7 posts tagged “jewelry”

Spring 2009 is in the air.

So for all of you who are extremely busy with your own home jewellery businesses I thought some hints on the key trends might be helpful.

As always we must begin with color. There are three important color stories for the season.

The first is black and white.

The new take for this graphic combo is floral. Pretty all over large flowers. What’s really fresh for black and white is taking it in a less slick direction and adding a more textural attitude.

I believe using fabric wrapped beads, printed ceramic, and glass beads from India that are imperfect is a great way to achieve a crisp but natural look for this palette.

Coral and yellow is the warm palette this spring/summer. Look to the continent of India for inspiration.

Use patterned beaded and etched metals to complement your colors. Antique finished on metal, and rose gold platings can really make this theme a bit more directional.

Amazonite greens and translucent turquoise look great for a cool spring palette.

Try mixing matte and shiny beads for a beachy feeling. Touches of raffia for texture make a nice contrast, and using a brown or natural material to ground the colors is a new way to do blue.

Silhouettes that are the newest are Indian inspired frontal necks with cord to the back, and chunky frontal bead necks inspired by Dries Van Noten’s runway show. Be sure to take a look on www.annerush.com where I posted the best photos in my Savvy Gallery.

Great earrings are going to be the key item for spring. Casual, light weight, colourful chandelier earrings will definitely take the spotlight.

Some of my favorite designers to be inspired by for spring are Ralph Lauren, Donna Karen, and Vera Wang.

via jewelry-business-blog.com

Hello Kitty is really on a role.

Where ever you go, she will be there. You just can't escape this pretty feline. Kimora Lee Simmons For Hello Kitty jewellery collection is hot, stunning and adorable all at the same time. It is made up of precious stones and diamonds and everything else that glitters.

If you are into astrology and horoscopes and all that, you will love the Zodiac Collection.

The diamonds here range from 10 to .23 carats on a 18” silver chain from the Zodiac Kitty section. If you are a spoilt princess, you can try the Princess Kitty who wears a beautiful pink or yellow sapphire crown. The watches are especially nice and you get the choice of buying them with or without diamonds. The pink diamond watch costs about $1,995.

Check out Simply Kitty and Glam Kitty too. The Simply Kitty earring are amazing and come for $2150. So here is Hello Kitty glittering in style.

Via www.luxurylaunches.com

If you have already chosen the dress for the New Year party you must think of an appropriate pair of shoes, a bag and jewelry to accessorize your gown. It is not easy to choose something really nice but I guess we can help you understand what kind of items you should look for.

Shoes

Shoes for the New Year party must be very bright, with extremely high heels and even some décor.
The trendiest shoes are those that are rich in color and have metallic shining, sequins, prints or made of leather of several hues.

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If you have a Super Tween in your life, you know how hard it is to shop for her.

She's ultra picky and disappointing her means major attitude, cue the rolling of the eyes. The key to pleasing the tween is to get her something colorful and sparkly, something none of her friends have. These Betsey Johnson Sequined Bangles ($35 each) she can show off in style.

Mysterious Cartier Pearls Linked to Catherine the Great

Supposedly a mysterious Cartier pearl necklace will be auctioned off in New York in December that supposedly belonged to the Russian Empress Catherine The Great. 

The history behind the Cartier pearl necklace is that Horace Elgin Dodge purchased the necklace from Cartier in Paris in 1920 for his wife, Anna Thomson Dodge for $825,000, or 8 Million dollars today.

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Sometimes it's best not to change a winning formula, especially when it produces surprisingly hot results. Last year Gucci shot their jewellery campaign featuring Drew Barrymore with Inez and Vinoodh. Today almost a year to the day I stumbled across their new campaign featuring a more then usually attractive Claire Danes, but the ads felt slightly like I was experiencing deja vu.

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Swarovski, the world's leading manufacturer of cut crystal, was established in Austria in 1895 and has a long tradition of links with the fashion and jewellery industry, collaborating in the 1950s with people like Christian Dior and Coco Chanel to create avant-garde crystal jewellery.

The V&A celebrated Swarovski's collaboration with the world of fashion with a series of stunning catwalk shows, presenting a unique collection of spectacular specially-commissioned jewels for the catwalk. The designers, all linked to fashion and jewellery, were asked to merge fashion, body ornament and jewellery, and innovate with crystal to create their ultimate runway jewellery piece.