The sighting: Actress Ellie Kemper recently appeared on the Today Show in a blue dress accented with some delicate gold Alex Monroe jewelry.

The jewels: Kemper is wearing Alex Monroe’s Bluebell Drop Earrings and Garden Gathering Charm Bracelet.
The earrings feature handcrafted bluebell flowers in gold plated sterling silver with cascading blue iolite drops and are listed on Alex Monroe’s website for £174. The bracelet features handmade flowers, leaves, and bees in 22k yellow gold-plated sterling silver and is listed on the brand’s website for £240.

The trends: A little too sweet and subtle for BoHo, these pieces fit perfectly into a trend I discovered through TikTok: Cottagecore. It reminds you of sun-soaked meadows and tiny sandwiches and all things cute and nice and pastoral. It’s anything you’d wear to a tea party where you might meet a fairy.

What do we think? I think this is absolutely perfect for bubbly, sunshine-ey Ellie Kemper. The subtle glints of gold both flatter and enliven her coloring, while the lovely little flowers echo the sweetness of the actress’ public persona in a way that is charming, rather than overbearing.

If this were a red carpet, I would say the jewels are too small. But for a daytime tv appearance, they’re just right.

Judgement: 13/10 for a lovely, subtle, well-matched jewelry choice