Subtle: (Adjective) Of a mixture or effect delicately complex and understated.

Despite as previously reported, Madonna did not in fact show up to Oscar events this weekend with her dumb as a bowl full of marshmallow Peeps boyfriend hanging on her arm. Instead, she brought along millions and millions of dollars of diamond jewelry. (And of course, two tickets to the gun show. Zing!) The extravagance included:

• A black and white diamond chain with 500 carats of the shiny stones
• A diamond bangle with 25 carats of diamonds and platinum
• An onyx and diamond bracelet with 50 carats of diamonds
• A pair of diamond pear shape earrings of 20 carats each
• A square diamond and onyx ring

Then for her own private party — not wanting to skimp on diamonds — Madge strapped herself into a cross and chain with 100 carats of diamonds, bracelets with 50 carats of diamonds, long diamond earrings worth 1 million dollars and a huge diamond and platinum ring. (Source)

In this bleak economic landscape, many celebrities are going for more understated looks to practice a bit of sensitivity. But I guess they don't teach sensitivity in Kabbalah. I guess we can just add that to the list of things they don't teach in Kabbalah, along with how not to have the messiest public divorce ever and the best places to inject steroids. Oh wait -- my bad. They totally do teach you that last one.