Fashion Trends

Feminine, polished and touched by the unexpected, is how Bloomingdales describes fashion in it's Fall Fashion Report 2004.

Something "beaded" made their top ten mixers list. Accents are on sweaters, skirts or anywhere. You can add jewelry to your whole wardrobe with a pin, a necklace, an unusual bracelet, or a shoe ornament. Be inventive.

Color palettes for fall are jewel tones of bright unexpected colors:

• Rich moss green
• Shimmering hot pink
• Warm smoky purple
• Bright luminous turquoise

...to name a few.

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We are seeing those beautiful long and lean stiletto earrings. These look great on any bodystyle.

Skinny belts are hot to add sophistication.

Exotic shoes and handbags and high boots are on the fall accessories list.

Retro continues in round-toed, high healed shoes.

Color, movement and versatility.

Trends spotted at the international jewelry show, Baselworld, in Basel, Switzerland hail color, movement and versatility as key themes for popular jewelry designs into the summer and fall of this year. Trendsetting jewelry artisans featured in the fair reflect many design influences including ancient Egypt, colorful Barcelona, old Hollywood glamour, Art Deco flare, and the healing powers of gemstones.

Exotic, expressive.

Fine jewelry is moving toward more exotic and expressive designs that make a fashion statement and reflect personal style.

Combining traditional and non-traditional materials.

Big and bold is beautiful in gem pieces that often feature interesting metal finishes, colors and forms. Jewelry design is also combining non-traditional materials like leather, wood, and ivory with precious gems and metals, and using gems in ways that balance our chakras.

Unique is in.

Chic for the young set, are unusual-shaped pearls on long or multi-strand silk, leather or suede in a variety of colors that can be used as a necklace, bracelet, belt or hair accessory; as well as on rubber and plastic cord in unisex jewelry. Lariat style necklaces suspending varying numbers of pearls are in, as well as necklaces that allow their wearers to position the pearls. http://jcoc.net/newsletters/newsletter_may04.html