History Main / GemEncrusted

* There is apparently now a RealLife trend of "Vajazzling"- which is supposedly "bedazzling" one's vagina. But that's a misnomer, due to the practicalities of doing that to either the labia or the vaginal lining (the latter being the true vagina in medical terms). The gems are actually glued on to the region of skin over the pubic bone.

This can include real gems or even plastic gems, which are often seen in girls' toys.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': As with many aspects of 'Southron' culture (i.e. mainstream Westerosi or Andal-influenced culture), the North plays things rather differently. The ancient crown of the Kings of Winter - which Torrhen Stark surrendered to Aegon Targaryen during the Conquest - inverts this trope by consisting of a bronze circlet decorated with iron spikes shaped like swords. No jewels are featured, as bronze and iron are considered the materials of war. When he is declared the first King in the North in centuries, Robb Stark has a similar crown made to indicate his status.

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': For Christmas 1996, Molly Weasley gets a diamond-studded witch's hat from Fred and George (their joke shop business has REALLY taken off).

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'':
** Glimmer and Marvel, the tributes from District 1, wear jewel-encrusted tunics during the Tribute Parade.
** Katniss's dress for her interview is covered in gems wrought into flame designs.

* ''Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant'': The title tower in this Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story. Conan (who is young at this point) is rather dazzled by it; only the OldMaster thief Taurus gets him to go on, for the MineralMacGuffin.

* Gahan of Gathol wore a jewel-encrusted harness in the beginning of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Chessmen of Mars]]''.
* The eponymous {{Macguffin}} of ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'' (and its real-life inspiration, the Kniphausen Hawk) is a gem-covered statue of a falcon that was later covered with black enamel to hide its value.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/TheTowerOfTheElephant" -- the title tower. Conan (who is young at this point) is rather dazzled by it; only the OldMaster thief Taurus gets him to go on, for the MineralMacGuffin.
* Smaug the Golden, the famous dragon from ''Literature/TheHobbit'' has his belly covered with precious jewels from lying immobile for years on a mound of treasure, neatly making him immune to the standard dragon weak spot... ''except'' for the [[AchillesHeel conspicuously bare patch on his left breast]].
** [[CoolSword Orcrist and Glamdring]] are described as having plenty of gemstones set all over in their hilts. This is a description Peter Jackson's props department completely missed.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Katniss's dress for the interview is described as this, with flame designs.
* Creator/ETAHoffmann was very, ''very'' fond of this trope in ''Literature/TheNutcracker''.
* In ''Literature/{{Holes}}'', the Warden wears boots studded with turquoise stones.

* Eärendil, as described in the poem ''Eärendilinwë'', recited and composed by [[AuthorAvatar Bilbo Baggins]] in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
--> ...With gems was wreathed his helmet tall...

* The Wrestling/{{WWE}} Championship got a redesign right after Wrestling/WrestleMania 20 to fit this due to the title being won by [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy John Cena]]. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/WWE_Championship.jpg Take a look.]] The title has over 3000 diamonds and a [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinner]] (that hasn't actually spun since 2007) and looked tackier and tackier every year. The redesign is probably as big a cause of XPacHeat as Cena himself.

* Now taken UpToEleven [[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/16246/20140923/woman-covers-mercedes-with-swarovski-crystal-now-thats-a-bling-car.htm by the owner of this car,]] a 21-year-old Russian national studying business in London. "If you got it, flaunt it" indeed!
* Taken up to more than eleven with the [[http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/diamond-studded-iphone-6-by-alexander-amosu-costs-gbp-17-million-589753 £1.7 million diamond studded iPhone.]] That's over 2.7 million US Dollars, and that's the latest in a line of them.

* One "camo" scheme available for gear in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'' is Diamond, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what]] [[BlingBlingBang it sounds like]], and looks as [[http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Diamond ridiculous as you'd think.]] Of course, given the incredibly difficult requirements for unlocking it, it's really more of a BraggingRightsReward than a legitimate camouflage option.

* When UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette travels to France in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', she wears a PimpedOutDress that has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/50856c4962d72c90e176f48deba1cf0c.png ermine trim on the dress and cape, where the ermine is studded with jewelry]].

* The original blingtastic wrestling title has to be Wrestling/TedDibiase's [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Million_Dollar_Championship.jpg Million Dollar Championship]]. Gold plated and covered with cubic zirconia, with three real diamonds on the inside, it cost a legitimate $125,000.

** In Japan, "[[http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/14111/Decoden.html decoden]]" ("decorated cellphone") mostly means adding a thick layer of Swarowski crystals and/or [[http://pingmag.jp/2008/09/18/decoden/ random crud]] like fake roses or tiny plastic desserts to your cellphone.

* The bejeweled [[ErmineCapeEffect ermine dress]] in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' is heavily based on [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Leszczynska_by_François_Albert_Stiemart,_1726,_Versailles.jpg this dress worn by Marie Leszczynska, wife of Louis XV]]. There are several other paintings of royal ladies with dresses trimmed with furs studded with jewels. Although some could have been embellishments by the painters.

* Now taken UpToEleven [[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/16246/20140923/woman-covers-mercedes-with-swarovski-crystal-now-thats-a-bling-car.htm by the owner of this car]], a 21-year-old Russian national studying business in London. "If you got it, flaunt it" indeed!
* Taken up to more than eleven with the [[http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/diamond-studded-iphone-6-by-alexander-amosu-costs-gbp-17-million-589753 £1.7 million diamond studded iPhone]]. That's over 2.7 million US Dollars, and that's the latest in a line of them.

* According to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_the_Romanov_family#Execution the other Wiki]], during the [[UsefulNotes/RomanovsAndRevolutions execution of the Romanov family]], three of the daughters survived for a short time because enough diamonds had been sewn into their clothes to act as armor.

* The MacGuffin in ''50 Cent: Blood on the Sand'' is a diamond-encrusted skull.

Compare BuiltWithLego, GoldMakesEverythingShiny, PowerCrystal, SymbolMotifClothing. See BlingBlingBang for when this gets applied to firearms.

* Vanity in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Big Nose Dilemma" gets a new nose that looks like a Faberge egg sitting on his face.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse'', Muderface buys a lethal "diamond-encrusted, titanium-based" codpiece. It's later given to midget Klokateer 216 as a raffle prize.

* Played with in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. The Holy Grail is [[spoiler:the one NOT GemEncrusted. Thus, "the cup of a carpenter."]]

* And now taken UpToEleven [[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/16246/20140923/woman-covers-mercedes-with-swarovski-crystal-now-thats-a-bling-car.htm by the owner of this car]], a 21-year-old Russian national studying business in London. "If you got it, flaunt it" indeed!
* Taken up to more than eleven with the [[http://m.gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/diamond-studded-iphone-6-by-alexander-amosu-costs-gbp-17-million-589753 £1.7 million diamond studded iPhone]]. That's over 2.7 million US Dollars. And that's the latest in a line of them.

** The bejeweled [[ErmineCapeEffect ermine dress]] in ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' is heavily based on [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Leszczynska_by_François_Albert_Stiemart,_1726,_Versailles.jpg this dress worn by Marie Leszczynska, wife of Louis XV]]. There are several other paintings of royal ladies with dresses trimmed with furs studded with jewels. Although some could have been embellishments by the painters.

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* When UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette travels to France in ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'', she wears a PimpedOutDress that has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/50856c4962d72c90e176f48deba1cf0c.png ermine trim on the dress and cape, where the ermine is studded with jewelry]].

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---> ...With gems was wreathed his helmet tall...

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--> With a pair of heavy-duty
--> Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
--> Every other wrangler would say
--> I was mighty grand

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* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40,000]]'''s Eldar are, if anything, even more gem-encrusted than their High Elf fantasy counterparts, though the cabochon gemstone shapes on the models can just as easily be painted as blisters in the high-tech plastics they build in. The gemstones are not all decorative, however, as [[PowerCrystal psychically-attuned spirit stones]] play a huge role in Craftworld Eldar society - providing their souls succor from the predations of a thirsting god when they die. As such many of the gemstones in Eldar technology contain the souls of departed Eldar to control the devices.

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* The MacGuffin in ''50 Cent: Blood On The Sand'' is a diamond encrusted skull.

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* Rarity TheFashionista pony from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' loves to include gems in her fashion designs and even has a bunch of gems as her Cutie Mark. She can easily find enough gems for her outfits since her special unicorn magic detects gems with ease.
** She once created a dragon costume and encrusted it with gems, presumably to mimic the effect of a dragon sleeping on a hoard of treasure, but it only made the PaperThinDisguise all the more obvious. Luckily, the actual dragons don't question it because one of them, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB6g8od2K-4 an oddball named Crackle,]] just so happens to look identical to the costume, gems and all.

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* ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': In the [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-7#post-6355837 Valuable Art]] chapter, a high priest of Crowned Death wears a "mask of rubies and amber]]".

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'': Franchise/WonderWoman's cape has six large star shaped gems on it as well as a number of smaller sparkly bits. Purrsia's flying cat's mane/scarf is decked in a multitude of gems.

* Pretty much all of Prince Nana's attire since 2002 that isn't a business suit, except for that period in 2008 where he [[RichesToRags lost all his riches]] and was begging Wrestling/RingOfHonor to rehire him.

* Meowzie's Poké Ball in Anime/{{Pokemon}}.

* Manages to be an important plot point in an episode of ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' in which Merlin is suffering from a range of visions that prophesy that Morgana will try to kill the king. One of them is of her unsheathing a GemEncrusted dagger, and it's through Merlin's indirect intervention that Arthur swaps a very plain dagger (that he was originally going to give Morgana for her birthday) with the gem-covered murder weapon from Merlin's vision.