A-list engagement rings always make hea
dlines, but this season’s crop of brides-to-be also happen to be millennials who are setting the trends that can drive sales in your store. Lady Gaga chose a heart-shaped sparkler. Iggy Izalea announced her engagement with a fancy yellow diamond encircled in a white diamond halo. And Julianne Hough’s gorgeous oval diamond mounted in a thin pave band is different with a classic twist. Will […]
With Pantone’s color of the year—rose quartz and serenity blue—expected to dominate spring fashions, we predict that pretty pastel jewelry will be popular with consumers as well. Brands like Lagos and David Yurman carry lines with the pink and blue palette, and more are expected to follow.
Jewelry designers love silver. The lower price point makes the metal ideal for experimenting with stunning new designs that range from modern and edgy statement pieces to classic diamond sparklers for the growing alternative wedding market. The metal is also gaining popularity with consumers who like the nice price in addition to the anti-tarnish coatings and other innovations that keep today’s silver pieces gleaming. As we head into spring, expect silver jewelry trends to follow the fashion trends, which include lots of floral motifs, calmer, pastel palettes, and more skin-baring cut-out designs. While mixed metals continue to be on-trend, you’ll also […]
We were so taken with Shinola’s (pronounced Shine-oh-la) New York City flagship store in Tribeca on our first visit last fall that we wanted to share the retail experience with you. So we arranged for an exclusive photo shoot early one morning before the store officially opened.
With brick walls, a cement floor and sleek oak shelving, the store has an industrial chic vibe that showcases the merchandise well. And there’s a lot of merchandise to take in. Certainly, the company’s handsome men’s and women’s timepieces dominate the showroom, but you’ll also see Shinola’s other products including pristine displays of small […]
This season’s television shows feature plenty of women of style who can keep us glued to the tube for the entertaining story lines they act out as well as for the stellar clothes and accessories they wear. Here are some of our favorite TV celebrities whose brilliant choices of jewelry we find equally entertaining—and in our book that makes them top jewelry influencers.
Tarajji P. Henson, Cookie Lyon in “Empire”
Over the last two seasons, Cookie (shown above) has brought bling back in a big way. Of course, she has […]
