Of course, to keep costs down, most brands have leant toward using plastic pearls over the freshwater finds, but the sentiment is still there. From heavily embellished dresses like Leonie Hanne ...

Ariana Grande wowed in a tweed Chanel mini dress with sheer stockings to attend the Academy Women's Luncheon in Los Angeles ...

While at first glance it seemed like your typical fringe dress, a closer inspection revealed that the tassels were actually long strings of hand-sewn pearls varying in size. Designed by Manish ...

Styled by Rob Zangardi, Klum delivered an elegant look in Manish Malholtra’s Waterfall Pearl Gown, a halter dress adorned with more than 100,000 pearls and crystals. Both ornaments embellished ...