Julia Roberts is the new face of Chopard, starting with the brand’s latest Happy Sport brand campaign, which marks the release of a limited-edition Happy Sport watch called Happy Sport the First that pays tribute to the original from 1993.
The Swiss luxury jewellery brand took to social media to debut the campaign, posting 'Chopard introduces the Happy Diamonds movie embodied by Julia Roberts (@juliaroberts), captured by Xavier Dolan (@xavierdolan). #ChopardHappyDiamonds #WhatMakesMeHappy #ChopardHappySport'.
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This isn’t the first time Roberts has been photographed wearing Chopard. In 2016, at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, the actor famously wore an off-the-shoulder black dress with a high jewellery diamond-set necklace from the jeweller’s Red Carpet collection. It was mounted with a whopping 52.76-carat emerald.
“Julia Roberts was the only person I felt could covey the spirit that I see in Happy Sport,” says Caroline Scheufele, artistic director and co-president of Chopard. Scheufele was the first person to introduce the Happy Sport almost 30 years ago and, by doing so, opened up the watch market to women everywhere.
For the Happy Sport collection, loose diamonds are sandwiched between two slices of sapphire crystal, which allows the stones to move freely across the dial. “I am honoured to be collaborating with Chopard on the Happy Sport watch, one of the most iconic and desirable models in the industry,” says Roberts.
The belle of the box office, Roberts’ standout performances in ’90s blockbuster films Pretty Woman (1990), Flatliners (1990) and Sleeping With the Enemy (1991) quickly made her the most popular actress in America.