You take off a chain or a bracelet and find a faint green mark left behind on your skin. It is harmless, but it is annoying, and it can put you off a piece you otherwise like.
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How to buy jewellery for someone when you have no idea of their style
There is a particular kind of nerve it takes to give jewellery to someone whose taste you cannot quite name. You want them to love it, you want it to look like them, and you are aware that if it misses, they will know and…
Wedding guest jewellery: refined pieces that let the couple shine
You have the outfit. The shoes are sorted. Then comes the small, oddly tricky question of what to wear with it, the jewellery that will sit in every photo and carry you from the ceremony through to the late dancing.
Types of earrings explained: a friendly guide to every style
Earring names can sound like a secret code. Someone mentions a threader, a climber, a huggie, and you nod along while picturing something entirely different. It is easy to end up buying the same studs on repeat, simply because you know what they are and…
The rise of demi-fine jewellery, and why everyone is wearing it
There used to be two camps: the cheap stuff you replaced every few months, and the fine pieces you kept for best and panicked about losing. A lot of people wanted something in between, jewellery good enough to wear daily and forget about, at a…
Earrings for a second piercing: how to style your new hole with ease
There is a small thrill in getting a second piercing, and then a slightly daunting moment in front of the jewellery drawer wondering what actually goes in it.
