Posted by Bethan Holt, Junior Fashion Editor at Large
Reinvention. Fashion wouldn't be the same without it. Until recently, jewellery had been bobbing along pretty nicely for a long time, minding its own business. There were still trends but they pretty much stuck to the traditional necklace/ earrings/ rings/ bracelets shapes and expectations. Of late though there's been a shift with designers and jewellers pushing the boundaries with new kinds of lovely things to adorn our bodies with. Here are the four big new thing things in jewellery...
1. EAR CUFFS
These are possibly the best established of the new jewellery vanguard, having broken onto the fashion scene in a big way following their appearance in Rodarte's SS13 show. Here, they looked like miniature intricate dragons crouching down the wearers' ears. They were back on the catwalk too for Autumn/ Winter at Dries Van Noten is huge, chunky rock form. Australian jeweller Ryan Storer is also winning lots of fans with his beautifully delicate ear cuffs.
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| Dries Van Noten ear cuff for AW13 (vi catwalking.com) |
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| A gorgeous Ryan Storer ear cuff (via vogue.com/au) You can buy them here |
2. CROWNS
Sick of the Hen-Party-isation of the tiara, head jewellery thoughts have turned to its even more regal alternative, the crown. Dolce and Gabbana really, really sold this to us in AW13 show by topping off many of the collection's looks with chintzy Byzantine crowns.
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| Dolce and Gabbana catwalk crown (via allure.com) |
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| Katy Perry does crown as punk at Met Ball (via www.professionaljeweller.com) |
3. NAIL RINGS
I first came across these ingenious new finger-location rings at Browns press day, where I had to hold myself back from walking out with a completely beautiful Asherali Knopfer nail ring. They slot over your nail so that even if you can't remember the last time you had a manicure, your nails will look beautiful.
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| Asherali Knopfer nail rings at Browns |
4. ROW RINGS
Why buy one ring, when you can buy 3 all bonded together in a row? Lots of designers were creating this impression this season, although the effect can be created from, y'know, just wearing a ring on every finger. Delfina Delettrez definitely did a row of 3 though. Expect many imitations.
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| Delfina Delettrez rings (via dazeddigital.com) |
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| Row Rings at McQueen AW13 (via style.com) |
