LATEST JEWELRY DESIGN 2010

Necklace Trends

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK kicked off with all the sound and fury of a

Dixieland band funeral. There was music playing, models sashaying,

designs on display, and accessories front and center stage. Everywhere

in the Big Apple, things were happening, fabulous new lines were introduced

with theatrics and flair as designers bowed and accepted kudos by the score.

Sophisticated femininity is how one industry publication described

Jason Wu’s collection for Spring 2010. The clothes reflected a touch

of the Forties, a bit of the impossible (a bubble look) and a palette

of fresh, refined colors and combinations, like a grey mini skirt with

a loose weave high-yellow sweater set.

Wu worked with big, cats eye sunglasses, platform heels, interesting hair

accessories and simple, disc earrings. Tuxedo looks from Rag & Bone

were svelte and severe. An impressionistic floral print mini skirt from

Leifsdottir featured a see-through black blouse and skinny black belt.

Color Fantastics

LUCA LUCA SHOWED exuberant colors like a wonderful teal evening

dress with low cut bodice leaving plenty of room for a marvelous

multi-strand beaded choker with big cut-out disc pendant. Ideeen was

hot and edgy with white slacks and top worn under a white man-tailored

smoking jacket. Shown with the look: an African inspired choker

with green chain and crystal drop offs. Different.

On one runway we were impressed by a big, bulbous pave cuff

bracelet. Also charming was a flirty ruffle front chiffon white dress

with a very soft, military-inspired over-jacket in khaki, this from

Cynthia Steffe. A ruffled blue taffeta short skirt from Ruffian, worn

with a tailored white short jacket, was also a delight! Both underlined

a very youthful, lighthearted fashion look coming through from a

number of top houses.

COLOR WAS A DOMINANT FACTOR in the designers showing

so far. So were strong color combinations and mixes: yellow

with green, blue with pink. Some of the major trends picked up

include:

Skinny ribbon belts. Flowers. Gossamer and see-through fabrics.

Architectural lines. Clean, 1980s graphics. Ruffles. Medium to wide

bracelets worn in multiples. Egyptian elements. Layering. Little

beads worn in multi-strands to effect a heavy, dramatic look. Large

sunglasses and the return of cats-eye designs, only now set on

large frames. Oxidized copper. Gold, in profusion. Satiny metallic greys.