Here are the top trends in jewelry design, according to industry experts:
Diamond
- Stars and astral themes, animal and nature themes.
- Soft, fluid shapes and small stones.
- Playing around with different textures and finishes.
- More white gold or silver jewelry, especially mixed with yellow gold.
- Flush setting. Once a designer only fashion, now it’s everywhere.
Gold
- Nature-inspired designs in 14k and 18k.
- Earrings dangling with balls, beads, strands or fringes.
- Colors and textures, especially with enamel and colored gems.
- Multiple strand links and combination bangle/link bracelets.
Pearl
- Mabe earrings.
- High-quality Chinese freshwater pearls, mostly in twists.
- Jewelry using one South Sea pearl as a focal point, especially necklaces of gold or gold wire, with diamonds or colored stones.
- Blister pearls used in pendants and brooches.
- Longer strands (32 to 80), most often in baroque pearls to offer more affordability.
- Pearl bracelets with two to five strands, with and without gold bars.
Gemstone
- Cabochons — now so popular that facet-quality material is being cut cabochon.
- Cabs in unusual shapes such as tongue, sugarloaf or bullet, double cabs and various outline shapes.
- Pink gold jewelry with gemsstones.
- ‘60s colors, especially peridot, as a result of strong yellow-green in the fashion color palette in recent years.
- More widespread use of materials such as agates and chalcedony due to growing consumer acceptance and a need for lower price points.
- Color combinations as a design element.
Platinum
- Platinum and 18k gold combinations.
- Different finishes: polished matte and etched.
- An increase of affordable platinum mesh jewelry.
Silver
- Neo-Victorian Jewelry; i.e. delicate designs, oxidized silver, cameos and intaglios.
- Western, Native Americas themes.
- Scatter pins, cufflinks.
- Textured, matte silver with 14k, 18k, 22 and 24k gold accents.
- Silver jewelry and pearls.
- Belt buckles. Jewelry designers are entering the silver belt buckle market very successfully.
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