Nersel’s Designer Trendy Gold Jewelry

When choosing jewelry for yourself or for your loved one if you are having hard time deciding whether to get a Modern ( Contemporary) or Traditional Jewelry consider the following factors:

Life Style and work environment: While modern jewelry and simple designs maybe more acceptable in the corporate environment , entrepreneurs, artists, freelancers, self employed, or people who work in casual business environments can afford to wear more bold jewelry with bigger stones.

Fashion Style: Do you wear suits to work? Or jeans and a shirt? I am not going to suggest that you wear minimal jewelry or very simple jewelry just because you wear a suit to work. It actuallly looks very nice to spice up that dark suit. You can always try to choose elegant jewelry with colorful gemstones or beads or even colorful glass. Vintage jewelry may go very well with a black or navy suit. If you keep the shirt and the accessories simple you can wear vintage or ethnic jewelry at work.

White or Yellow: White Gold is more modern and contemporary while yellow gold is more traditional. A lot of people to do not like to mix and match yellow and white gold but a lot of designers are using multi color gold in their designs, so why not break the rules if you feel like it. I actually like the combination of white and rose gold jewelry.

Bold or Minimalist: If you choose to wear bold jewelry try to keep your outfit simple or wear minimal jewelry if you are wearing a big red gown!

What would you wear it with? Going out to a party at night, an event, to work, to a gathering, funeral, business meeting, birthday, theatre, visiting in laws? Always consider the occasion when choosing which jewelry to wear.

And the most important factor to consider is : What looks best on you? Always consider your skin color, hair and eye color when choosing jewelry. Just like makeup some gemstones and gold color look good on some people but not others. If you are very pale white gold may make you look even paler, why not go with 18K yellow gold, you may choose a satin or matt finish. If you have darker or olive skin I suggest you go with colorful gemstones, 18K or 24K shiny gold.

The below group of pictures below is modern. Tiffany’s jewelry is modern and in my opinion somewhat boring…

And here are some more traditional , ethnic or vintage jewelry:

The birthstone for June, is among the most timeless, classic and treasured of all gems. Throughout history, the noble pearl has been associated with wisdom, wealth, purity, romance and mystery. Pearls are an organic gem, created when an oyster covers a foreign object with beautiful layers of nacre. Long ago, pearls were important financial assets, comparable in price to real estate, as thousands of oysters had to be searched for only one pearl. They were rare because they were created only by chance.

Today pearls are cultured by man: shell beads are placed inside an oyster and the oyster is returned to the water. When the pearls are later harvested, the oyster has covered the bead with layers of nacre. Most cultured pearls are produced in Japan. In the warmer waters of the South Pacific, larger oysters produce South Sea cultured pearls and Tahitian black cultured pearls, which are larger in size. Freshwater pearls are cultured in freshwater mussels, mostly in China.

The quality of pearls is judged by the orient, which is the soft iridescence caused by the refraction of light by the layers of nacre, and luster, the reflectivity and shine of the surface. Fine pearls do not have any flaws or spots in the nacre: it has an even smooth texture. Other factors which affect value are the regularity of the shape, size, and color: rose tints are the most favored.

Cultured pearls and natural pearls can be distinguished from imitation pearls by a very simple test. Take the pearl and rub it gently against the edge of a tooth. Cultured and natural pearls will feel slightly rough, like fine sandpaper, because of the texture of natural nacre. Imitations will feel as smooth as glass because the surface is molded or painted on a smooth bead.

Pearls make the perfect gift for June Brides, Graduates, and Birthdays. And pearls are not just white anymore. Cultured pearls come in a variety of shades from the classic white to Tahitian black to delicate pink. The only gem not mined from the Earth, Pearls are environmentally clean. Cultured Pearls are produced on farms in a sustainable process so the luminous Pearl’s reputation for purity is well deserved.

Resource: www.gemstone.org