What's Hot in Pearls?

  1. 1. Designers are now mixing pearls with other gems and combining different pearl varieties and colors.
  2. 2. South Sea and Tahitian black pearls give an exotic and dramatic impact.
  3. 3. The blacks and peacock colored Tahitians are popular and there is a trend also for lighter and blue-gray colours in Tahitians.
  4. 4. Pearls in the color pink, all shades of pink, rose and lavender are very strong.
  5. 5. Fashion designers are concentrating on the natural look of cultured pearls and calling for a light touch in jewelry with a greater emphasis on neck accents.
  6. 6. Exciting designs with single or double strands of pearl necklaces interspersed with gold and/stone stations.
  7. 7. Necklaces of multicolored freshwater pearls in 9mm to 9 1/2 sizes.
  8. 8. Necklaces that alternate two different colors of freshwater pearls and that have station designs in gauges up to 11mm and 12mm.
  9. 9. Tin Cup necklaces of spaced pearls, filament necklaces with pearls strung in a seemingly invisible orbit and most often using freshwater or small akoya pearls, Y necklaces with a pearl drop
  10. Simple and elegant wire necklaces enhanced by a single sliding Tahitian or South Sea Pearl (look stunning with a strapless gown or open neck-shirt.
  11. 10. Pearl slides with colour gemstones that pick up the hue of the pearl. Example: pearls with a pinkish hue are matched with pink tourmaline, bluish pearls are paired with tanzanite or aquamarine.
  12. 11. Multicolored Tahitian pearl necklaces. Remember, Tahitians are not just black.
  13. 12. Bypass pearl bracelet and ring provide an updated twist to this aquatic gem, while colourful enhancers turn pearls into quick change artists.