Trendy Costume Jewels for Summer
If you had to use one word to describe the trends in jewelry for this summer it would be multi-colored. Costume jewelry is also going back to the hard plastic and Lucite varieties of body decoration. The look is very forties but also very eighties when Lucite bracelets were sought after collectibles. Nowadays plastic bracelets mimic the swirled multi-colored look of a genuine Lucite bracelet. Lucite as a type of plastic is very hard to find so a lot of people procure them on eBay.
The coolest looks are thick bangles that are slightly translucent with multicolored swirls inside them. However another great look is the single primary colored bangles that are stacked on the arm. Once again this stacked look with big plastic bangles is very eighties in style.
Fake or real amber bracelets are also really popular this fall. You are going to see plastic imitations of amber broken up into section and tied together with cord. You will also see amber toned pendants and earrings too. The look is very chunky and retro eighties looking in flair.
The cuff shaped bracelet in general is back. The thicker and wider the bracelet the better. Even the enameled metal bracelets that are going to be so much in style tend to be multicolored and decorated with abstract shapes.
Enameled jewelry in general is very hot. You will see those “Flintstone” type shapes coming back into fashion. The look of this jewelry is very fifties in shape boasting boomerang like and squares lines. Oval shapes that are stacked and hanging off of a chain is also going to be very popular.
Anything fake or real that has the Chanel logo on it is also in style for summer and fall. This is especially true of cuff bracelets which must have that big interlocking silver pair of C’s on the clasp. This too is part of that rage for anything that might have been popular in the nineties.
You are also going to see some art deco styles of jewelry coming back as well. This type of design is from the 1920s. The square shaped gem is back as is the princess cut. Characteristic of the art deco style are the elaborate bib type necklaces. Gems in blue like sapphires are going to be very hot as are silver and platinum designs. This is the type of jewelry that is going to be worn at a lot of weddings this summer as well.
One final trend is going to be towards jewelry that looks like the kind of thing that a Barbie Doll would wear. That is because the year 2009 marks Barbie’s fiftieth anniversary as a fashionable woman on earth! Be prepared to see a lot of pink jewelry as well as charm bracelets that feature filigree designs of her logos. One of a kind comemmorative watches with a Barbie theme is also going to be very popular this fall as well.