How to Find the Right Jewellery Style for your Personality
When you’re choosing a beautiful new piece of jewellery, a priority is finding something that truly reflects your unique style and personality. With a huge range of different metals, styles, and gems to choose from, it can often be overwhelming to pick just one. Choosing and combining jewellery items that blend together to reflect your unique style can be done with careful consideration. Look at our tips below to choose the best jewellery style for you.
What colour metals do you prefer?
The most commonly found metal colours today are yellow gold, rose gold and silver. Of course silver toned metals include white gold, platinum, silver, and ‘silvertone’. You may have existing pieces of jewellery of a certain coloured metal that you want o match, so this question may already be answered for you.
However if you’re picking a totally new and unique piece of jewellery, you may be starting from scratch. Aside from just your preference for metal colour, the colour of metal that will best suit you depends on your skin tone. Cool skin tones favour metals such as silver, platinum, and white gold. Warm skin tones favour metals such as gold, pewter, brass, and copper.
What colour and type of stones do you like?
There is such a huge variety of types of gems and colours available that you can choose to incorporate into your jewellery style. White or black gems of course are quite classic and will go with any outfit. A white diamond engagement ring is classic, but what about a sapphire or emerald? But if you want something that’s a bit different, that stands out or that specifically matches a certain outfit, beautiful gems are available in all colours of the rainbow, from red rubies to blue and yellow topaz to purple amethyst.
Perhaps you prefer no gems, or you like enamel jewellery like the popular charm bracelets that are fashionable these days. There’s a design and colour to match every taste and style.
Do you prefer a classic look or something completely different?
Most jewellery stores today cater to a more modern style that is very popular, streamlined cuts and modern finishes which give a beautifully classy and finished look. But many people love a more classic style along the lines of what their mother or grandmother used to wear, and certain jewellery and specialty accessories for men are becoming more popular to reflect a look of timeless elegance and class. If you love to dress in vintage clothes and love classic styles then a more vintage style of jewellery could be perfect for your personality.
Do you want a well known brand or independent designer?
With more jewellery being purchased online, small, bespoke jewellery designers are able to market their product to a wider audience, meaning you as the jewellery buyer has a choice between carefully crafted and handmade jewellery, and the prestige and recognition a piece of branded jewellery provides. A smaller designer can offer a more specific style and theme which you might love, but they may not cater to a wider variety of tastes. Larger brands can be more commercial but they are sure to have something for everyone.
Can you treat your jewellery delicately, or do you need something sturdy?
As jewellery that is worn every day, it’s a good thing that wedding and engagement rings are made from diamonds – the hardest mineral on earth! If you have a job that requires a lot of rough work with your hands, or you’re too busy to worry about if your jewellery will be okay, you want to choose stones and settings that are strong and sturdy and will hold up to being knocked occasionally. Certain gems and metals can be more brittle and won’t stand up to daily wear, and your jeweller can advise you of these. Of course if you’re involved in heavy work, it may not be practical to wear jewellery daily; however a plain gold wedding ring can work for anyone. Gold and platinum settings are much stronger than silver settings, and that’s why you will see precious stones like diamonds more often in these settings. However silver is the ideal metal for fashion or costume jewellery that’s worn infrequently, as it is attractive but not as pricey.
