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Merrick, NY—As your customers are perusing their favorite fall fashion magazines, what jewelry are they seeing--and wanting--in those pages? The Centurion Newsletter continues its time-honored “we read it so you don’t have to” tradition of bringing you a roundup of the top jewelry trends spotted this fall in the consumer fashion press. We took to the couch and the keyboard to bring you the biggest trend news, ripped (literally) from current consumer fashion magazines and blogs. Following the “three’s a trend” rule, here are some of the top trends your customers are seeing this season—and still in time for you to get some last-minute reinforcements into your showcases if you haven’t already stocked up on these looks.
Classic stud earrings, but updated. This is a timeless, looks-good-on-everybody winner in diamonds and pearls. Neutral white goes with everything and you can hit it in super-luxurious price points or wallet-friendly impulse-buy price points, and everything in between. Pearls, especially, are having a moment. Everything old is new again and classic pearl stud earrings haven’t been this popular since, well, the sweater set. Even though prices are creeping up because of growing demand from China, there still are plenty of options for pretty pearl-and-gold, pearl-and-diamond, or just-pearl studs.
Above: Harper's Bazaar features gold and diamond stud earrings in two different fashion spreads. The bottom of the right-side image also shows the trend for tubular jewelry design (more on that later). Below, similar stud earring offerings from Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry.
Below top: Pearl studs in Elle, left, and Harper's Bazaar, right. Below bottom, "Starburst" pearl and diamond studs in 14k gold from Mastoloni, left, and South Sea pearl and diamond studs from the XO collection by Tara, right.
Afraid the simple pearl studs aren’t going to excite your more daring customers? Never fear, there are plenty of ways to punk up pearls this year. Here's how InStyle magazine does it:
“Totally tubular, man!” Just like this expression that got its start among nerds in the 1970s, fall’s biggest news in necklaces are round tubular chokers, with or without a pendant. It fits the whole ‘70s moment that fashion is having again (and again.) And in the same way that the expression itself hit it big a decade later when punk went mainstream, this fall’s wire chokers make a statement with a major dangle in front—almost, dare we say, ‘80s? We’re also seeing tubular looks in rings and other jewelry.
Harpers' Bazaar's take on chokers and tubular designs, above. Below top, InStyle's rundown on tubular collars and Vogue's statement-making choker with a round pendant, another hot fall trend.
Below bottom, a choker and pendant from Breuning and a tubular gold and diamond ring from Carelle.
Circle back. The flat round disc pendant is big news. If it’s not on a long chain—which it usually is—then look for it as Breuning and Vogue show it, on the abovementioned choker.
Above, Laura and Danielle Kosann, daughters of Monica Rich Kosann, are featured in Harper's Bazaar, along with cricle pendants from--of course--their mom. Below, two other editorial spreads from Harper's Bazaar. The one at right, features a Tiffany diamond circle pendant.
And here's InStyle's take on circles:
Below: Circle pendants from Jeffrey Daniels/Gem Platinum, Artistry, and Rebecca (all initials available).
Right on point. Whether slim like a scepter or tapered like an arrowhead, jewelry makes its point this fall. A close relative is the snake. Below: InStyle and Harper's Bazaar spreads. Note the diamond studs also at the one o'clock position in the Bazaar spread on bottom.
Above right, Tantalon ring from Maevona. Below left, peach drusy earrings by Kara Ross; below right, a gold ring by Armenta.
Turquoise. Another staple of Seventies style, the stone is making news with the rest of the Seventies-revival trend this fall. Who says turquoise is a “summer” gem? For shame! Lapis and blue opals are popular too.
Above, Elle's take on the trend; below, Harper's Bazaar gets the blues. Right, a 24k gold and opal ring from Gurhan.
Jude Frances (top) and Lika Behar (bottom) take on the trend:
Wired. This isn’t just about being connected, though there is that, too, with the onslaught of the Apple Watch boosting the whole wearable tech category. But it’s also all about the slim open bangle, including slim-as-wire styles. Credit Francesca Amfitheatrof’s T bracelet for Tiffany with starting or amplifying the trend, but it is big news all over now. Not coincidentally, it also was a popular '70s look.
Above left, WhoWhatWear.com shows a thin wire bangle, right, InStyle piles on the bangles and also big classic watches, as described in the next trend below the bracelet photos. Below left, Elle magazine shows a big open wire bangle; below right, Elite Designs' thin-as-wire diamond T bangle. At top of page, Norman Covan offers a similar style bangle with champagne and cognac diamonds.
Below left, more wiry styles from I. Reiss and Mark Patterson.
Watches. You heard it here first, but as most experts predicted, the fascination with the Apple watch is a boon for the entire watch category. Big man-sized watches continue (especially good for aging Boomer eyes) but also look for a resurgence of ladylike styles.
Man-size watches were featured in many fall fashion spreads. Here, one from Cosmopolitan and another from Harper's Bazaar.
Y-not? Yes, indeed—the Y necklace or lariat is back—and better than ever in simple, delicate gold. Speaking of which, this is a yellow gold fall, at least insofar as consumer fashion press is concerned. There’s some white—with very high polish as seen in one feature in Harper’s Bazaar—but the majority of what we’re seeing is yellow, even in diamond rings.
Lariats in Elle, left, and Nordstrom's catalog, right. Below, on WhoWhatWear.com:
