Jewelry Trends to Watch for Fall/Winter 2017
Refresh your jewelry collection and embrace this year’s focus on rebellious opulence with these fun jewelry trends. There’s something for every style and budget, making it easy to customize these trends for your unique taste.
Stacks
Bracelet stacking has been a trend for a few seasons now, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to go away for fall and winter. The same goes for necklaces, too. However, stacked looks for fall and winter are going chunkier and less coordinated, often with pieces that don’t obviously look like they’re designed as a set. This gives you the opportunity to really get creative with your styling and add more glamour to your look while setting your own rules for how to design your stack. Go ahead and wear mixed metallics and contrasting textures—the old rules aren’t in effect this season.
Oversized Elements
The fashion world is trending toward an over-the-top approach for this season, and that means that oversized jewelry pieces are back in style. Beyond going for the merely chunky and bold, though, designers are starting to enlarge individual elements that were once mostly used in smaller sizes and greater quantities. According to French Vogue, designers have been giving pearls a modern makeover by plucking them from delicate, staid obscurity and magnifying them to epic proportions. If you’ve ordinarily worn pearls in the 5-8mm range, consider going bigger with a dive into the bold and beautiful world of pearls sized 12mm and larger.
Punk-inspired Asymmetry and Upcycling
Marc Jacobs’ fall/winter season looks this year continued the innovative designer’s trend toward rebellious, modern takes on classic elegance. One of the most compelling jewelry looks from his runway saw a model wearing a single hoop earring decorated with a gigantic bejweled key. This unexpected detailing is a classic punk rock style strategy, and as always, the current generation of designers born in the 1970s and 80s seem as taken as always with the wild freedom of punk culture. Jewelry that takes on unexpected shapes and elevates seemingly mundane objects to fashionable highs is a fun option for irreverent fashionistas this year.
Bold Statement Earrings
Of course, if asymmetry simply isn’t for you, there are still some options for you to consider to add a touch of on-trend fashion to your style routine. Retro-inspired chandelier earrings that would be right at home in a 1970s or 80s nightclub offer glamazons the opportunity to catch a lot of eyes and generate a lot of flash. Most of the runway looks in this category focus on colorless stones arranged in opulent dangles, which is a look you can capture while keeping an eye on the classics by toning down the scale a bit. You can also nod to the silhouette while introducing a pop of color by incorporating colorful but still fairly pale stones such as aquamarine or pink topaz.
If you like any of these jewelry trends but want to see them done on your own terms, get in touch with us today so we can make you a custom jewelry piece that delivers the exact look you want.
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