Category: jewellery

Bling x

I love words.

I love Jewellery.

Jewellery plus words equals a match made in heaven.

Especially if they’re rude words. Or rather the words that hit the sweet spot of irony.

(All pics Pinterest and Hoopsandchains.com)

Hell yeah.

Laters, Kate x

A Gem x

So here’s the thing – I did a post about brooches a while back. But my love of them shows no signs of abating, instead the need to embellish is growing and multiplying like a sparkling, cabochon mold.

But there’s something else that’s caught my eye, away from the traditional magpie pull of vintage costume jewellery; beautiful handmade and handcrafted brooches, little masterpieces of creation, witty takes and outrageous pieces of inventiveness.

(All pics Pinterest)

I love.

Laters, Kate x

Sparkle!

Gorgeous, no? And (I say this in a whisper) High street….£35 well spent from &OtherStories: Hitting the mark in pocket friendly presents that capture the jewellery zeitgeist with their power to elevate and add that Christmas luminosity.

(All pics Pinterest and &OtherStories)

And of course….there’s always the sales………

Laters, Kate x

Smile x

 

In the summer, in Greece, I hunt down the old fashioned souvenir shops that still sell the shell based surfer chokers of old for a few euros, then layer them up. A look akin to a mash up between a Masai warrior (is that cultural appropriation – or cultural celebration?) and a sun bleached beach bum. The jewellery of Roxanne Assoulin gives me the same joyful feeling – and for those still on the present hunt, the price point is a Christmas treat (£70 – £350) but not in the mortgage your left kidney and sell your soul to the devil bracket.

(All pics Roxanne Assoulin and Pinterest)

 

It also helps that her ‘story’ page makes me laugh. You can either read it as I don’t care, or you can see it as a pithy comment on the modern disease to manufacture and self promote.

 

For me it’s the later.

Laters, Kate x

Noose x

 

What times we live in.  Maybe this post should’ve been about future brooches for Lady Hale.  But I don’t think that lady needs any help, sartorial or otherwise. Instead I give you chains: The chains we choose to wear, the conscious, the unconscious. The ones we’re sometimes forced to wear. And sometimes, the one’s we wear with pride: The chains of office.

(All pics Pinterest)

I know whose office I’d prefer to be in today.

Laters, Kate x

Just Pose x

 

Need some fashion inspired binge watching mashed with 80s vibes and pure soul?

 

Something full of escapism that’s not only big – hearted but revelatory?

 

(All pics Pinterest)

Watch Pose on BBC2/BBC iplayer. Not only fabulous but utterly fabulous.

 

Laters, Kate x

Magpie x

There’s a new style of earring on the block: A marbled resin reminiscent of murano glass with hints of a bygone era. Some of the best examples can be seen in the work of Ejing Zhang, a Chinese jewellery now living in London who looks to her love of traditional calligraphy and ink painting for her inspiration. Combine the ever changing powers of resin with gold and a touch of whimsy and you have a magical combination.

 

(All pics Ejing Zhang and Pinterest)

 

Her pieces come under the title ‘fashion jewellery’ which means not stupid silly prices – think £150 and up. But if you want to try without breaking the bank, Primark have some surprisingly good pieces – but there’s definitely no gold…

 

Laters, Kate x

Small is beautiful x

There seem to be a great many fabulous rings out in the world at the moment touched by influences from the seventies, eighties as well as pure imagination.  Both these pictures come from Hybridhandmade, a shop on Etsy where style doesn’t have to break the bank.

 

This one, by Laura Berrutti, another talented designer on Etsy, made of silver and jade can be yours for under £100.  Bargain.

Her designs span that wonderful grey area between hard and soft, straight and curved, graphic and art.

 

Or maybe with Halloween around the corner this bitten offering from Magdan Designs floats your boat.

 

Decisions, decisions.

Laters, Kate x