Bling it on!
It’s the start of the year and everyone’s going through a wardrobe refresh. While the trendsetting direction is focusing on quiet luxury, fashion is sparkling anew with a variety of priceless, meaningful and contemporary creations.
Modern/contemporary seemsto be the key in what’s to come—whether minimalist to re-imagined andreinvented nostalgic or vintage pieces.There’s also a play on elegance fromart to food and even part of clothing (as detail not accent, e.g. collar, hem,sleeve). However, generally, the style statement is making simple become extraordinary. In the Philippines,our celebrated and seasoned jewelry makers and artists have their own outstanding insights on 2024.
Here’s what they have to say.
Arnel Papa
Artifact necklace.
Handmade Curve Wood and Goldleaf with Malachite Beads
Colors inspired from Cleopatra’s time. Objects of art need to be celebrated and adorned on someone’s neck.
The design of the wood also inspired from the Texture of the Bark of the Tree. To enhance it, I put goldleaf to make it more attractive.
Available in Outside The Box pop-up store at SM Aura Premiere.
MARK WILSON
The 18-karat gold Cordillera Ring features the iconic herringbone weave, with a twist-wire-twist frame around a pale-yellow sapphire – the first ring of the Cordillera Collection.
The Cordillera Ring is the latest evolution of the Cordillera Collection, which still uses the now iconic technique of a tube handwoven in a herringbone pattern — but with the smallest turning radius of a finger. The stone of the first Cordillera Ring is a faceted pale-yellow sapphire. But since all are made to order, clients can also supply their own stones.
For inquiries: IG: @carolwilson.shop.
NATALYA LAGDAMEO
I felt it was a good time to start learning how to incorporate colored stones into the collection, with influences from the Art Deco aesthetic.
Visit IG @nlagdameo and www.nlagdameo.com
Showroom: NLagdameo, Shop 3, Basement level, The Peninsula Manila.
Nesty Serrano and Doy Navarrete
Fancy Shapes Eternity Necklace.
Made of 37 pieces of natural diamonds with a total of 55.70 carats (with an average of one carat, 1.50 carat and two carats each).
All GIA certified with D, F, G colors and VVS Quality.
The husband of my friend was looking for a birthday gift and practical investment. So, we created a fancy cut collection of diamond necklace. It’s classic, a continuous trend in jewelry design and an investment at the same time.
IG: FEDESTO, Fedestofinejewelry. Mobile: 0917-8996280
Tweetie de Leon-Gonzalez
Our set of Cockroach and Housefly pins from the BUG series, a playful and endearing take on their infamous living counterparts. Made of semi-precious stones set in sterling silver with yellow gold finish, these pieces, which double as pendants, are fun as they are easy and versatile. Heavy favorites. Don’t let them fly past you.
Available at tdlgdesigns.com, IG @tdlgdesigns and at Rhett Eala Concept Store in Greenbelt 5, Makati City.