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Asymmetrical earrings: A mismatch made in heaven

Asymmetrical earrings: A mismatch made in heaven

Move over matching earrings, mismatch is the hottest new trend!

This year, the fashion runways and streets alike have proven that asymmetrical ear candy is here to stay. Although it’s unclear where the quirky style originates from, we can guess it may have something to do with the dozens of once-couple solo earrings we are all guilty of having scattered around of homes.

While the thought of an unconventional, non matchy-matchy pairing may have you quivering, there are endless ways to pull of this seemingly bold trend.

Whether you colour-coordinate earrings from different pairs or pull together a combination of different sizes or shapes, rest assured that you can make this fashion statement as big or as small as you would like.

So go ahead ladies, make the most of those sad-single earrings. Mix and match with mismatch earrings – we knew they’d come in use one day!

If you are looking to dip your toes into a trend that is likely to forge into the year ahead, check out our roundup of some the most luxurious mismatch earrings around.

 

Have you ever wondered why you naturally gravitate towards a certain pair of earrings? Read our guide to find out what your favourite earrings say about you.

Necks Please: A guide to layering necklaces

A guide to layering necklaces

This years fashion runways and street styles have proven that layering necklaces is one trend that the fashion world just can’t let go of.

Whether you are playing it safe with a simple layered piece worn with a pared-down blouse or going all-out with layers upon layers for an evening event, allow necklaces to be the spotlight of your outfit. New to the game? Here is our guide to layering necklaces: 

Personal jewellery

Start with the jewellery you already have and layer by length. Begin with your shortest chain and work up to the longest. Don’t shy away from charms and gems. They are your friends and layering necklaces can be fun! 

Mix it up

Once you are more comfortable with layering necklaces, step it up to the next level by mix and matching various styles. Try piling three unexpected necklaces together for one ultimate look. For example, start with a delicate choker or tighter necklace and add in some cute gems. Why not finish the look with a longer chain of pearls? Even the most random, unexpected combinations can look on-trend!

Shine

Once you have the basics down, you are ready to play with weights, textures and materials. Be bold, make a statement and mix together a selection of silver and gold necklaces, comprised of stones, chain links and sparkles. What’s more, you will find that mixing weights between thinner and thicker chains will prevent tangling. Pair this look with some statement earrings to tie the entire look together.

If you’ve been inspired to add a new piece to your jewellery collection, look no further. Here is a roundup of the top layering necklaces from luxury brands:

Text: Hira Desai 

Violet Tendencies: 2018 seems set for a purple(ish) patch…

Officially Pantone’s colour of the year, 2018 is set to be dominated by all things violet, with amethysts, sapphires and jade gems set to characterise runways and street fashions alike. Eagerly embraced by colour experts as truly replete with “ingenuity, originality and visionary thinking”, it’s hard not to wonder why Pantone’s iridescence-minded boffins took quite so long to plump for this clearly indispensable shade. It’s not as if the clues weren’t there.

Even Pantone concedes that musical icons as diverse and as chronologically-disparate as Bowie, Hendrix and Prince long ago flagged-up the varied brands of unconventional creativity associated with this particular blue-based purple hue. Hopefully incorporating the memorable expressions of individuality synonymous with these much-missed musos, we could be in for 12 months of conspicuous non-conformity, all of it – admittedly – violet-tinged.

It would be a folly most errant, however, to neglect the significance of Pantone’s decision to plump for this off-plum pastel as The Tint for Our Times. Indeed, as Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone’s executive director, so sagaciously reminds us: “The Pantone Colour of the Year has come to mean so much more than just what’s trending in the world of design. In essence, it’s a reflection of what’s truly needed in our world today…”

Should it turn out, however, that the wider world fails to aptly respond to Pantone’s careful, annual consideration of all things prismatic, churning out its usual fare of mass shootings, climatic cataclysms, premature expirations and dodgy commercial dealings, then it might well have proved better all-round had the New Jersey-based pigment-pickers opted for Sprout Green instead. We may never really know for sure.