Despite the fact that most jewelry is timeless, fashion trends exist in this area. For several seasons in a row, large jewelry was in fashion - massive earrings and chains, reminiscent of the era of the 1980s. This trend continues in the spring-summer season of 2008, although it appears in a slightly updated form - today stones of all colors of the rainbow are used in jewelry, in the most unexpected combinations. Gems - amethysts, emeralds, rubies, topazes, tourmalines, citrines, aquamarines and spinel - are the real stars of the season. The larger they are, the more saturated the color - the better! You can find them in the collections of Chaumet, Fred, Boucheron, Bvlgari, Otazu and other jewelry houses.
Another clear direction is the mixing of various artistic styles in jewelry. Here and Art Deco, and Disco, and Art Nouveaux, and the "court" classics. Oriental trends are also palpable, which indicates the return of fashion to the bohemian style, which means all kinds of ethnic motifs, and a combination of metals and wood.
Designers of leading jewelry houses claim that the main "trick" of the season is a mixture of different shapes and textures. It can be anything: metal ribbons assembled in assemblies, metal “lace”, intertwined ropes, knots and intricate weaves, images of sports equipment, musical instruments and any other items. Natural motifs can represent flowers, leaves, twigs, berries, figures of people and animals, butterflies, snakes. The unique Hummingbirg (Hummingbird) collection, for example, was presented by the famous English jewelry house Garrard.
As for the metals in which precious stones are enclosed and from which all this jewelry splendor weaves and sculpts, gloss and dullness are in fashion. “Chocolate” and “coffee” themes stand out very clearly: they sound in stones, starting with golden topaz and ending with chocolate shades of smoky topaz and quartz in matte finish, and in light yellow gold or “pink” very fashionable today (or how it also called magenta) gold.
Smoky and neutral stones, as well as brown-sand tones in products whose design is distinguished by modern minimalism with a sensual element, Chaumet has in its collection cabochons from different types of quartz and topazes. These colors are intended for those who understand and feel the world around them, are at the forefront of modern fashion, ready to boldly declare themselves, and for those who are interested in the internal nature of precious stones.
Color options for diamonds, including black, are extremely relevant. Many jewelery houses offer designer cut diamonds, such as the recently launched Stern Star cut diamond with twenty internal faces, H. Stern. Complex gold-cut sapphire is also very popular in gold jewelry. If jewelry is without stones, then they should use interesting compositional solutions, various textures, and combinations of gold in different colors, like Damiani and Antonini. The main jewelry plots are couture, nature and unexpected architecture.
One of the most popular flowers of the season are olive green and pink tones. At the same time, a bright pink tint is in fashion, almost like the color of pink candy. In the green range, preference is given to the olive and forgotten dark greenish-bluish tint, darker than the color of mint. The bright violet color, more precisely, its shade closer to violet dark lilac than blue, is also popular.
Jewelers suggest young fashionistas with a good sense of humor to pay attention to bracelets and earrings that are fashionable today, decorated with pendants in the form of handbags, shoes, telephones and other cute women’s items, which used to be classified as children's “jewelry” (Aaron Basha), as well as catchy and bright expensive jewelry, like Lanvin, Swarovski and Agatha.
And, finally, it is worth emphasizing once again the increasing role of jewelry in the wardrobe of both modern women and modern men, over whose appearance whole fashion houses (Tateossian London) work. Jewelry is no longer a simple addition to the costume, but become an essential component of our appearance. Think it over.
