Trends: Addicted to Accessories!
I have, I must admit, a bit of a jewelry addiction. I’m like a cat with a little bell around my neck – my friends can always tell exactly where I am at any given time due to excessive charms and bangles jingle jangling. Despite said addiction, I rarely buy into jewelry trends or invest in new styles, preferring my eclectic collection of hand-me downs, charms from my travels and vintage gems.
I have been, however, entirely seduced my A/W’s very grown-up and elaborately jeweled trend. A clear reaction to summer’s light-as-air ethereal aesthetic, these serious jewels go hand in hand with new tailoring, structure and twisted Sunday- Best dressing (as seen at Prada, YSL and Balenciaga to name but a few).
Balenciaga did it best, creating an army of gothic debutantes weighed down by countless heirlooms and an air of deconstructed grandeur. Recent shoots in Paris Vogue have highlighted a very French aesthetic in the trend – and who doesn’t want a little bit of old fashioned French allure?
Look at Tom Binn’s Faux Real collection for a summery colourful version of the trend, scour Vintage stores for oversized costume jewelry or Topshop for inevitable copies. Make like a magpie and adorn your every surface with jewels galore.
Author: Katy Smail
a Illustration graduate from Edinburgh College of Art in 2007, and has spent the past year in a world of words, pictures, fashion and stories.
She works as a freelance fashion writer, while her illustrations 'like candyfloss sticking to wind blown lips' are found in publications like 'The Talent' and 'Curvy Annual 08', and are sold in 'Luna and Curious', Brick Lane, London.
