Ana Khouri’s $80,000 Earrings Are a Glittering Optical Illusion
If you’re trying to spend your way to true affection, this dynamic duo goes the distance.
Ana Khouri Teresa earrings.
Photographer: Hannah Whitaker for Bloomberg Businessweek
For Ana Khouri, who grew up in Brazil and started a jewelry business in the U.S. in 2013, the appeal of earrings is their sculptural potential, as opposed to their being merely pretty. This approach has paid off: She’s become the jeweler du jour among Hollywood’s most discerning dressers, ranging from breakout star Claire Foy to the more established Glenn Close, who wore these $80,000 tanzanite Teresa earrings with a silver Gabriela Hearst number at the Critics’ Choice Awards last month. They combine the current yen for statement-making “ear pieces,” as Khouri calls them, with colored stones, another trendy motif on runways—and lobes—this season.
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