growing bump, finished with a Bvlgari tubogas necklace set with tanzanites and diamonds.
For a London photocall, Hathaway opted for a ruffled mini dress by Blumarine, styled with Bvlgari jewels including a Monete bracelet, one of the more playful entries among her The Odyssey jewelry looks.
Earlier in the tour, she wore a crimson red jumpsuit by ASHLYN, paired with Bvlgari Tubogas jewelry, showing off just how versatile that particular jewelry family can be across wildly different silhouettes.
The London world premiere may have been her most memorable moment of all: a powder blue custom Dior gown by Jonathan Anderson, softly pleated with an empire waist, worn alongside Bvlgari Diva’s Dream earrings and a set of Bvlgari high jewelry rings. Her hair was styled in soft, swept-back waves with luminous, understated makeup that let the dress and the jewelry share the spotlight evenly.
Charlize Theron’s The Odyssey Movie Jewelry Moments
Charlize Theron, who plays the immortal nymph Calypso, took a quieter approach to her press tour than her castmates, working with stylist Leslie Fremar on liquid silhouettes and reflective fabrics rather than obvious Grecian references. Still, her jewelry choices held their own against the more maximalist looks surrounding her, proving that restraint can photograph just as powerfully as spectacle.
At the New York premiere, Theron wore a white blazer dress from Dior, designed by Jonathan Anderson, finished with Tiffany & Co. jewelry: a Jean Schlumberger Hands necklace and matching Bird on a Rock earrings, both crafted in yellow gold and platinum with natural diamonds, plus a Jean Schlumberger Stitches diamond bombé ring for good measure.
In London, she turned heads in a black Givenchy gown by Sarah Burton featuring a thigh-high slit and dramatic white removable gloves/sleeves, paired with long Glenn Spiro diamond rivière earrings set in cognac titanium. It was a study in contrast, sculptural and monochrome on the dress, warm and sparkling in the jewelry, and one of the more understated but genuinely elegant The Odyssey movie jewelry appearances of the entire tour.
She later restyled the same Givenchy silhouette in crimson velvet for an after-party, keeping the Glenn Spiro desert diamonds earrings in place both times.
Final Thoughts
What makes this press tour worth writing about isn’t just the sheer volume of designer names attached to it, though Dior, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Schiaparelli, Chanel, and Givenchy all made appearances alongside jewelry from Bvlgari, Chopard, Tiffany & Co., Messika, Sabyasachi, and more. It’s how intentional every jewelry choice felt. Each actress’s pieces told you something about her character without ever being too literal about it. Athena’s warrior wisdom in Zendaya’s diamonds, Helen’s legendary beauty in Lupita Nyong’o’s pearls and Polki stones, Calypso’s quiet mystique in Charlize Theron’s clean, sculptural pieces, and Anne Hathaway leaning on Bvlgari’s serpentine motifs almost as a signature of her own.
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Amanda Akalonu is dedicated to weaving together the worlds of jewelry, watches, and objects through a lens of literary storytelling.
