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rarity,
whispering cycling tales of innocent, fun, romantic, exotic, sparkling,
eternal, sophisticated and much more. The mainstay of 2004 sterling
silver jewelry lies in diversity, functionality and appearance.
The qualities of inspirational jewelry that speaks to the soul are
hot for the trendy jewelry of 2004. The silver charm goes with anything.
In spite of the soft economy, fashion accessories started to bottom
up by Spring 2002, fueled especially by the booming jewelry sector,
and consumers' craze for turquoise and semiprecious stones. More
affordable in comparison with precious stones and metals, semiprecious
stones as bridges in costume jewelry are in great demand. Small
and simple costume jewelry used to be in vogue; yet, big and flashy
pieces are now fashionable.
TRENDS RELEASE
Due to the growing number of busy, affluent women who buy jewelry
and voice their demands, jewelry is now designed with more comfort-oriented
concern, which encourages a lasting effort at helping jewelers increase
customer satisfaction. Welcome are some user-friendly hinges and
clasps and a smooth feel on necks and wrists.
Previously, a feeling of romantic nostalgia mixed with causal grace
for past epochs was melted with classic styles and preferences for
the Baroque. However, with landing economic recovery, classic or
vintage jewelry will take a back seat to more modern-looking jewelry.MEN'S
& UNISEX
Today, fashion-conscious men are creating their own styles and characters
by wearing the right accessories with the right clothes for the
right occasion. Men buy jewelry following their reasoning rather
than impulse, in search of value-added, exclusive, unique or smart
designs. Generally speaking, they prefer to plain design but the
material used is definitely heavier, reflecting the sturdiness of
the wearer and their inherent qualities. The emphasis on men's jewelry
is on sleek ID bracelets, sometimes with a rubber strap, stacking
rings, larger scale bracelets, custom jewelry gold finish belt buckles
and custom cuff links.
Here comes a growing focus on the unisex design, as the boundary
line between men's and women's accessories is becoming increasingly
blurred. More and more men are looking accessories, with feature
items conventionally associated with women, while ladies like to
wear sturdy, masculine items in order to show off a person's individuality.
COLORS
Color continues to be a strong trend, in gemstones, semi-precious
stones, and metals. The most compelling color combination is red
with blue, in light and dark shades, with a look showed up in rings,
beaded necklaces, pendants and cabochon styles and using opaque
and transparent gemstones. There are more tonal mixes, with blue/greens
and purple/ blues predominating. Warm earth tones create a strong
impact on many fashion collections, including high-voltage stones
such as tsavorite, rubellite, mandarin garnet and tanzanite.
DESIGNS
Hearts and crosses are everywhere, in gem-intensive and plain metal
styles, announcing their long reign. Geometrically-different cuts
and aerodynamic designs are emerging to allure the younger generation.
Circular shapes such as hoops, discs or spheres are pretty echo-friendly.
Ethnic look embedded in oriental elements arises romantic sensation.
Nature-inspired designs surely win the hearts of consumers with
many lines featuring classic flowers, leaves, fruit, vegetable,
butterflies, snakes, animal prints, ants, feathers, pebbles and
other organic shapes, also abstracted in many lines. Daisies, sunflowers
and wild roses are fashioned into rings, earrings and large brooches.SEMI-PRECISE
FEVER
Garnets feature a wide variety of colors, the intense green ones
standing out, in addition to the oranges and yellows. Turquoise,
a semi-precious gemstone, is evolved into every jewelry incarnation
since it has never been hotter. This lovely stone is always very
sought after, but the new ethnic and globe-trotting tendencies have
brought it up to the front page once again. Crystals and Rhinestones,
giving glitter to ordinary, urban casual wear, are no longer exclusive
to glamorous evening dresses, also used on skirts, windcheaters,
slacks and even denims. Rhinestones, which are imitation diamonds
made of glass, are in great demand. Handbags, shoes and belts with
rhinestone decorations are beloved by fashion-conscious women. Topaz
is a mysterious gem, having the virtue of outlasting the centuries
in legend tales.ACCESSORIES TRENDS
RINGS
Simplicity is prevalent in women's ring design, of turquoise, red
coral and amber as the men's focus on a rustic feel with a plain
design. Selling well are cocktail, stackable and interchangeable
rings. Cocktail rings are important looks often with colors like
pastel blues, pinks and greens. Three-stone diamond rings are as
chic as before, yet, colored gem jewelry is up-and-coming.
NECKLACES
Charms and symbols are a very important trend today. They are used
to attached to a necklace with an enhancer. Waterfall styles, multiple-wire
necklaces that looked like swirling hurricanes and space orbits
were also popular.
PENDANTS
The pendants, particularly the carved variety in Asian-inspired
styles and spiritual icons are bestsellers in the past months. Following
are the pendants on single-strands evolved to hang from interesting
multistrand mixes of suede, chains and beads or stones.
BRACELETS
People adore bracelets because they are easily seen on wrists. Medium-sized
bracelets for day or evening use are the most popular, particular
great as gifts since the standard length fits most wrists. Stretch
bracelets, in everything from metal bangle looks, either antiqued
or with colored enamel, to chunky stone looks continues.
EARRINGS & BROOCHES
Earrings are versatile and affordable in slow economic climate.
Now earrings become smaller and simpler. Hoops have been a mainstay
of women's earrings for many years, and currently large hoops are
in fashion, but the newest trend is long, dangling earrings in metals
or stones. Flag brooches with red, white and blue gemstones continue
to be hot. Elegant and sophisticated brooches in the style of the
1940's are quite popular.
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