You just have to take one look at Vogue UK’s ‘Glasto’ festival style images and you would be left in no doubt that Mulberry is the ‘IT’ bag of the season.I love, love, love what Emma Hill has masterminded as a preview for the brands 40th birthday celebration – its worth a couple of minutes…
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Festival Style: Fun in the Photobooth
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It is Festival time on the Adorn London jewellery blog and we would love to see your pic in our Festival Photobooth album. Simply visit our Facebook page or email a low-res image to Juliet : editor@adorn-london.com and join our fashion forward festival-loving community. (Lots of jewels too, please x).
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To read about Festival Style, click here.
To enter our exclusive competition to win a festival friendship bracelet by Links of London click here.
June 23, 2011
Posted in Blog Tagged Adorn London Jewellery Blog, Festival Fashion, festival style, Jewellery trends, photo booth, photobooth, The Festival Issue 0
Win a Links of London Friendship Bracelet
ITEM OF THE WEEK
WIN, WIN, WIN
The rainbow skull bracelet is the ‘must-have’ item for this year’s festivals. A limited edition design, with only 1,000 being sold exclusively on the Links of London website launching on Tuesday 21 June 2011, this beautiful rainbow bracelet, made from woven neon threads in bright pop colours, surrounded by a series of silver skulls is the essential way to start your festival look.
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Links of London and Adorn London collaborate to bring you this ‘must-have’ limited edition festival bracelet to ensure for one lucky reader that their jewellery rocks during ‘festival’ season.
HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:
All you have to do is leave a comment on our Facebook page saying: "I would love to win this Links of London limited edition friendship bracelet because…"
AND…
If you are not on Facebook simply leave a comment under this post telling us why you would love to win this fabulous bracelet.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The competition runs from Monday 20 June to Sunday 3 July 24h00. The winner will be selected from all the entries and the judge’s decision is final.
Good Luck!!
June 20, 2011
Festival Style
Q: Hi Juliet, I am going to my first ever music festival and I want to look and feel fabulous. I found this tie dyed dress and would love to buy some jewellery that would work well with it. I don’t mind investing in a few pieces as long as they are versatile and i would be able to wear them again. Can you help?
Jemima, London
A: Hi Jemima, thank you for your style advice question; I always try to tie them in with the trend focus for the week so this is perfect as we focus on ‘festival’. Well, you have every excuse to stack and layer and as you have gone for warm colours in the dress I have a colour palette to work with. Monica Vinader’s sunset stack is perfect, as is the layered bangle look. I love the Mawi bracelet as it has the ‘must-have’ festival skull element and the transparent teardrop crystals add a colour injection. The Ashley Pittman horn bracelet is a perfect accompaniment, as the natural stripes in the horn pick up the patterns in the dress. All these pieces you will wear again and again!
Enjoy your festival!
Also posted in Style the Look Tagged festival jewellery style, festival style, Mawi, Monica Vinader, Stacking and Layering, The Festival Issue 0
Festival Style
Adorn London’s jewellery blog is taken over by festival style and what better way to start than to establish just what style you are. Editor Juliet Hutton-Squire has some fun as she selects jewels to adorn this year’s music lovers, from the ditsy forest fairy to the psychedelic techno bunny.
Shop Festival Jewels here.
Shop vintage jewels from Atelier-Mayer here.
Posted in Blog Tagged festival style, jewellery blog, jewelry blog, Jewelry trends, jewels to wear with festival, The Festival Issue 2
London Jewellery Week: Sarah Curran
‘CELEBRATING JEWELLERY’ BY SARAH CURRAN
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| Sarah Curran, CEO My-Wardrobe |
Next up in our exciting series of features written by ‘movers and shakers’ in the fashion and jewellery industry, Sarah Curran, CEO of MY-Wardrobe, talks about what the title ‘Celebrating Jewellery’ means to her…
"Statement jewellery has always been one of my favourite things. As I was growing up I was fascinated by my grandmother’s cocktail rings, bracelets and necklaces. I’m known for my love of Roberto Cavalli rings, friendship and chakra bracelets by Carolina Bucci, Aamaya by Priyanka and Daisy Jewellery.
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| Cluster ring and chakra bracelet Aamaya by Priyanka |
For the last couple of seasons, statement jewellery has become more of a focus for designers with SS11 and AW11, especially with the 1970s influence, which is continuing. Those absolutely amazing statement pieces; be it necklace, cocktail ring or cuff; can transform a look in an instant, whether it’s for day or night. At the other end of the scale, friendship-style bracelets have seen a phenomenal demand.
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| Jewels by Anton Heunis |
Designers to look out for include Anton Heunis, Alexis Bittar and Aamaya by Priyanka. We introduced Anton Heunis’s collection last season, which was a fantastic success and the AW11 collection is incredible. Every piece is amazing with a vintage edge looking like it has a story attached to it. Autumn Winter 2011 will see our first season with Alexis Bittar, which is another fabulous collection and is on my ‘must buy’ list. There has been a huge buzz around chakra bracelets and the Aamaya by Priyanka collections feature some beautiful ones".
Read what jewellery designers: Alex Monroe and Leyla Abdollahi had to say.
Read what diva of vintage, Carmen Haid had to say.
Read what Professional Jeweller editor, Rachael Taylor had to say.
Read what costume jewellery designer and co-founder of Erickson Beamon, Vicki Sarge Beamon had to say.
June 15, 2011
London Jewellery Week: Vicki Sarge Beamon
CELEBRATING JEWELLERY: VICKI SARGE BEAMON
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| Vicky Beamon and Karen Erickson |
Next up in our exciting series during London Jewellery Week, fashion jewellery designer extraordinaire and co-founder of Erickson Beamon, Vicki Sarge Beamon talks about what the title ‘Celebrating Jewellery’ means to her…
For me to ‘Celebrate’ jewellery is to acknowledge the deeper importance these objects bring to our lives. Jewellery goes much further than what is seen from the surface – they are a manifestation of our emotions in a physical form. It is so personal to each individual and I feel so fortunate to come to work each day creating amazing pieces which will trigger an emotional response to both the wearer and admirers.
Isabella Blow spoke of her clothing as protective armour. In this same medieval sense – if clothing is armour than jewellery is the talisman. It is the final touch which people use to express their personalities or how they want to project themselves at a particular moment. So much of what Erickson Beamon creates is used to enhance an atmosphere and I believe this is one of the reasons for our longevity. We have been collaborating with designers and working with stylists on magazines and for celebrities now for nearly 3 decades. I believe what draws these amazing creative people back to us time and again is the sensitivity which we are able to project into our pieces interpreted from their concepts.
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| Beyonce |
We have recently created a headpiece for Beyonce for her latest video. Her stylist asked us to create a piece which would show power and strength and would be multi-cultural. The final design drew from these ideals and the show stopping piece was created and viewed all over the world.
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| Erdem fall 2011 |
For Erdem’s Winter 2011 show he asked us to create earrings for an artist’s wife who was angry at her husband and they were going through a separation. We showed this by making a dark atmosphere on the earring and then splattering it with paint showing her emotional imbalance.
Design has to have passion and joy. It has to make you understand a place, a time, and era. It has to be a vehicle for the person who ultimately owns it to connect to something personal and meaningful.
Read what jewellery designers: Alex Monroe and Leyla Abdollahi had to say.
Read what diva of vintage, Carmen Haid had to say.
Read what Professional Jeweller editor, Rachael Taylor had to say.
Posted in Blog Tagged Beyonce, Erdem Fall 2011, Erickson Beamon, London Jewellery Week, The Celebrating Jewellery Issue, Vicky Sarge Beamon 0
London Jewellery Week: ‘Designer of the Year’ Yunus & Eliza
‘DESIGNER OF THE YEAR’
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| Yunus & Eliza with judge and London Jewellery Week ambassador, Juliet |
I had the honour of selecting the ‘Designer of the Year’ at Treasure during London Jewellery Week.
The finalists were selected by a panel of London Jewellery Week ambassadors and included:
1. Leyla Abdollahi
2. Zelia Horsley
3. Tomasz Donocik
4. Cindy Dennis Mangan
5. London Bird
6. Yunus & Eliza
7. Natalia Schroder
8. Milena Kovanovic
9. Flash Trash vs Alexander Davis
10. Linnie McLarty
Yunus & Eliza were my winners of this prestigious award. Their work, described as ‘sculpture to be worn’, has progressed since their debut collection was showcased at London Fashion Week in 2010. Not only are they featured in glossy editorials around the world and high profile music videos, but their ability to create pieces that would be considered ‘jewellery wear’ alongside those that could be worn every day as a pendant chain, without compromising their brand integrity, means that Yunus & Eliza’s influence extends beyond the world of jewellery to art, film, music and fashion and they are certainly ‘ones to watch’…
Watch the makings of Yunus & Eliza’s head piece for Universal Record’s hottest new act: ‘Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosours’.
June 13, 2011
London Jewellery Week: Zelia Horsley
‘ITEM OF THE WEEK’
In what has been a nail-biting end to our London Jewellery Week Treasure competition where you, the Adorn readers, decided whose beauitiful piece of jewellery you wanted to crown as ‘Item of the Week’ on Adorn London. I am delighted to announce that Zelia Horsley’s piece won your vote. The ‘Crystal Collar’ made from hand-formed acrylic, with an opulent amount of fringed Czech crystal bugle beads was your prized piece. Congratulations to Zelia and all the 10 finalists in the competition, it has been so exciting to watch the votes climb during the course of the week.
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| Zelia’s ‘Crystal Collar’ necklace |
Zelia had this to say, "Winning this competition for ‘Item of the Week’ on Adorn London gives my jewellery the opportunity to be seen by even more fashion and jewellery conscious individuals, who visit Adorn London daily. Hopefully this opportunity keeps my jewellery in the forefront of their minds straight after such an exciting London Jewellery Week; Treasure, where I was also nominated for "Designer of the Year". I am absolutely overwhelmed by the generous support I’ve had enabling me to win this prestigious place on Adorn London".
Posted in Blog Tagged designer fashion jewellery, London Jewellery Week, The Celebrating Jewellery Issue, Treasure, Zelia Horsley 2
Style.com’s Galstonbury Street Style
Even Style.com talk about Glastonbury 2011 in their titled photo booth: ‘Wet, Hot, English Summer’. Check out their top festival hot shots right here taken by Alistair Guy.