Monday, May 18, 2015

Fine and Innovative Jewelry from Greece


Greece has become the new capital of jewelry designing with a flood of modern jewelry designers creating exquisitely designed modern fine jewelry for the world fashion crowd. Gone are the days when only serpentine cuffs and gold coins would be the hallmark of Greek jewelry. The designers are crafting modern pieces with unmatched designing glory to wow the world. A dwindling economy instead of killing the interest and resources of jewelry designers have propelled their ideas and thoughts and their will to create some masterpieces that the world takes note of. Some designers are of the opinion that crisis is the mother of all invention and so also jewelry.

Capturing the ‘phoenix rising from the ashes’ spirit is a collection of jewelry items with minimalist gold designs set with small diamonds. The culture and heritage of Greece can be glimpsed through these jewelry items with modern twist for the jewelry aficionado. The Modern Greek jewelry designers are endeavoring to leave their own mark by drawing upon the earlier traditions of jewelry making in Greece. This ensures that the jewelry items remain Greek in spirit and yet appear progressive to the eyes of the modern jewelry fan. All their jewelry pieces appeared in the Baselworld for modern buyers. 

The Greek Village collection in the Baselworld is assimilation of natural elements like rough gemstones or stingray skin into sculptural jewelry. All the jewelry pieces reflect Greek effect in color combinations, geometric shapes and the seamless blend of it all. All the Greek jewelry items reflect various aspects of Greece in a modified manner. Some of the effects are visible at first glance while others are not. For example, in the multi-colored gemstone ring set in yellow gold Greek effect is predominant. The architectural cuff made from black and rose gold with brilliant cut diamonds is a masterpiece which the Greek designers can boast off. It has a profound effect on the onlooker and leaves the person mesmerized. 

Whereas the previous two pieces are Greek in their appearance, the gold ring set with tourmaline quartz and rutile wrapping the entire finger looks absolutely sleek with its modern charming design. Women who are fond of bold designs will definitely like the white diamond and emerald earrings in pronounced geometrical shapes somewhat resembling missiles. A wonderful brown diamond, emerald baguette, lapis lazuli necklace will complement any ensemble flawlessly and the gold ring set with pave diamonds and three labradorites will enchant the onlooker deeply.

Sparkling Stars, Diamonds and Colorful Gemstones at the Cannes Film Festival


As the most coveted Cannes Film Festival was declared open, glamour Goddesses from the silver screen made their appearance with sparkling diamonds like always along with some colorful gemstones this year. Julianne Moore, the ever stylish and extremely acclaimed film actress came with pear-shaped emerald earrings which dangled down her long neck and made her look striking. She teamed it up with an octagonal step-cut emerald ring. Not just jewelry, she also had the sparkle of the best Actress Mini Palme when she left. 

Lupita Nyongo, who is another well famed actress and regular at the Cannes maintained the trend of white diamonds to the festival. She also wore pink quartz earrings and colorful gemstone studded two rings to make her statement. Chinese actress Fan Binbing remained one of the most talked about actresses for her looks at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with her white and green floral dress and emerald earrings, white diamond ring and bracelet to complement her look. Whereas Fan chose to go green, Isabella Rossellini, the Italian actress elected to go all red. She wore a ruby ring with a pair of ruby earrings to complete her bright crimson look for the festival and add more color to it. 

Natalie Portman, the highly appreciated actress from The Black Swan made her return with a fan shaped ring, a statement bangle and a pair of diamond earrings. She was at the premier of her new film A Tale of Love and Darkness. Model Karlie Kloss looked absolutely the glamour diva in a feline gown along with diamond ring and earrings. French actress Frederique Bel complemented her see-through dress with a pair of diamond drop earrings. 

Naomi Watts is rapidly becoming one of the most stylish people in the film circuit with her unique choices of jewelry at the film festivals. At the Cannes also she wore 4 gorgeous pieces of high fashion jewelry. The highlight was her necklace studded with diamonds shaped like a tie. The fashion parade was not confined to the actresses only; even the actors showed up with interesting jewelry, actor Jake Gyllenhaal being one of them. He wore a super stylish watch made of rose gold and silver with a black leather strap. French actor Lambert Wilson came making a style statement of his own. He appeared with a fantastic brooch studded with diamonds and spinnels pinned to his lapel for the opening ceremony of cinema’s one of the biggest festivals, the Cannes Film Festival.