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Geometry in jewellery always lives up to its name – it boasts simplicity, it’s neat yet eye-catching and, in many cases, geometric jewellery can be the making of an outfit.
 

Lantern pendant, Tamara Gomez

Right now, geometry within jewellery design is seeing a personality shift. While classic designs utilise the simplicity and angles of bare metal to give impact, many jewellery designers are exploring colour and depth through gemstones or even – in the case of Tamara Gomez’s delicate Lantern pendants – adding a softness with the contrasting lustre and smoothness of pearls.
 

Sassy earrings, Zoe & Morgan

Lightning bolt cuff, Missoma

Blue Lotus bangle, Jewellery by Priya

Keeping things simple, Zoe & Morgan’s Sassy drop earrings combine polished, high shine silver with a deco-meets-geometric pattern. The resulting earrings are wearable yet smart, and certainly live up to the name. In a similar vein, Missoma’s comeback collection includes this openwork, lightning bolt cuff that plays on the repeated pattern, while recent jewellery graduate Priya – who works under the name Jewellery by Priya – has used Computer Aided Design (CAD) to create her Blue Lotus bangle – a great, structured piece that would work brilliantly with a minimal LBD.
 

’Constructivist’ earrings, Fabergé

Triangular jewels by Hannah Martin

Luxury geometric jewels are certainly worth a look, and Fabergé has gone all-out in its new, art-inspired collections, with a pair of daring, mismatched drop earrings inspired by the Constructivist art movement. It’s hard not to love the 80s design, combined with the sharp shapes, softened by the pastel gems. In keeping with the gem-set look, Hannah Martin has used pink and orange sapphires in her new triangular jewellery collection, including a very smart ring and – one for the gents – a pair of simple cufflinks.

Octahedron pendant, Jayce Wong

Octagon ring, Elyse Jacob

Known for her interlinked and shape oriented designs, Jayce Wong’s Octahedron pendant mixes silver and rubies set into each point of the interlocking shapes for an unusual pendant that would no doubt have the wearer marvelling at its simple yet playful design. Elyse Jacob has also opted for eight-sided shapes with her simple 18ct gold ring, set with diamonds. Made to stack with other shaped rings in her collections, this little number would make a great alternative wedding ring, while being a quirky classic that one could wear alone.
 

Grace Ring, Jacqueline Rabun

Silver bangle, Lua Lua

Last but not least, with a look to the ultimate in geometric jewels and nicely situated at two ends of the spectrum, Jacqueline Rabun has seen her grid-like Grace ring become a fashion favourite, most of all because of the precious gemstones ensnared within its cage-like design. Here, in white gold, an 80ct diamond rolls about the ring, in a a style that’s as complex as maths homework. Meanwhile Lua Lua’s simple silver bangle plays on the art and shapes that are associated with geometric jewels – a simple colour palette, a smooth matt finish – this bangle nods towards Joan Miro’s art, just in time for his retrospective at London’s Tate Modern beginning this month

Vintage tweed and quirky finds by Kathryn Bishop

2010 – A Jewelled Perspective by Kathryn Bishop

Statement stacks by Kathryn Bishop

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