Bridal Jewels – A Guide to Choosing Pieces by Decade

A piece of vintage costume jewellery is the perfect way to add a detailed finishing touch to a ‘big day’ totally inspired by the past; to style a dress which takes its design from another era or to accessorise a completely contemporary bridal look that requires a unique twist.

Indeed, there is no doubting that vintage costume jewellery is made for bridal style. What were already heirloom pieces can become doubly so because they were worn on your wedding day. Also, the jewellery’s craftsmanship has stood the test of time, their designs have an originality that modern day pieces can’t seem to surpass and there is always a certain romanticism and mystery that can be attributed to an object with heritage.

Deciding to wear vintage costume jewellery on your wedding day is certainly easy. Which piece to select is the hard part. Here’s a guide to identifying jewellery by decade. Each period is summarised with something to bear in mind when buying jewels for your chosen era and which designer to be inspired by when selecting your jewels.

Imagine… Gemma Redmond Vintage at the Golden Globes

Today’s post is the beginning of a series, which aims to hypothesise what various well-knowns and followeds might wear from the Gemma Redmond Vintage collection.

On Sunday 11th January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held their annual Golden Globes. The first event in the awards calendar which sees unbridled glamour unleashed. This year’s ceremony was no exception, with the film and television world’s major style players exhibiting some enchanting looks. Whilst fine jewellery abounded from the likes of Tiffany and Fred Leighton, I couldn’t help but think about how pieces from Gemma Redmond Vintage might compliment the aesthetic of these red carpet heroines.
Take a look below at some of the night’s sensations…
Gemma x

The Wanderer Returns…

 A new year and, finally, a new blog post!

I must apologise for my absence of late. I’ve missed regularly musing on all things style related. But, it has been with good reason. Over the past two months, I’ve been focusing solely upon the launch of Gemma Redmond Vintage. Click on the ‘Shop’ link at the top of this blog and you’ll find the fruits of my labour (or should that be the ‘jewels’ of my labour). My online boutique is now ‘live’.

Trend Study – The Single Earring

It works so well on her. A single pearl earring glistening brightly. Why wear two, when one has such impact?Paired with the deep blue turban, the olive green cloak, the slightly parted rose pink lips and that wistful over-the-shoulder glance – she has a look that street style photographers would clamour to snap. Sadly for the image makers, hers is a portrait that cannot be caught through a mechanical lens.

The ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ was painted by Johannes Vermeer in 1665. Despite being created at a time when ‘cavalier’ style was in vogue, the aesthetic of Vermeer’s girl is pertinent to the fashion world this season…because the single earring is trending.