Marisa Abela’s 2026 BAFTAs Look Has Us Green With Envy

Reported by Vogue.

There's a reason the little black dress has never actually gone anywhere — it's the perfect blank canvas, and Marisa Abela just proved it in the most extravagant way possible. At the 2026 BAFTA Television Awards in London, the Industry star arrived as a presenter and promptly upstaged everyone who wasn't.

Abela wore a figure-hugging, off-the-shoulder Prada dress — sleek, precise, exactly right. But the real conversation was happening at her clavicle. She chose the Cleopatra collar by British jeweler Henry & Henry: an 18k yellow gold collar with a black rhodium finish, anchored by a 34-carat Colombian emerald so vividly clear it looked almost backlit. Two more emeralds cascaded from the back of the chain — because why have one exit statement when you can have three.

The Art of Knowing When to Let One Thing Win

According to Vogue, the one-of-a-kind piece is as architectural as it is opulent, designed to command from every angle — and Abela wore it accordingly, keeping her hair down so nothing competed with the stonework. She didn't strip the rest of the look bare, though. Dainty silver hoops, a black leather watch, and her engagement ring completed the picture — proof that restraint and abundance can coexist when your anchor piece is doing the heavy lifting.

This is the thing about statement jewelry that gets lost in the noise: it's not about more, it's about hierarchy. Abela didn't pile on; she built a look around a single, undeniable focal point and let everything else play support. The emerald didn't compete with the dress — it completed it, giving a pared-back silhouette the kind of drama that runway looks spend entire collections chasing.

If there's a lesson in Abela's BAFTA moment, it's this: the upgrade you're looking for isn't another dress — it's the one extraordinary thing you wear with the one you already have.

Read the original at Vogue.