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Jewelry Fashionistas look to Drew Barrymore

Do you prefer the jewelry looks from the golden days of Hollywood or the new, forward-thinking jewelry fashions of the Trendsetter crowd? At the recent Golden Globe awards, viewers saw both.

Sandra Bullock was the big star of the night, winning best actress in a drama for her role in The Blind Side (for which her character was quite a jewelry trend setter, too). Sandra wore a beautiful purple gown and paired it with gray diamond earrings, weighing 40 carets! Colored diamonds have been emerging in fashion more every year, with yellow fancy colored, champagne, and now gray. There was a time when these diamonds were considered unacceptable to even enter the market, but now, thanks to designers and fashion icons like Sandra Bullock, the exposure to the beauty of colored diamonds has grown and become appreciated.

Drew Barrymore also went for a modern diamond look with 20-carat diamond stud earrings and a diamond and moonstone ring, 80 carats. She won the best actress award for the best movie or miniseries.

On the other hand, The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies, who won for best actress in a television drama, went for a timeless, vintage look with pear-shaped diamond drop earrings; Nicole Kidman broke from the crowd with a 19th century diamond bow brooch, plus platinum bracelets with diamonds and emeralds; and newcomer Carey Mulligan (a best actress nominee for the film An Education) donned  3.5-carat, pear-shaped, old-mine-cut diamond drop earrings; a 19th century diamond riviere necklace with 20 carats of diamonds, which she opted to wear in her hair; a 19th century, pear-shaped diamond crown ring; and a 19th century diamond swallow cuff bracelet.

You know the saying — diamonds are still a girl’s best friend no matter the color, shape or size.

Another notable contribution Chloe Sevigny’s marquis-shaped diamond ring in yellow gold! In a sea of white metal, the yellow gold stood out and made a beautiful statement. Marco Bicego is a designer with plenty of fashionable yellow gold designs and much more affordable prices.

And let’s not totally forget the men. Among them, jeweled cuff links abounded. True Blood actor Ryan Kwanten walked the red carpet in a pair of 7.65-carat natural rough diamond cuff links! For the men that like the look but don’t want to mortgage their homes, cuff-link options especially from Scott Kay are affordable and fashionable and will make any guy more fashionable.

In these times every fashion (and environmentally) conscious girl is looking for savvy solutions to keep her jewelry current! So, why not recycle?  Or, as we say in the jewelry business, “restyle”. 

Just check your jewelry box and look at all those “old” jewelry pieces. The brooch given to you by your mother contains some beautiful cabochon corals but it has a broken clasp; The cocktail ring with a big emerald that you inherited from your grandmother is so outdated; but that stone sure is to valuable to sell. What about those cluster pearl earrings you used to love “back in the day?”

Some of these pieces are so sentimental to you; they are part of your life and your memories. The others contain valuable metals and stones.

What do you do with all these jewelry pieces?

The answer is quite simple; restyle. Bring all of these jewelry pieces that have been in your jewelry box unused and unworn, back to life.

Most often people restyle their unworn pieces for two reasons: sentimental and financial. Truth is, both are the best reasons!

A jewelry designer will advise you on what is the right thing to do. Sometimes, just a simple fix and a good polish, will make the piece sparkle with new life. Sometimes, the old piece would need to be taken apart and a brand-new piece made using your metals and stones.

You’d be surprised what a little fashion redesigning would do for your outdated jewelry. Best of all, it was a relatively inexpensive fix that will spruce up your wardrobe and make those “old” fashions become “new again.