Fall/Winter 2016-2017, Milan. Dolce Gabbana Jewellery Fantasy

Dolce Gabbana Jewellery Fantasy
Kaleidoscope of jeweled details presented in the “Fabulous Fantasy” collection at Milan long-awaited show was really bright and magical. Designers have remained true to themselves, and the podium again was ruled by feminine silhouettes, lots of lace, sparkling jewelry, floral prints and beautiful applications on the theme of fairy tales.
Every girl in her childhood dreamed of becoming a princess, and the new collection demonstrates this desire in a fairy-tale atmosphere. Magic was in the air with a fabulous coach on the podium, old chandeliers, decorated with flowers. Inspired by the Cinderella, The Nutcracker, The Frog Princess and other fairy-tales, the designers had no limit to the imagination. The mouse and horses, pumpkins and coaches, princes and princesses, dwarfs and nutcrackers, candlesticks and chandeliers, tiaras and watches… . Special attention to handbags and transparent clutches, and, of course, “crystal” slippers.
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Angel Vintage brooch pendant with charms. Lunch at the Ritz jewellery

Lunch at the Ritz jewellery
The duo of jewellery designers Esme Hecht and Zander Elliott founded “Lunch at the Ritz”, or LATR 2 GO in 1982. The basic idea behind the creation of the brand is to show to the world of fashion that tastes differ. Indeed, there are women who love creativity and fun, and who don’t care what the fashion magazines and even the whole fashion world dictate. Noteworthy, Esme and Zander still have been creating decorations for 31 years now.
So, what’s the secret of this American jewelry company? According to the designers, it’s breaking the rules. Never read fashion magazines, and never pay attention to what someone else thinks. Just be true to yourself, or simply love life! That’s why, in 1998, they built a new factory with an area of ​​15,000 square feet. Implementing all their creative plans, their factory is the same unique as their colorful jewelry.
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Girl in the wind. Pendant. Natasha Wood Silver jewellery

Natasha Wood Silver jewellery

Known to people since ancient times, the first silver mines were founded by the Phoenicians before our era in Spain, Corsica and Cyprus. Silver Jewelry was valuable, and sold at fantastic prices. To date, silver has lost the status of the most expensive metal, but its nobility is still undoubted.
According to the South African jeweler Natasha Lindsey Wood, silver interests both – jewellery lovers and just aesthetes – connoisseurs of the unusual. Influenced by nature, her romantic jewellery has a sense of freedom. Traditionally, she combines silver and gold with precious stones, as well as porcelain, wood, diamonds to pebbles.
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One-of-a-kind Succulent necklace. Susan McLeary Living Jewellery

Susan McLeary Living Jewellery
One-of-a-kind bio decorations, you probably never heard of – made by Susan McLeary necklaces, tiaras, bracelets, earrings, and rings. Whatever it is, all – made of living flowers, plants, and particularly, succulents.
Noteworthy, some of these creative pieces are still growing, becoming bigger each day! In fact, she grows her succulents in a greenhouse specifically for the jewelry. Attached to the decorations, the pieces can be worn up to 4 weeks, before they begin growing. Later, you can separate the plant from the base and put it into the pot. The life of a plant will continue whether it is a jewel or a pot flower, and the jewellery piece can be worn without a plant. Susan creates her floral jewellery in the design studio “Passion Flower”, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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19th century bracelet. Coral jewellery 2016 Genoa auction

Coral jewellery 2016 Genoa auction

Since ancient times, Coral has been a favorite decoration. Pink coral beads are found in a cave of Paleolithic era. According to ancient Greece, corals grant long life. Sumer craftsmen used corals for decorative purposes – known Sumerian vase decorated with corals, which age is 5000 years. In the medieval Europe coral was a symbol of purity.
Both in the West and in the East, people decorated with corals horse harness and armor, weapons, and holy books bindings, cut beads and necklaces. Mexican Indians still claim that wearing coral beads drives away evil spirits from the human, and sends away fever. In Tajikistan, 1.5 thousand years ago was the legendary city Kiropol, where archaeologists found coral beads and rough coral branches.
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Realistic Cat Miniature Animal Cling Rings by Flomaster

Miniature Animal Cling Rings by Flomaster
St. Petersburg based artist jeweler Ivan, nicknamed “Flomaster” creates amazing Animal cling rings. All the figures and the smallest details look realistic. Each ring has the effect of a loved animal’s presence, only in miniature. Traditionally, Ivan most accurately conveys the image of an animal, working on customer photos. Thanks to Ivan, customers have the opportunity to be constantly with their favorite pets, albeit in miniature form. Noteworthy, all these wonderful miniature rings and pendants are not just decorations. They perform a very important mission – to protect their masters even away from them, working as amulets.
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Cat Silver earrings, hot enamel. Ilya Palkin Jewellery

Ilya Palkin Jewellery Studio is a small family business by artists jewelers Ilya and Vera, a husband and a wife. Their workshop is located in the jewelry capital of Russia – the city of Kostroma.
Their work is distinguished by a unique striking style. It is unlikely you will be able to find something similar elsewhere. Unusual and touching silverware of different warmth, delight and surprise. The range of works of this studio is very wide, both in terms of types of jewelry and in terms of jewelry techniques. They create earrings, rings, bracelets, wedding rings, brooches, necklaces, souvenirs, sculptures and so on. Traditionally, they use hot and stained enamel, niello, gilding, oxidation, etc.
The style in which jewelers work includes ethnic elements of ancient Slavic images, reinterpreted in a witty manner. Also, animalism – pendants with the images of cats, rabbits, and fish. In addition, elements of steampunk, arising out of nostalgia for the first decades of industrialization of the British Empire.
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