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Massive jewelry: rules of combination
Jewelry with large stones are often found at world fashion shows and are sometimes one of the main themes of the collections of designers. People who prefer to wear massive jewelry are distinguished by their creative nature, individuality, and artistic outlook on life. They are true admirers of the bohemian elite. And “modesty” sounds completely out of place here. Large brooches, bracelets, necklaces are able to emphasize not only the feminine refinement of nature, they clearly “promote” the motto of their mistress: “Everything or nothing!”. To create an image of a strong personality, it is not necessary to use a bunch of small jewelry in your toilet, just one massive product that will be made of precious metals and minerals, wood, plastic or any other materials.
History of jewelry.
When it comes to jewelry, characterized by massiveness, then involuntarily in my head pop up footage from films that tell us about the tribes living in nature. Their lives are filled with ritual rituals, and the appearance for their performance plays an important role. Usually, participants in rituals hang themselves with large beads made of clay, stone or any other natural material, decorate their heads with feathers, stick huge rings in their ears and even have metal medallions in their everyday life. These people believe that such things can serve as a talisman against evil spirits and bring good luck on the path of life. Maybe that’s why large jewelry attracts modern people with its energy.
Stylish girl in large gold jewelry
In Russia, the distinctive sign of the new Russians are large gold chains decorated with crosses. But if you dig a little further, it turns out that these accessories were revered in ancient Assyria and Babylon. Women of the upper classes wore long earrings and massive bracelets made of gold, decorated with images of animals, and sometimes revered Gods at that time. The male population framed themselves with massive chains decorated with pendants and pendants in the form of a crescent or cross. But the most exotic for our modern look can be considered plate collars made of gold and framed with large beads of pearls.
Large gold jewelry of the nineteenth century
The nineteenth century was characterized by a love of massive jewelry. It was then that an unusual decoration was created, which was famous for its popularity among the ladies of high society. This decoration is called a sentiment-a large hoop made of gold and decorated with a portrait image or medallion. Sometimes women framed their hairstyles with them in the form of Greek knots. Sentiment was also made in the form of a bracelet. In this case, it was made in the form of a pair of hoops, which were fastened together with a chain so that one of them framed the wrist, and the other was worn next to the elbow, and the chains fixed between the hoops followed the curves of the arm. In the world of design, such a bracelet is called esclavage, which means “slavery”in French. Indeed, the decoration reminiscent of the Golden shackles.
The most massive jewelry.
The most massive and expensive jewelry in the collection of the jewelry house “Tiffany & Co” is a necklace consisting of many diamonds. Its approximate price is $ 2.5 million. The main highlight of the necklace is a white diamond in the shape of a pear weighing 41.4 carats.
However, the most massive decoration in the world is recognized as a ring made of white metal, decorated with the natural mineral rauchtopaz, which weighs 1250 carats. But this decoration does not have an owner, because there is no such large finger in the world on which it would fit. The price of the ring is $ 3,000.
World celebrities with big jewelry
Celebrities of the world’s “red carpets” constantly demonstrate an attraction and love for massive jewelry. Every Hollywood star has in his arsenal of gold products with large stones. For example, the standard of beauty and the famous American actress Jessica Alba appeared at the next Academy Awards with a minimum of makeup, but with large earrings from “Cartier”. And the singer Rihanna very often appears on stage, in music videos or fashion shows in massive earrings, pendants and bracelets, which have a variety of interesting shapes and are made using various performance techniques.
Designer massive jewelry
In the fashion world, the trend of “mini” – a minimum of fabrics and cosmetics in creating the right image-has recently been manifested. This trend also leaked into the world of information technology: disks were replaced by a miniature flash drive. And as a harmonious addition to the mini-style, massive jewelry appeared. We can safely say that in the jewelry business, the era of “big”has come.
Designer Large Bracelet
There is no designer or world-famous jewelry house that does not have a line or a whole collection of massive jewelry. And the materials that are used to create them have all sorts of” colors”, ranging from precious platinum with diamonds and ending with glass, plastic and fabric.
The world-famous brand “Chanel” created a collection of large bracelets that are made of plastic in various tones and colors, and “Givenchy” and “Christian Lacroix” came up with a line for rock lovers — chains with large rings decorated with pendants in the form of crosses.
Collection of the jewelry house “Carrera y Carrera»
Collections of the jewelry house “Carrera y Saggega” regularly include jewelry of three-dimensional sizes in shows. The most popular decorations with animal shapes. For example, their famous cats are large pendants with the image of the head of a tiger, lion or panther. And the earrings are made with images of African elephants and giraffes. Or look at the jewelry brand “Garden of Roses”, created together with the Bulgarian princess and famous jeweler in one person Miriam de Ungria. This collection is distinguished by the original combination of two colors of the same metal-yellow and white gold. The products are decorated with diamonds of white and cognac shades, amethysts and topazes. The price for them ranges from 20 thousand dollars.
Truly massive jewelry presented in his collection “Supersized” Canadian designer Elizaveta. They are long chains with various pendants-pendants made in the form of painted plates, bouquets and other voluminous accessories. However, it is worth noting the fact that wearing such jewelry is not very comfortable and restricts freedom of movement.
Massive jewelry can be made not only from metals, but also from textiles, which is successfully demonstrated by the French designer Nadia Dafri.
Large jewelry by French designer Nadia Dafri
Such accessories are easy in different senses of the word. Her jewelry is filled with the fantasy of the world of fauna. And at first glance, it is impossible to determine that the flowers are made of fabrics of different shades. Thanks to a special technique, jewelry has a volume and a peculiar charm that is not typical for products made of metals and plastic.
And the most unusual technique of execution is filled with jewelry by Indian and Chinese designers Laksh Pahuja and Lao. They make jewelry out of transparent plastic containers filled with water and compressed air. Their highlight is that a live fish is placed inside the container. And they sell aquarium decorations for about 50 cents.
Large decoration by Indian and Chinese designer
No matter how original the three-dimensional decoration is, it is important not to forget about the sense of proportion and harmony. After all, even the most insane products made of expensive metals can favorably emphasize your image, and can distort it with their weight. When choosing jewelry, trust your feelings, avoid internal discomfort, find harmony of appearance and state of mind.
Large beads with amazonite and pearl stones
The basic rules of the combination of massive jewelry.
There are basic rules for selecting massive jewelry. Performing them, you can create a beautiful and harmonious image, attract the attention of others to your person.
Rules for combining massive jewelry
If you want to wear a large piece of jewelry-choose one. This means that you should focus either on large and bright earrings, or on a voluminous pendant, or on a bracelet. But, in any case, do not put everything on at once. Don’t overfill or weigh down your image.
The brighter, more interesting and voluminous the decoration, the more inconspicuous the clothes should be. In this version, you will create a neutral and bright effect. This rule is especially important for choosing jewelry for the neck. Of course, you can harmoniously choose bright clothes and massive jewelry, but this will require a refined taste and experience of the designer.
In modern fashion, it is not advantageous to wear sets of jewelry. Everyone remembers the times when women wore jewelry sets: earrings, beads, rings, which were combined according to the materials used and color. However, this trend is no longer relevant in fashion. Now it is interesting to pay attention to the combination of accessories such as jewelry and shoes, belt and decoration, lipstick shade and decoration, decoration and varnish color.
There are types and forms of people who are completely contraindicated wearing voluminous jewelry. Each of us has probably met women who, instead of smoothing out the shortcomings of appearance, roughly emphasize them. For example, a bright belt is worn on a full stomach, and tight striped trousers are worn on wide hips. Similar mistakes are made when choosing jewelry. It is always worth remembering: jewelry first of all attracts the eye to itself, and only then transfer it to the figure. And if you have full hands or fingers with imperfect nails, then a large bracelet or ring is not your decoration. If you have dirty hair, then when choosing jewelry, do not choose long and voluminous earrings. But if you are the owner of an elegant neckline, then you should emphasize it with a colorful pendant or necklace.