The rebounding economy may be lackluster, but you certainly can’t tell it by the jewelry! Design trends for fall and winter promise bigger-than-ever razzle-dazzle with strong emphasis on the individualist. Anticipate bracelets and necklaces of bold metallics in combinations of sterling, gold, and burnished bronze. You style conscious fashionistas will drool over the new multi-strands of big gauge chain adorned with faceted medallions and luscious nuggets of crystal and stone; dangly earrings; and costume accessories practical enough to go from the office to the cocktail party without breaking your bankroll.

For the Sophisticated Urban Gypsy

This season’s return to casual belted sweater layers and blouses with ruffled cuffs and plunging necklines provide the perfect opportunity to show off a signature piece; necklaces, bracelets, and rings with brand distinction, like Yurman or Winston. Chandelier earrings and big metallic hoops are even more popular than ever, but this year jewelry designers have added exotic touches of genuine moonstone, onyx, and amethyst, or Austrian crystals set in a dark background of twinkling marcasite for a vintage feel.

Heavy Metal

Expect to see rhinestone brooches and earrings with hoops of bright silver intertwined with ropes of antiqued sterling; toggle clasps richly embellished with dots of gold, garnets, topaz, and citrine—warm and earthy semi-precious stones that compliment every skin tone, and which are classic, but casual enough to wear every day with skinny jeans, leather bags, and dressy boots.

Beads are all the rage this year, and cultured pearls of every color strung on leather, multiple strands of coral, and Flintstone-chunky necklaces of polished stone. Pair inexpensive costume watches with rows of bangle bracelets dripping with oodles of charms for that festive holiday jingle that says, “you’ve arrived.”

Now, more than ever before, it’s hip to be humble, so don’t afraid to amp it up and be playful and campy. Pile on the glam and pay homage to all that glitters; great style doesn’t necessarily have to be solid gold. Go ahead and add classic touches of sparkling vermeil. No one will be the wiser, and with so many beautiful designs by names like Monet, Koors, and Anne Klein, you’ll get that quality look and won’t have to derail your holiday budget.

Regal Jewels Fit for the “Bling” Dynasty

Chocolate gold is finally here, straight from the runways of Milan. Like the name implies, its dark rich tones are as yummy as hot fudge when strung with alternate beads of pink gold, burnished brass, shiny copper, sterling, and titanium. Of course, diamonds are always on the fashion menu, but this year, expect to see variations set in bands of tungsten and brushed metal. Swarovski crystals offer affordable alternatives and give maximum bling-for-the-buck. For that significant hunk on your gift list, there are brushed stainless chains, bracelets and rings, and diamonds in silver trim with touches of black Harley leather.

With so many great items to choose from, you’ll have no shortage of Autumn gifts and stocking-stuffers to add to your seasonal wish list.

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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. (Oscar Wilde)

That would be funny if it weren’t true… in some cases. And today’s fashion phenomenon is the best one to prove that: toilet jewelry!

Looking at these items we are left with only one single hope: that this jewelry is NOT the proof of yet another fashion quote: “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ( Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Toilet Ring

Here is a whole set of thematic bathroom jewelry. The toilet ring is the one furthest to the right:

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Toilet Earrings

Actually, these could look cute except for the fact that it’s toilet paper. And, what’s more, these earrings look like they take considerable time and effort to create:

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Toilet Paper Necklace

Looks like a good match to the earrings we saw above:

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Roses look tender:

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So, your verdict? Cute or not?

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