| All most well-known jewellery-houses are | | | | instance, do not avoid and approve of |
| introduced in every largest contemporary world's | | | | semiprecious stones' use and offer various |
| capital, and their number is still increasing. | | | | combinations of turquoise, corrals with sapphires |
| Celebrities and movie-stars, who regularly appear | | | | and diamonds. Pearls incrusted with diamonds |
| in the news, promote not at all their new | | | | have also reached fashionable pike. One may as |
| song-albums or most-distributed movies, but on | | | | well easily find stylish and not so glaringly luxurious |
| the contrary just another jewellery collection. | | | | furnishings: topaz, amethyst, tourmaline and |
| Undoubtedly, the cost of such beauty is high. | | | | aquamarine were also added to the list of the |
| However, when purchasing gold or silver ware | | | | most present-day semiprecious stones. |
| from the last ultra-stylish collection, one may be | | | | Talking about shape, furnishings are mainly |
| sure to get a «friend» for ages. The | | | | massive and large in size. As concerns pendants, |
| jewellery world has its own view upon fashion. | | | | these are round and flat medallions, more than 2 |
| Neither diamonds, sapphires nor emeralds have | | | | inches in diameter with a huge stone mounting (Di |
| time limits. The same with goods, made of these | | | | Modolo Milano, Korloff). They perfectly decorate |
| precious stones: they don't ever wear out or go | | | | low-cut décolleté - so fashionable this |
| out of fashion, but just the reverse - become | | | | season. Earrings are also big, long with fanciful |
| more unique, expensive each year and always | | | | pendants, and seal-rings are beautified with large |
| maintain in requisition. At the same time even the | | | | bright stones or small diamonds' placer. |
| most conservative jewellers from time to time | | | | The tendency of using conventionalized images of |
| phase in fresh ideas into their classic collections' | | | | animate nature and abiocoen still continues to |
| design. Our task is to catch them! | | | | develop. The freedom for imagination is unlimited! |
| Let's begin our review, certainly, with gold. | | | | A great variation of furnishings, rings and earrings, |
| Epidemic demand for white gold, which was on its | | | | moulded in the shapes of cherries, oranges, |
| way for the last few years, is gradually | | | | melons, watermelons and even egg-plants, is |
| diminishing. According to Baselworld's - Watch and | | | | presented in the Fruit collection de Grisogono. All |
| Jewellery Saloon - survey results, the most | | | | these are made of semiprecious stones and |
| fashionable precious metal is pink gold. This Saloon | | | | diamonds and look very tasty and dressy. |
| holds its collections' demonstrations in Switzerland | | | | A chain of footprints is a basic motive of the new |
| annually in spring. And almost all jewellery brands | | | | Pasquale Bruni collection - Orme. It contains rings |
| presented their new collections, which are carried | | | | and pendants in the foot-shape. Magnificent |
| out just in pink, at the last showing. But there's no | | | | diamonds light up cascades of blossomed out |
| reason for conservatives' agitation - both yellow | | | | white flowers in Ghirlanda romantic furnishings of |
| and white gold are still in great demand, as they | | | | the same brand. Bvlgari also keeps up the flower |
| always successfully group with diamonds and | | | | theme in the collection Sapphire Flower, the main |
| emphasize on stones' charm. Moreover they | | | | image of which is a flower with 5 sapphire petals |
| excellently go together and make a good | | | | and a small diamond in the middle. |
| combination with colorful precious and | | | | Cartier in his works continues to develop |
| semiprecious stones. Keen on bright colors and | | | | animalistic trend in the jewellers' art. Last year he |
| anxious for something unusual? Then Korloff | | | | brought to life the next series of his traditional |
| offers unique technology especially for you: | | | | panthers - La Panthere de Cartier. However, the |
| varnishing gold with specific colorful lacquer. 14 | | | | most present-day furnishings are introduced in the |
| colors, included in the collection, always allow you | | | | shape of intricate twisted net - «lace» - |
| to select particularly your hue. | | | | where one with a touch of vivid imagination can |
| Leading positions among precious stones three | | | | see silhouettes of different animals and birds. |
| centuries ago took diamonds. And they still do! In | | | | (Tiffany & Co, Korloff). |
| addition to that their colored variations are back in | | | | In spite of fresh ideas and innovations, the |
| fashion: yellow (Roberto Coin), blue and even black | | | | jewellers' art fashion is also shown in a wide |
| (such jewellery-houses as Iosi Scavia, Luca Carati, | | | | variety of stones' cuttings. All methods are far |
| Stephan Haffner and de Grisogono use them in | | | | from being new; it is the fact, that just some of |
| their production). Though the majority of | | | | them were not used very often. One of the last |
| customers continue to opt for classic, limpid | | | | Bvlgari collections - Rosette made of colored |
| stones. | | | | sapphires - received its name from the means of |
| As for combination of diamonds with other | | | | precious stones' cuttings. Cutting in the shape of |
| precious stones, there is a wide range of | | | | «rose» is one the most ancient |
| variations. Most collections could be fairly called | | | | methodics of stones' cut. It allows collecting great |
| conservative, designed for luxurious evening | | | | number of stones into unlimited quantity of |
| dresses. And in this case, as far as jewelers are | | | | fanciful combinations and making unbelievable |
| concerned, semiprecious stones are not | | | | effect of kaleidoscope. Chopard introduced a very |
| appropriate and, certainly, are inferior to diamonds | | | | woman-like collection Copacabana, almost all the |
| and sapphires. An unbelievable palette of hues | | | | stones in which have the most present-day |
| was enabled in one of the last collections of | | | | cutting «briolette». Korloff offers a |
| Bvlgari High Jewellery: colors varied from blue with | | | | unique cutting «Korloff cut» of 65 |
| blueness, pink with gently-pink and green to yellow | | | | facets, for which he owns a patent. This method |
| and purple. Yet in comparison with the previous | | | | adds miraculous shine to diamonds, which are not |
| collection - Allegra, where we have already seen | | | | very attractive stones in the first place: stones |
| such palette, but with the use of absolutely | | | | start to blaze thanks to gradual increase in facets' |
| different stones (tourmalines, topazes, quartzes | | | | size and reflection's flatness. |
| and amethysts), this presented collection is | | | | On the whole, let alone total conservatism in the |
| marked with colors combinations of only one | | | | world of jewellers' art, fashion offers us many |
| precious stone - sapphire. At the jewellery-house | | | | furnishings' variations this season. It is interesting, |
| Korloff mostly «Royal» materials are | | | | that nowadays' trends repeat fashionable |
| used in making their works: designers insist, the | | | | tendencies of the last century: same heavy |
| design itself is so unique that there is no sense in | | | | brooches, pendants, necklaces, decorated with |
| making it cheaper by the utilization of | | | | butterflies, dragonflies and flowers. In the long run |
| semiprecious stones. | | | | it proves again, that jewellery is not going out of |
| At the same time many brands, de Grisogono for | | | | fashion! |