Styling & Everyday Wear

Summer changes how you wear jewellery. The layers come off, more skin is on show, and the pieces you choose have to cope with sun cream, salt water, a swim and an afternoon in the heat.

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.

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…

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…

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.

The invitation is in, the dress is decided, and the finishing question is what to wear with it. Party season has a way of making you reach for something with a bit more presence than your weekday pieces, the kind of jewellery that catches the…