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Lorraine Schwartz Collaborates with Balenciaga for Demna’s Final Couture Show

July 9, 2025

Aldo Araujo

Lorraine Schwartz just brought some serious sparkle to Paris Haute Couture with 11 custom jewelry looks for Demna’s final collection for Balenciaga.

Kim Kardashian, who is close friends with the CFDA member and an avid supporter of her work, was one of the standout moments of the show wearing a couture look that was as an ode to Elizabeth Taylor replete with the late actress’s iconic diamond pendant earrings given to her by then-husband Mike Todd.

Schwartz, who had a meaningful friendship with Taylor and purchased the earrings at an auction in her honor, created two stunning diamond necklaces with approximately 250 carats of diamonds to complete the look.

Other models also shined her designs, which in total used over 1000 carats of white diamonds, Colombian emeralds, Padparadscha sapphires, pink and canary yellow diamonds.

After all, as the late Taylor once famously said: “Big girls need big diamonds.”

The poster for film “Butterfield 8” starring Elizabeth Taylor, 1960. This movie inspired the Balenciaga couture look worn by Kim Kardashian in High Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

The film’s iconic scene where Elizabeth Taylor writes on a mirror with lipstick in “Butterfield 8 ,”1960. (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images)

Balenciaga Couture 54 Look 33 in High Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz. (Image courtesy Balenciaga)

Balenciaga Couture 54 Look 34 in High Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz. (Image courtesy Balenciaga)

Balenciaga Couture 54 Look 30 in High Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz. (Image courtesy Balenciaga)

Balenciaga Couture 54 Look 37 in High Jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz. (Image courtesy Balenciaga)

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