DUBAI: US actress and producer Jessica Chastain attended the 2024 National Board of Review Gala in New York wearing a gown by British label Vivienne Westwood and jewelry by Lebanon-born designer Suzanne Kalan.
Kalan was born in Lebanon and has Armenian family heritage. The jewelry designer is based in Los Angeles and has been creating jewelry for the past 25 years.
Jessica Chastain showed off the brand’s Bold Burst Rainbow Sapphire Tennis Necklace. (Getty Images)
The label has been flaunted by the likes of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Anniston, among other A-list names.
Chastain showed off the brand’s Bold Burst Rainbow Sapphire Tennis Necklace which featured Kalan’s signature stacked gemstones.
The ensemble was put together by celebrity stylist Elizabeth Stewart.
Chastain also turned heads at the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco in November.
During her speech on the festival’s opening night, Chastain said: “In the weeks leading up to the festival, we were not sure that we would even be able to be here,” referring to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
“The world we share is shattered and devoured,” she said. “Throughout history, art has been used as an accessible tool for communication, raising awareness about social issues and affecting positive change.”
The star, who is the president of the jury, attended the event wearing a shimmering silver tasseled jump suit from Armani Prive’s fall 2021 couture collection.
Chastain was joined on stage on the opening night by jury members — Iranian actress Zar Amir, French actress and comedian Camille Cottin, Australian actor and director Joel Edgerton, British director Joanna Hogg, US director Dee Rees, Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh and Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard.
The actress is known to be a fan of Arab designers — in April, she attended the 48th Chaplin Award Gala in New York, hosted by the Film at Lincoln Center, wearing a glitzy gown by Lebanese designer-to-the-stars Zuhair Murad.
The “Good Nurse” actress wore a black sequined gown with glittering adornments and a plunging neckline. The head-turning gown hails from the designer’s Fall/Winter 2022 couture collection.
It is not the first time Chastain has championed Murad.
In November 2022, the actress wore a red off-shoulder embroidered gown from the designer’s Spring/Summer 2020 collection to the 13th Annual Governors Awards.
