Necklaces

What did a few of our famous and heart stopping stars wear to the BAFTA?

Kristen Stewart kept her jewelry subtle, understated and simple. She just had on a diamond bracelet, a ring and diamond studs. Anna Kendrick on the other hand opted for the most beautiful long drop earrings and then, she needed no other jewelry to spike up her bright yellow outfit.

Kate Winslet on the other hand wore the most beautiful of Tiffany diamonds and black jade earrings that offset her black attire to perfection. This offset her peaches and cream complexion in the most beautiful way.

Vanessa Redgrave looked chic and elegant. She opted to wear drop earrings and multiple strands of pearls that gave her the classic and extremely sophisticated look. On the strands of pearls was an intricate, filigreed diamond pendant. She certainly proved that diamonds are a woman’s best friend. Also, that pearls and diamonds can certainly be paired up together to give the most fabulous of effects.

A diamond pendant that will take your breath away is the one that Gabriella Sidibe wore. It was the most beautifully and intricately designed asymmetrical diamond pendant. The design was one of a kind and it was strung on a thin matching chain. The tapering design of twirls and inspired by floral and leaf designs had people gape at it in wonderment. This was one wonderful jewelry piece for certain.

Jealousy Inspiring Jewelry

Want to transition your looks and add the right dash of color to your wardrobe. Then you needn’t look any further than adding the right jewelry pieces to your wardrobe.

The right kind of jewelry, need not only be the expensive kind, can add the right explosion of color and can set off the best of neutral color outfits. An easy and most magnificent way, to set off an outfit, and transform it with the right panache from morning to evening wear!

Here are the four picks to do so:

• Layered beads necklaces. Pick beads of different colors and hues and string them together in the best of tropical colors. Layer them from the smallest to the largest in strands and watch your neck come alive.
• Tribal and eco-friendly jewelry. Look at the jewelry that is made from environmentally friendly materials and you will have the right pieces and yet be helping the earth go green. This trend is going to be big throughout 2010. Try your hand at East Indian, Native American, Mayan or African jewelry and you will love the wonderful newness that it breathes into your wardrobe.
• Mix the most unusual and brightest of colors to get the jewelry that will make a white dress or blouse come alive. Team it with a little bit of silver or gold and you can add the right dash of festive celebration to it. Greens and blues make the most eye catching combination. There are several others that can do so too. Let your imagination run wild.
• Bring in the bounty of nature to your jewelry. How about flowers, butterflies and other things related with nature and gardens made into jewelry icons. This is the most trendy and innovative of jewelry trends that you could have.

Bring back the Dazzle in your life

With recession and winter far behind us, this is certainly the right time for us to bring out the dazzle and the bling to our dressing. What better way to do this then to add the right amounts of glitter and shimmer to our wardrobe by way of jewelry.

Here are the ways you can do just that and more:

• A cocktail ring can be that one fashion statement that will instantly draw the eye balls in your direction. This is one piece of jewelry that will get you the attention that you require and yet it will have the right amount of class and chic associated with it. try on cocktail rings with a gemstone in the center, studded with diamonds around it and in silver or white gold. A cocktail ring will almost look like a signet ring if worn right. The mantra for a cocktail ring is always bigger is better. In that case, do not wear any other piece of jewelry with it as it will then become too much.
• Silver hoops or earrings: silver can add the right amounts of the most subtle kind of bling to your wear. It will allow you to carry with you the old-world charm and yet remain in contemporary fashionable trends. Silver hoops at your ears can be the most wonderful way to enhance and accessorize your looks and attire in the best possible way.
• A statement chunky necklace: there can be nothing more attention drawing than the most fantastic of necklaces at your neck. This could be one expensive piece that might be an heirloom or a piece that you picked up with the right kind of rich textures and shades to it. The statement necklace can have gems for the added dazzle.

A woman’s true love, diamonds and …

Fashions may come and go but one thing that remains forever etched in a woman’s mind and a thing of pure beauty is a diamond. As the saying goes diamonds are a woman’s best friend and they always remain as great fashion accessories. Fashion trends have come and gone down ages, but what as remained unchanged are the diamonds.

Diamonds are extremely versatile. If you are born with silver or should that be golden spoon or are able to get married to a rich man, you can ask him to buy you a huge solitaire to flash on your finger. Or else you can buy yourself exquisite and delicate diamond studs or dainty diamond bracelets or a diamond pendant. If you were to peep into the jewelry box of any woman you are bound to find a diamond or two within.

The diamond saga continues in the year 2010 too. Especially so on a hot summer afternoon or evening when you want to look cool and unflustered, diamond jewelry is just the right thing to wear. The way the winds of fashion trends for this year are moving, diamonds will continue to remain the unabated victorious ones.

Diamonds look fantastic in any form and the sky is the limit for designing or fashion trends where they are concerned. The sparkle and glitter that diamonds can get your look is incomparable to anything else in this world. They look wonderful as pendants, hoops around your ears and dangling to add that extra zing to life.

The next time round if your man asks you what you want him to buy for you, don’t settle for flowers. Diamonds will last your forever. And, what better way to prove your love than to buy your woman a diamond.

Teen jewelry trends on a tight budget

Teens need jewelry that is just right for their budget and there are several of these pieces around. You need not spend a few dollars to be able to get the right jewelry to deck you up. The jewelry needs to be a perfect match for the ensemble, money notwithstanding. Contemporary fashion is really in with modern designs and motifs. The jewelry needs to be in good taste and artistically presented. The earrings worn by Selena are priced at just under $6.

When you think of teenagers, can rocker style and funky jewelry ever be far behind?  This is the kind of jewelry that ensures you are able to showcase your creativity, originality and individualistic style which teens are famous for. This kind of jewelry is made of metal and has different hues to the metal be is in the tones of silver or gold. The jewelry can have the right splashes of color added to it with beads, gemstones that are inexpensive, crystals, stones and lucky charms. Layered necklaces against the backdrop of a tee certainly make for an excellent style statement.

If you like simple understated jewelry then you can try the ones that are simple and filigreed. They are in the form of different simple shapes such as flowers, crosses or circles and are made from sterling silver usually. This kind of jewelry can add on an instantaneous old world kind of charm to your outfit along with a whole lot of chic and sophistication.

The right kind of jewelry worn by a teen can certainly make them confident and enable them to emphasize on the most important aspects of their dress. There can be nothing more interesting than to add on this kind of jewelry to your wardrobe at the right budget.

Color Carnival Collage

Every changing season throws up a new color palette for the things that you wear including jewelry. What better color for Spring and Summer 2010 then the color that is inspired by the blazing sun in the sky.

The color carnival collage that we forecast will be seen out on the streets, on the runways and at any major do are going to be anything that is inspired by yellow. This could start off from the lowest range of the yellow spectrum and include neutrals, beiges and creams and go on to include the feistiest of oranges and reds with the right tinges of yellows to it.

All the colors that will be showcased and worn in the jewelry segment will cool your skin but certainly go on to heat up the way you look. There is bound to be an explosive mix of colors this season. It could be a white dress to ward off the sunlight and enough of color in your jewelry to keep the white from looking too washed out. You will certainly love this kind of combination wherein you needn’t feel the heat by wearing too many strong colors on your attire but at the same time add on the right amounts of color by way of your jewelry.

Now, if your heart is the kind that desires gemstones then you can have the most refreshing of yellow gemstones in your jewelry in the form of topaz, amber, citrine and cubic zircons that will put any citrus colors to shame. The yellow in your jewelry will bring to light the yellow of lemons, the yellow of a canary, and the yellow of see-through beads.

The best thing about this kind of fashion jewelry wardrobe is that you can team it up with anything in your closet and make a style statement.

Do not let the woes of the economy bring you down, add color via your jewelry

Although the economy is picking up now, it has been in the doldrums for long and this has exactly been the theme for the Spring 2010 jewelry collection. Bright, bold and brave colors that are in your face and bring about the right kind of spunky attitude in the wearer!

The kinds of attitude that will help fight the woes of the economy and be able to bounce back with a vengeance.

The bold colors used of reds, pinks, and the brightest of greens in semi-precious stones can be comforting and make one stand out in the crowd. These eye-catching pieces of jewelry in the form of rings, earrings and neck pieces can be the focal point of any attire. These one of a kind pieces will certainly enable you to be able to wear your style statement on your sleeve. These are the kinds of pieces that are gorgeous and irrestible and just one of them worn will make you the center of attraction and enable the attire to stand out from the lot. The best of color contrasts have been seen. Such as the proverbial black and white gown with a feisty red energizing ring, or a parrot green emerald earrings at your ears to add the right zing and a difference in the color palette.

Colors have always been associated with life, new beginnings and these color blocks in jewelry will enable you to do just that. Showcase your attitude to the world around of being back, and bound to be successful.

So, go girl, indulge yourself in the colors of the season and paint your senses in the most vibrant violets, gorgeous greens, ravishing reds and beautifying blues.

2010 Winter Jewelry Trends: Ralph Lauren Alhambra Three Row Multi Bead Necklace!

Oh ladies and gentlemen, it has been quite a while hasn’t it?  Well – I have been on leave but I am back now and I am ever-so-ready to show you some of the best jewelry out there for the wintertime!  Take this necklace – oh, I have to tell you that I am in love with this particular Ralph Lauren necklace.

Do you know how NYC’s Ralph Lauren actually got started?  He began his career by selling ties to his high school classmates and now – he is definitely one of the most respected designers in the world and this piece just proves it!

The dramatic Alhambra Three Row Multi Bead Necklace actually contains a variety of colorful stones, which really sparkle and shimmer when it is whipping snow around outside. 

The necklace is layered with three gold-plated chains and each of them is embellished with sparkling semi-precious faceted gemstones in all different shapes.

You want this thing?  It’s only $128 at Bloomingdales which considering it is a Ralph Lauren, that is not all that bad!

Let’s Take A Step Back In Time…

There are some pieces of jewelry that are just absolutely timeless – to be honest, I think that these vintage pieces are more valuable than most of the diamonds in the world and that is saying something!  Vintage jewelry is something that is so precious, so incredible and so perfect that honestly, I think that people should invest in it more often.

Way back when – jewelry was something that people took pride in wearing and while that is still true in today’s world, I think that that the vintage jewelry age is something beautiful and people were not wearing jewelry for fashion, but rather to show the pieces themselves off.  Jewelry was something to be appreciated, not just another accessory to put on.

Although vintage jewelry is hard to find, once you do find it – it is something beautiful and lovely and something to be cherished!

Ringed Up Necklaces: New Fashion Trend!

Let’s say that you are shopping for a ring – you find the perfect, one of a kind, beautiful, breathtaking ring that you want to buy … however, it does not fit.  No matter how hard you try to get it to slide down your finger, it won’t.  While you might want it, there is absolutely no way that it is going to fit on your finger and that is sad … right?  Not anymore!

One of the newest trends in jewelry is ring necklaces.  You take a bunch of rings that simply do not fit on your finger any longer, string them together on a long chain and poof!  You got yourself a brand new piece of jewelry that is not only chic but also totally fashionable in every way possible!

The great thing about this brand new trend is that it gives you a chance to wear rings that you might not have worn in a very long time.