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Spotlight On... Jewellery & Fashion Accessories
Glamming Up For Christmas With the festive season on its way, jewellery and fashion accessories will really be coming into their own for gift retailers, with tassels, feathers and fringing sitting prettily alongside layering, long earrings and spinning rings. Gold continues to shine, but watch out for tin as an alternative to silver. What else will be trending for Autumn/Winter? PG&H spoke to some of the leading suppliers. With jewellery the ‘go to’ for dressing up an outfit, it remains both a core gift and a selfpurchase item, with few women able to resist adding another piece to their jewellery box. “This season’s jewellery trend is all about glamour, layering and being bold. We’ve designed shoulder grazing earrings, playful stud sets and bracelets to layer up with,” says PoM’s director Chris Holden. “Statement necklaces will reboot Right: Soft, vintage pink earrings from Hot Tomato featuring ostrich feathers. Below: Among the latest earring designs from PoM.
any wardrobe, and a gorgeous new spinning rings collection in mixed metals will add warmth and texture,” adds Chris. At Hot Tomato, creative director Alex Machin highlights the star motif. “It has been a strong influence throughout 2018 and shines brighter than ever for Autumn/Winter,” she states. “Tassels, fringing and ostrich feathers are also in ascendance lending a note of opulence and
Copenhagen’s creative director, Malene Storm, has further developed simple, stylish designs from the company’s Spring/Summer collection. “Building on geometric shapes and circles, contrasted by more avant-garde indulgence to the festive abstract designs, the season.” As for colours, she new collection continues highlights soft vintage hues to evolve with an ranging from super soft pinks and extensive selection of greys through to teals, berry adjustable necklaces Above: Red is a key colour tones and burnt mustards. “At which can be altered to in Miss Milly’s Floria this time of year, gold plays a the individuals collection. Below: A statement gold significant part in our preferred length,” necklace from Dansk. collection as it really lends comments Tracey Bottom: Refined style from Bailey and Brook. itself to the season and Madeley, national adds to that feeling of sales manager for extravagance. Buyers Dansk in the UK. should also watch out for Meanwhile, at tin, that’s very like gunmetal, as Bailey and Brook, an alternative finish. It looks Tipperary Crystal’s stunning when worked head of marketing, Phil with colour and is a Donnelly, emphasises refreshing alternative to silver.” that at the essence of the Miss Milly meanwhile, says Bailey & Brooke brand is the creation of that red, in all its hues - from finely tailored pieces which is clearly claret to scarlet - is key for AW18. reflected in the company’s new jewellery “Always a popular colour at this collection. “Fresh, simple and wearable are time of year, red was big the essentials of good for AW17 and has very design, with all three unusually carried on captured within our through 2018,” says the unique jewellery company’s managing collection,” says Phil. director Sarah Watmore. “Each piece is individually “We have experienced our best ever designed with subtle sales of red jewellery and are variations in styles, from excited to show off our new designs sparkling stone in rich, sumptuous Persian Red. It encrusted pendants to will add highlights to neutral winter elegant, refined silveroutfits and contrast beautifully with plated earrings. “Our royal blue, another important shade design philosophy across in our palette.” our comprehensive Keeping a close eye on the ranges emphasises the catwalks, Dansk Smykkekunst creation of collections Progressive Gifts & Home Worldwide
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