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STORY BY BETH BERNSTEIN

 

Linear Earrings

Why You Need Them: These style of earrings make a woman feel glamorous and dressed up. She might wear them during this holiday season for a romantic dinner for two with her significant other, as they have become a classic among earring styles, particularly with diamonds.

Melissa Kaye
18K rose gold medium Cora earrings with diamonds

$10,650

Chain Necklaces

Why You Need Them: They are the staple for any necklace or pendant jewelry wardrobe whether they are worn alone, layered or as the type of chain to which you can add charms and other elements. A substantial statement chain is the one that will anchor all other jewelry.

Deborah Pagani
18K yellow gold with pink sapphire Pill Link necklace with diamond baguettes and pink enamel

$17,700

Updated Tennis Bracelets

Why You Need Them: They are the new must-have in yellow, white or rose gold. Celebrities are wearing them stacked with other bracelets, but we also think they make a subtle statement on their own. Many of the newer styles are more delicate, but you can also find more blinged-out versions. Try styles that have multiple cuts of stones or bezel-set yellow gold looks like this one.

Anne Sisteron
14K yellow gold and diamond Carly bracelet

$2,945

Gemstone Stud Earrings

Why You Need Them: They are cheerful and accessibly priced and can join any ear party that a woman has going on if she has multiple piercings in her ear. Finding the perfect stud for your customers should be easy with all of the choices out there. These are multi-colored, which allow them to pop even more and add a little color around the face. They are also perfect for Zoom meetings or if you need to dash to a quick office meeting; they won’t interfere with your mask.

Jennifer DeMoro
Chroma Illusion stud earrings in 14K yellow gold with amethyst, orange sapphire and pink sapphire baguettes

$750

Astrological Pieces

Why You Need Them: Personalized jewelry has become the buzz for the past several years, and we only see the astrology category growing and evolving from flat pendants with engraved or raised motifs to three-dimensional pieces like this one. They are great to wear with birthstones of your own, or you can wear the astrological signs of your loved ones.

Jade Trau
18K three-dimensional diamond and yellow gold Scorpio charm

$1,990

Signet Rings

Why You Need Them: They are also in keeping with the trend towards more personalized pieces, and they are a mark of distinction when you can have your or your loved one’s initials or a word or phrase that’s significant to you engraved on the front of the ring. There are also styles that feature motifs that speak to your customer’s hopes, dreams, beliefs and special moments in their lives. Having a range on hand will provide different choices. This one is engravable, beautifully made and features a nice weight that is not too heavy on the finger.

Pamela Zamore
Engravable Star signet ring

$2,150

Hoop Earrings

Why You Need Them: They keep circling back into a woman’s jewelry rotation, and after years of being in and out of style, they seem to be here to stay. A woman can’t have enough incarnations of hoops these days as designers continue to get more creative with texture and different gemstone cuts. Try to have a selection of small to medium size hoops that are anything but basic.

Melis Goral
From the La Linea collection 14K textured rose gold and baguette earrings

$3,950

Celestial Jewels

Why You Need Them: They have been trending now for years and taking on different forms, but the message is the same: how we view the magic and mystery of the evening sky. There are also symbolic motifs like the moon and stars, which signify several meanings, including “I love you to the moon and stars and back.” Outer space and constellations have all been incorporated into this theme. We like them with a little enamel color for the gold stars and moons to pop from, as in this pendant.

Anna Katarina
Four Elements Air pendant in lapis set with 18K gold and diamonds

$3,075

Pearl Earrings

Why You Need Them: You’ve heard the expression before, “not your grandmother’s pearls.” Although pearls are back in a big way, they have shaken off their proper, prim or preppy image. That said, there’s nothing wrong with wearing a strand of beautifully matched cultured pearls or South Sea baroque pearls that your grandmother might have handed down to you. But you should also carry pearls that are slightly unconventional in design. Pearl drop earrings look chic when they move on a thin chain. Lariats, wire necklaces and bracelets with baroque pearls are also wonderful to have in your store and also provide a designer look at an attractive price point.

Assael
18K gold Silk chain earrings featuring Akoya cultured pearls, 9.0 – 9.5mm, in 18K gold with 2.4-inch length drop

$1,950

Floral Jewels

Why You Need Them: They are feminine, timeless, and all women love receiving flowers, particularly the type that don’t wilt or only last for a week. In Victorian times, messages would be sent through floral jewelry, whether it be in friendship or romantic love. The holiday season is a wonderful time to “say it with flowers” in gold pendants or earrings, with diamond or gemstone accents.

Talon Jewelry
Hanging rose pendant in 14K gold

$549

One-Of-A-Kind Gemstone Jewels

Why You Need Them: Bespoke is the buzzword of the industry these days, and equally as desirable are exclusive and unique cuts and types of gemstones. Independent designers and manufacturers alike are creating one-of-a-kind or limited edition pieces, primarily in simple settings for pendants and rings. The gemstones that are garnering the most attention are watermelon and rainbow tourmaline, aquamarine, turquoise, boulder opal, moonstone, garnet and lavender and pink sapphire.

Amali Jewelry
One-of-a-kind rainbow tourmaline necklace

$1,760

Engravable Pendants

Why You Need Them: There are so many ways to individualize these engravable pendants, every store should carry a version or multiple versions in different price points. You may engrave initials on the front and a sentimental or significant saying on the back. They make great holiday gifts, but they also are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, push presents, and all other occasions.

Walters Faith
18K rose gold and diamond engravable pendant

$995

Stackable Rings

Why You Need Them: Simply because women continue to love stacking, layering and piling it on. Stack rings have been going strong for over a decade now, and designers keep coming up with new iterations, rejuvenating a group of rings your customer already owns or creating looks that are the start of a new formation. Teach your customers to mix them up, combine them, mis-match them and combine metal colors and shapes of stones. Also educate them to try throwing a stack on instead of overthinking it. That’s when the best looks happen.

Carbon & Hyde
Cobra ring in 14K yellow gold with surrounding diamonds and pear-shaped diamond open tips

$2,760

Meaningful Charms

Why You Need Them: Women can’t get enough of the new talismans — symbolic, sentimental and spiritual charms and medallions — that represent romance, protection, strength, luck and many other significant meanings. They wear them together on charm necklaces to feel more confident, loved, calm and shielded from harm.

Foundrae
Heart Love token celebrating the seven classic types of love; the Resilience charm represents that flowers can continue to bloom against adversity

$9,310

Gypsy Set Rings

Why You Need Them: These rings date back to the 19th into early 20th century. The gemstones are burnished into the metal and usually are punctuated by three diamonds. The antique and vintage styles feature old mine or cushion cuts. But there are new gypsies in the market, and they are more chic and modern in feeling. Set into yellow gold, we are still seeing diamonds in shield and kite shapes as well as rounds, but the most creative are those that feature a mix of colored gemstones. These are the type of rings that you can wear on any finger — even your pinky — and you can wear them next to your stacks or as standalone rings that can weather everyday wear.

Brent Neale
One-of-a-kind 18K yellow gold ring with pink tourmaline center, citrine and peridot side stones

Price on request

15 Jewelry Styles You Need to Have in Your Cases This Holiday Season

15 Jewelry Styles You Need to Have in Your Cases This Holiday Season

STORY BY BETH BERNSTEIN

 

Linear Earrings

Why You Need Them: These style of earrings make a woman feel glamorous and dressed up. She might wear them during this holiday season for a romantic dinner for two with her significant other, as they have become a classic among earring styles, particularly with diamonds.

Melissa Kaye
18K rose gold medium Cora earrings with diamonds

$10,650