There is a scene in The Devil Wears Prada sequel that appears to recreate the Met Gala. In it, a throng of guests in prom-adjacent gowns ascends the steps of the American Museum of Natural History for Runway magazine’s “Spring Florals” gala. (This film is going to be… interesting). Ashley Graham and Alek Wek are swaddled in tulle-heavy Christian Siriano confections; Simone Ashley wears archive Jean Paul Gaultier; and Meryl Streep appears in an elaborate red ball gown not unlike the Valentino spring/summer 2026 couture dress Anne Hathaway wore to Bulgari’s high jewellery gala in Milan last night. Perhaps she’d been taking notes.
There was, of course, one key point of difference. Where Miranda Priestley’s neck remains bare (Hollywood budgets aren’t what they used to be), Hathaway’s was adorned with Bulgari’s Secret Garden necklace. It’s an eye-watering creation, centred on a 26.65-carat padparadscha sapphire – sourced in Sri Lanka by executive creative director Lucia Silvestri after years of searching – and set among baguette cuts, onyx inlays, purple sapphires and cabochon emeralds. The piece formed part of the Roman jeweller’s new 160-piece Eclettica collection, spanning high jewellery, high-end watches, one-of-a-kind bags and fragrances.
Conceived as a “dialogue between high jewellery and art”, yesterday evening’s presentation saw transformable pieces, millionaire-grade stones and nine standout masterpieces placed in conversation with painting, sculpture, projection and live music inside the frescoed rooms of Villa Arconati – a 17th-century estate so grand it’s often dubbed the “Little Versailles of Milan”.
Just as glittering was the guest list: Hathaway was joined by fellow ambassadors Dua Lipa in new season Balmain and Priyanka Chopra in Saiid Kobeisy spring/summer 2026 couture, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Nick Jonas, Liu Yifei and Kim Ji-won. Proof, perhaps, that if you’re looking for cinema to recreate the glamour and power and might of fashion, it might be easier simply to type something like, I don’t know, “Bulgari” into Getty Images.
