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Julia Roberts and Chopard have teamed up on the storied watchmaker’s latest Happy Sport editions to create a moment in luxury and cinematic history

- Julia Roberts and Chopard

There are few names that better embody joie de vivre than Julia Roberts. In 2016, on the steps of the Palais de Festival at the Cannes Film Festival, the actress was barefoot and wearing an off-the-shoulder black dress highlighting a Chopard Haute Joaillerie emerald and diamond necklace – it is little surprise that Julia’s naturally graceful demeanour caught the eye of Caroline Scheufele, artistic director and co-president of the Swiss-based luxury brand – as well as a passionate film lover.

‘It was her and nobody else,’ says Caroline, who invited Julia to embody the face of the new iterations of the Happy Sport women’s collection. ‘Julia Roberts was the only person I felt could convey the spirit that I see in Happy Sport.’