Fall Fashion Overview: Body Jewelry and Beyond

Gabriella Baile
Categories: Jewelry Design

Amongst the rain and mud, its hard but you can still look fashionable.  Color is so important for Fall, and the rich, vivacious colors popular this year will bring your outfits to life.  Its easy to make use of color to create combinations for the unique look you desire.

The best part about the Fall season is that you can wear comfortable, everyday clothes, and spice it up effortlessly with jewelry.  You dont need to go on a shopping spree for an expensive new Autumn wardrobe; just play around by adding some vibrant earrings, necklaces, body jewelry, and rings to a simple outfit.  Depending on your style, there are always plenty of choices that are totally chic.

This season its all about the warm persimmons, garnets, cherries, and safflowers.  A simple black sweater and jeans can be transformed to a totally trendy look in a matter of seconds with colorful baubles.  Mix and match antique styles, feathers, and other Fall toned items.  Try to stay away from neons and go with deeper, richer tones, and if you cant decide, look outside!  The natural colors of changing leaves are a reminder of whats in right now.

Turquoise is another fun Fall worthy color that can completely change your look.  Natural blues and greens mixed in with that turquoise hue is very flattering, especially for brunettes, and theyre easy to find in rings, plugs, bracelets, and more.

Big statement earrings are also a must have.  They can transform your face by making the nose appear smaller, bringing out your eye color, and creating body and movement.  Long chandelier or feather earrings are a part of the bohemian look thats definitely on trend right now, and as a bonus they look great whether your hair is down or up.  Gold is also very popular right now.  More and more people are drifting away from silver and polished steel and sporting gold tone jewelry for Fall.  The best thing about earrings is that they never go completely out of fashion, so keep that collection growing!

A real fashionista knows how to make the same outfit look completely different just with the jewelry they choose to wear.  So next time you need to change up your favorite Fall outfit (like those leggings, tall boots, or scarves that you dont want to take off) always remember that accessories are an easy and playful solution, and have fun with Fall fashion!

Fun Things Happening at The Gypsy Wagon this Weekend

Gabriella Baile
Categories: Jewelry Design

We cant get enough of the Wagon these days, if you cant tell. Saturdays upcoming events are just another reason why. Richard Schmidt, who handcrafts chunky silver jewelry is having a trunk show. Check out his wares online. Theyre awesome. Another Handmade Market is taking place, too. The last one included framed artwork and funky jewelry. Four new artists will be set up outside the shop this weekend. Lastly, The Feather Junkie, who creates a lot of the feathers youre seeing in peoples dos around town, will be at Gypsy Wagon, adding a little color to your locks if youre so inclined.

Fall Fashion Trends In Jewelry & Accessories: Part II

Gabriella Baile
Categories: Jewelry Design

Accessories Magazine reviews trends shaping fashion jewelry and accessories each season based on the fashion shows that preview the coming season.  Major fashion stories result from sorting all the tangents of designers crossing the runways.  The last blog covered the first two for fall and this blog covers the next two—a dual that seems to contradict each other as fashion statements.  Accessories Magazine’s Survival Mode borders on grunge while Ice Queen has a classy majestic look.     

ARCTIC SURVIVAL TREND

As different as the trends seem, both find inspiration in the dominant mood of the times—economic uncertainty.  Survival mode finds an obvious connection.  First impression is the rugged attire of inhabitants of the arctic tundra.  Earth tone colors with patches of fur deliver a nomadic appearance.  Inspiration is global with Scandinavian prints, African crafts, English tweeds, and Alpine flairs all contributing. 

Jewelry combines natural materials with metals for a close-to-earth feeling.  Wood and raw gemstones blended with metals create fashion jewelry that delivers the story.  Look for burnished metals in cuffs and bangles as well as braided leather in jewelry. 

Trapper hats are a natural fit for these trends well as any headwear that is fur trimmed.  Other hats include wide brim wool fedoras, crocheted caps, and wool buckets. 

WINTER WHITE FASHION TREND MAKES LUXURIOUS STATEMENT

If the previous trend reflects a rugged response to economic times, this fashion story that Accessories Magazine calls Ice Queen uses a fantasy world to cope with financial stress.  Opulence abounds in this trend characterized by shades of opal and winter white.   Fur and cashmere add to the extravagance of the fantasy. 

Fashion jewelry accessorizes the look with iridescent crystals, unconventional designs of pearls, and opalescent Lucite.  Rhinestone or crystal mixed with frosted beads and pearls as bracelets or necklace sets.  Jewelry with shades white, cream, and ivory fit into this theme with wintery snow and ice inspiration. 

Headwear accessories include bobby pins with enameled flowers, lace and crocheted headbands or caps, and headwear with sequins, especially iridescent sequins.  Winter white in nearly any hat can accompany the look. 

This fashion story is easy to accessorize because the jewelry that delivers the sparkle for the trend also provides holiday jewelry that will soon be in demand.  Actually, fashion jewelry in crystals, rhinestone, and faux pearls should have a permanent location in shops because of the endless line up of events that call for dressy accessories. 

The following blog includes the fashion story for December delivery as well as holiday trends

Select engagement rings what fit in your budget and match her likeness

Gabriella Baile
Categories: Jewelry Design

A common thought has developed in the mind of common people is that engagement rings are usually associated with a large sum of money. So I think buying a cheaper engagement ring that is good quality is the best idea a rather going with highly expensive and low quality. It is quite clear that the people have low budget often find buying diamond engagement rings matching her preference within budget is not an easy task so if you are searching for the ideal engagement ring for your beloved but are on a tight budgetdont lose hopetheres definitely a solution for you!

Whenever anyone searches for an engagement ring, the first and the most important thing that must be considered as the time of buying the same engagement rings is the price.

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Retail Store Showcase – The Real Mother Goose

Gabriella Baile
Categories: Jewelry Design

Marco Polo Designs jewelry is sold in nearly 200 fine jewelery stores, high-end boutiques and galleries throughout the US. In fact, around 90 percent of our business is through these fine retailers, where customers can walk in the door and experience the total store ambiance and see and touch the beautiful and unique items that they carry.

We choose the stores which carry our jewelry very carefully, and the total store feel has got to be just right in terms of factors that matter to us as designers.

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