Movie: Woman of Straw (1964)
Maria Marcelo (Gina Lollobrigida), the former nurse and now wife of an old, ailing multi-millionaire, is dressed in a bejeweled gold Dior gown along with an exquisite a gold and diamond statement necklace for her wedding reception in Mallorca.
In fact, Gina is wearing two necklaces in this scene. The tiara she has on is actually a Bvlgari scroll-motif platinum diamond necklace, which she personally owns. Gina reportedly purchased almost all the jewelry she used in her movies, of which Bvlgari was her favourite.
The necklace in this scene may have been provided by Christian Dior since the designer provided all of Gina's wardrobe in the film or it may be from her own large personal collection, from which 22 pieces have been sold at Sotheby's The Jewelry Collection of Gina Lollobrigida from the Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels Auction in 2013 with proceeds going to stem cell research. Sadly, not much else is known about the necklace.
