Jewelry

Designer Brooches and Pins

The pin is back on the lapel

Best Jewelry for the Office: 6 Pieces for a Desk Day

The best jewelry for the office is light: huggie hoops or pearl studs, one fine chain, a thin bracelet. Six pieces that survive a desk day.

Pearl Wedding Earrings

Pearl wedding earrings are one of the few jewelry buys where the classic choice is genuinely right

Hoop Earrings

Huggies to shoulder-grazing

Brown Is Doing All The Work

Brown spent decades as the colour nobody chose, filed somewhere between safe and dowdy. It has become the season's organising principle, absorbing everything black used to do while reading warmer and less severe. This edit follows what happens when an entire wardrobe commits to one temperature.

Going Out Got Its Nerve Back

Evening dressing spent several years apologising for itself, reduced to a slip and a strappy sandal. What broke the spell was the return of a real going-out culture and the collective realisation that dressing down for dinner is not actually more relaxed. This edit tracks what night dressing looks like now that effort is allowed again.

What Personal Style Actually Means

Personal style is not a set of pieces you can buy in one order. It is a small number of decisions you keep making, which is why it survives seasons and why nobody can copy it off you. Below, dresses, tops and jewellery to build repetition into.

The New Rules Of Rings

The new ways women are wearing rings: east-west settings, pinky rings, sculptural gold and statement stones in unexpected cuts from Anita Ko, KBH Jewels and Stephanie Gottlieb. Plus a shelf of pinky rings, signets and sculptural bands to wear on any finger.

Art Deco Under $200

Party sparkle for the price of dinner

Art Deco Dresses: 1920s Beading, Glass Fringe and Crystal Work

Beading, fringe and real evening weight

The Fall Jewelry Box

Heavy gold, odd pearls and stones the color of turning leaves.

Dinner Jewelry Is Not Day Jewelry

Candlelight shows outline and reflection, not detail, so small fine pieces disappear. Eight earrings, eight necklaces and eight cuffs chosen for low light.

Golden Hour Has A Dress Code

Late sun is weighted to the red end, which is why gold reads and silver goes grey. Eight long dresses, eight plated gold pieces from $85, and heels with a base wide enough for a garden.

Vivienne Westwood Earrings Put The Orb Front And Centre

Vivienne Westwood earrings put the brand's orb logo, an orb with a ring of Saturn, on almost everything. I look at the orb pieces, from gold-tone enamel to crystal and cubic zirconia.

Statement Accessories: Sunglasses, Jewelry and Pops of Color

Statement accessories mix sunglasses, jewelry and pops of color, sorted by price so the cheap details and the splurges are easy to find.

Necklace Or Studs: Which To Buy First

Choosing necklaces first is usually the better buy when one piece should change several outfits, but choice depends on your neckline and daily habits.

How To Judge Handmade Jewelry From A Photo

How to judge handmade jewelry from a photo: judge proportion, visible texture, color and finish, but not weight, comfort or durability.

How Many Charms Can One Chain Hold? A Charm Necklace Guide

There is no universal number of charms one chain can hold. Shop 16 charm necklaces from Stephanie Gottlieb and Stone and Strand.

Silver Or Gold: Committing To One Metal

Committing to one metal can make getting dressed simpler. Shop 16 Luv AJ rhinestone, quartz and toe ring pieces, $40 to $375.

The Eternity Band Outside a Wedding

An eternity band is a wedding shape by convention only. Shop 13 eternity bands from Aurate New York, Shashi and Suzanne Kalan.

Anklets for Women: How to Buy One That Reads as Jewelry

Anklets have a reputation problem and a fit problem, and the second one is fixable. How to buy one that reads as jewellery.

Engagement Rings by Vibe: Old Money, Vintage Romantic and Modern

More than 100 engagement rings sorted by the feeling they give: old money, vintage romantic and modern. Shop 144 rings from VRAI and Catbird.

Which Earring for Which Piercing

Different piercings want different earrings, and the mismatch is why pieces sit unworn. Which style belongs in which hole.

Building a Curated Ear Slowly

A good ear is built over years, not bought in an afternoon. Shop 12 huggies and studs from Sydney Evan, Jennifer Fisher and BaubleBar.