The latest issue arrived this morning, time for another glance at what the luxury jewellers are up to, as usual I turn to the “Tendencias” section or “Trends”. This issue has five main areas: Broches/Brooches, Anillos Cabochón/Cabochon Rings, Oro Rosa/Pink Gold, Corazones/Hearts and Mariposas y Libélulas/Butterflies and Dragonflies.

Broches/Brooches

This lovely creation is by Isidoro Hernández and in the Novias/Brides collection.

Anillos Cabochón/Cabochon Rings

Now then, I understand “cabochon” to mean the following:

A cabochon or cabachon, from the Middle French caboche (head), is a gemstone which has been shaped and polished as opposed to facetted. The resulting form is usually a convex top with a flat bottom.

Perhaps it can mean something slightly different in Spanish, or perhaps the authors of this section were just delicately trying to avoid the more obvious term for the shape of these rings, take a look:

None of the rings appear to even include a cabochon and are, in my humble opinion, mushroom-shaped! But perhaps a ring encrusted with that many precious stones shies away from the word “mushroom”… Ah well, I’m afraid to say that I myself would shy 100 miles away from any of these expensive creations, let’s just say they’re not my bag…

BTW They’re by Rabat, Chanel and Moragen.

Oro Rosa/Pink Gold

Pink gold makes an appearance again, and here’s a sweet and unassuming little ring by Mont Blanc:

Corazones/Hearts

This lovely thing by Nanis has featured before in the Trends section, but here it is again because of it’s undeniable prettiness!

And given how black is making a large appearance this season, here’s a black-hearted pair of earrings by Manoel Bernardes:

With my own jewellery I use hearts fairly often, like in my Blake collection:

A new addition is Aila, fun little earrings to add a splash of colour and sparkle:

I love Bali filigree pieces, and I have one in a heart shape:

Susan is one of my favourite ranges:

Finally, there’s Briony, perfect for wedding day jewellery:

Mariposas y Libélulas/Butterflies and Dragonflies

I usually reserve my flower and especially butterfly jewellery for Spring and Summer, but who am I to argue with these guys? Here is a pair of pretty drop earrings from Italian firm NuoveGioe:

And after my recent Bali trip I just love seeing dragonflies, like this sweet little charm on this champagne topaz bracelet by Casato:

With my own jewellery I only have a couple of things to show right now:

I hope you liked this peek into the world of jewellery, next I’ll be showing some of the new pieces I made after inspiration from a recent trip to Indonesia.