Jewelry

The Best Styles of Jewelry To Wear With Your Winter Wardrobe - Forbes

When the big chill of winter hits and you are layered in cashmere, bundled in different styles of parkas and your accessories consist of hats, gloves and ear muffs and the type of scarves or shawls that wrap your neck and face, is there any possible way to wear your jewelry?

We say yes.  If there is a will there is a way. Over the past decade, jewelry has become more and more individualized than ever before and it’s hard to leave home without the pieces that speak to your personal style and make a statement about you. The fuzzy ear muffs just don’t say I’m an independent confident woman. Instead, they say, “I’d rather not get frostbite today.” Which is smart but not as stylish as stand out piece of jewelry.

Here are five tips and jewels that will work with your winter garb:

1-Go Long Instead of Layered: While graduated chains and charms necklaces are great for the summer with T-shirt and tanks they can compete with your layers of sweaters and scarves. Therefore,  it’s better to opt for an elongated necklace that is chunky on its own or has a solid look with a large locket.

Long chain and locket by Penny Preville. This chain has a solid look and is 32 inches. Therefore it’s long enough to fit over your cashmere turtleneck sweaters. The 18K gold locket features the moon and stars twinkling in diamonds.

Oval mixed-metal 20K peach and white gold necklace by Reinstein Ross. The chain looks great with cashmere dress or cashmere V,  crew, turtleneck or long swingy cardigan. It’s also a great option when you can wear a white shirt and a leather jacket or blazer. It can be constructed in any length of your choosing by contacting the Reinstein Ross team. https://ift.tt/2DNh8EP

2- Go Big instead of Stacked

Stack rings are wonderful in warm weather months but taking gloves on and off when the weather is cold could cause you to accidentally lose one or more of your rings. It’s safe to wear one or two larger, bolder rings in winter. You will feel them move around and their stand-out appeal is more suited to your winter wardrobe. Colored gems will pop your winter staples of gray and black and signets with symbolism will act as your winter talisman.

Anne Korman, designer for Ark Fine Jewelry has designed a perfect ring for the winter months. It’s bold without being overstated. The center stone is emerald-cut green tourmaline that Korman hand cut in her studio in Los Angeles. The engravings on the sides are two triangles, the one pointing up represents the masculine and the triangle pointing down is the feminine aspect. Together they represent balance and creativity.

Beth Bugdaycay for Foundrae is continually coming up with new variations on her distinctive theme of spiritual, symbolic and meaningful jewelry. Here is her  18K gold ‘Passion Classic Signet’ which she explains was designed “for encouragement to live life passionately and fully.” This ring will be your go-to for the winter months and you might find that you won’t want to take it off in spring and summer either.

3-ID Yourself and Link Together.

When you are wearing long sleeves that are ribbed or textured in knits or jackets under your coats, you want bracelets that you can feel on your wrists without being too hefty. Keep the wide cuffs and bangles, one for each wrist for spring and summer—they look wonderful on bare arms and won’t feel too cumbersome when you are already weighed down by your winter wear. You still need bracelets that pack a punch like oversized curb chains or new takes on wide ID bracelets. They can be worn over lightweight sweater sleeves.

Shaye Fine Jewelry’s jumbo link bracelet in 18K rose gold and diamond links worn with a ring on the other hand and just a pair of stud earrings will keep you looking pulled together for any occasion all winter long.

Julez Bryant’s ID Bracelet is also a style that is bold enough to be on its own with your cold-weather fashion. With its textured hammered surface and diamond accents, it will pop from tactile knits. It can also be combined with one medium width bangle or link chain for the one piled-on look you might want to do in winter that doesn’t include piling on your clothes.

4- Find A Good Stud

Stud earrings are the perfect go-to jewels to dress up your lobes for winter. They won’t get caught in your scarves or high or oversized turtlenecks. All different styles of earrings have been trending for the past two years and there are myriad imaginative, fun or daring studs out there for you to try on to see which fits your style best.

These Harwell Godfrey pyramid studs in 18K yellow gold inlaid malachite and diamonds are chic, effortless and current, all at the same time. You can wear them alone or if you have multiple piercings in your lobes, you can wear them with simple diamond or emerald studs in different stones cuts for a more creative vibe.

When wearing Established Jewelry’s ‘Broken Arrow Stud Earrings’ in 18K gold and diamonds, you may want to get fully dressed: coat, scarf and hat, first so the point of the arrow doesn’t get caught in any of your winter gear. But once you have them on they will stay put and add a playful attitude.

5-Bring On The Brooches

Sure, you’re thinking. You heard that brooches are back but you’ve been skeptical about trying one or more yourself. But, unlike your grandmother’s pearls, the best brooches you can find are those that are antique or vintage or based on designs of the past by the renowned jewelers who have gone back to their archives to recreate this extremely versatile jewel. You can pin them to your hat and then once inside, work them with bobby pins into your hair. You can wear one to affix a scarf. You can wear multiples on the lapel or pocket of a jacket or on the side of a cashmere cardigan. You can even wear them on the side of a knit dress or on the bottom of a sleeve or the top of a turtleneck sweater. Are you convinced yet? Here are two antique brooches that were chosen to illustrate how working in the same tones and different shapes, you can wear them together and you need not just stop at one.

Sandra Cronan’s Georgian paste swirl brooch has the look of yellow topaz or citrines and is mounted in a silver closed back setting, English circa 1800. It’s wonderful for wearing on a lapel or adding some sparkle to a scarf. It looks as modern today as when it was designed. And would look spectacular with …

S.J. Phillips’ antique Portuguese floral brooch, circa 1760,  which was designed with foiled back orange and reddish pink topaz and paste stones. It is closed back and set in silver. It will enliven any of your neutrals for winter and can be worn in a variety of ways.