Michaela Coel Makes Jewellery Statement at the Met Gala 2023 with British Ghanian Jewellery Artist, Emefa Cole and SMO Gold.

Met Gala 2023 Co-host, Michaela Coel, enlisted the help of jewellery artist and fellow British Ghanian, Emefa Cole to create the ultimate in statement jewellery for what is dubbed fashions biggest night out. Michaela’s brief? To be dripping in gold, but not just any gold, it had to be crafted in Single Mine Origin (SMO), gold responsibly sourced from West Africa.

The collection, Worth their Weight worn by Michaela was granted its own QR code to take you from mine to Met Gala and witness the journey of the gold; the mine, the miners, the community and environmental projects, meet Emefa Cole in her studio and finally see Michaela Coel on the red carpet. A much-needed masterclass is traceability and transparency when you consider less than 1% of gold is traceable.

In response to the brief and to complement Michaela’s embellished Schiaparelli gown, Emefa Cole designed; a headpiece, which is based on a coral branch and crafted using tiny gold nuggets of SMO gold as well as earrings and two cocktail rings, hand textured to look like silky liquid gold. The gold can be traced to Endeavour Mining’s, Ity mine in Cote d’Ivoire, celebrated for its responsible mining practices.

The Met Gala guestlist is composed of personalities who are perceived to be contemporaneously relevant to society and cherry picked by editor and chief of US Vogue, Anna Wintour. It is a great honour to be invited to co-host and so for Michaela to use this stage to shine a light on the talents of Emefa Cole and the work of SMO gold is a gracious and important gesture rarely seen on the red carpet.

When asked how the jewellery made her feel, Michaela responded, “There is a great synergy between Daniel Roseberry and Emefa Cole’s designs, I feel timeless in her work. Michaela went on to say, ‘There is no greater feeling to know that your choices can impact women in Africa like we’ve done with this collaboration.”.