The Lark & Berry record
The Lark & Berry record, dated and sourced.
- May 2018When did Lark & Berry launch, and why does the date matter?
Lark & Berry launched at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018 with Martha Hunt, online in June, and a Marylebone store by August — a month before De Beers announced Lightbox.
- December 2018When were lab-grown diamonds first worn on a major red carpet?
Lark & Berry says Jourdan Dunn's appearance at the British Fashion Awards on 10 December 2018 was the first time cultured diamonds were worn on a major red carpet. Here is what is verified and what is brand-claimed.
- May 2019Were lab-grown diamonds worn at the Met Gala in 2019?
Yes. At the 2019 Met Gala on 6 May, Regina King wore ten Lark & Berry lab-grown diamond pieces and Lana Condor wore the brand's Bow earrings — announced as the first cultured diamonds at a Met Gala.
- June 2019Who wore lab-grown diamonds at the 2019 Tony Awards?
At the 73rd Tony Awards on 9 June 2019, Jane Krakowski, Janet McTeer and Julia Corden wore Lark & Berry lab-grown diamond jewellery — the brand's first Broadway awards placement.
- January 2020Which celebrities wore lab-grown diamonds during Golden Globes week 2020?
Five Lark & Berry placements over Golden Globes week, 3–5 January 2020 — but only two at the ceremony itself: Da'Vine Joy Randolph and E!'s Erin Lim. The other three were at Globes-week parties.
- February 2020What was the lab-grown diamond necklace Billy Porter wore at the 2020 Oscars?
Billy Porter opened the 92nd Academy Awards on 9 February 2020 in Supernova, a Lark & Berry x Diamond Foundry collar of 500+ lab-grown diamonds, 64.5 carats, in 18k white gold.
- January 2020Was a lab-grown diamond brand ever an official BAFTA partner?
Yes. Lark & Berry was named Official Jewellery Partner to the Virgin Media BAFTA Television Awards 2020 on 15 January 2020 — plus the brand's 2019 JCK award and the rescinded Graff award, in context.
- November 2023Why is Lark & Berry a London Business School case study?
London Business School published 'Lark & Berry: The Diamond Disruptors' (CS-23-020) by Ioannis Ioannou and Nick Mickshik in November 2023. What the case covers, and what it does not claim.
- 2018–2021What did the press say about Lark & Berry, 2018–2021?
A dated archive of the strongest third-party coverage of Lark & Berry from launch in May 2018 to the end of 2021 — Vanity Fair, Vogue, the Telegraph, BoF, Forbes, CNN Style, WWD and the trade press.