

Hot Spring/Summer 2016 Trend: Lace Jewellery
What could be a more seductive than understatement? What is more attractive: the openly nude body or its veiled outline? A little translucence always leaves room for the imagination, it fascinates and attracts the gaze, lends itself to the most trivial together with femininity and romanticism. Designers have turned to various types of lace to create this effect in the spring-summer season. Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, Celine, Balenciaga and other fashion houses have boldly decorated hems and necklines on flowing silk dresses with lace, and tops with netting and sheer fabric inserts.
Fashion designers can be called art folk. In handling rolls of fabric, they imagine in fine details the finished outfit, in the very same way that jewellers, having picked up only a handful of gemstones, manage to dream up a unique piece of jewellery. Many fashion gurus admit that the material sometimes becomes the source of inspiration for the entire collection. And this in vogue trend for lace inspired me to make a selection of jewels for this gallery which displays how fashion trends are reflected in the art of jewellery.
Could a subtle, almost aerial view of a fabric be encapsulated in metal? Well, to achieve the affect of a visual lightness, jewellery designers have adopted various techniques, starting with perforating the surface of gold for ornamentation, as with the Carrera Y Carrera earrings, or laser cut gold, as done by Alia Mouzannar for earrings, as well as the filigrée finishing technique that the Eleuterio brand specialises in. The Russian brand Alexander Arne launched a jewellery collection in which the pieces resemble bejewelled lace. The items are made of a variety of elements – butterflies, snowflakes and brand logos, that are linked together and all encrusted with diamonds. No matter the method used to achieve the desired effect on the jewellery, the end result of all the brands has been similar: they created delicate and romantic jewels.

Alexander Arne
Alexander Arne

Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen

Chanel
Chanel

Jewellery Theatre
Jewellery Theatre

De Beers
De Beers

Althea
Althea

Chaumet
Chaumet

Autore
Autore

Mouzannar
Mouzannar

Buccellati
Buccellati

Carrera Y Carrera
Carrera Y Carrera

Casa reale
Casa reale

Celine
Celine

Chopard
Chopard

Dionea Orcini
Dionea Orcini

Faberge
Faberge

Lalique
Lalique

Givenchy
Givenchy

Fei Liu
Fei Liu

Garrard
Garrard

Sutra
Sutra

Jewellery Theatre
Jewellery Theatre

Balenciaga
Balenciaga

John Rubel
John Rubel

Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton

Maria Kovadi
Maria Kovadi

Piaget
Piaget

Inbar
Inbar

Tiffany&Co
Tiffany&Co

Chaumet
Chaumet

Messica
Messica

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Katerina Perez is a jewellery insider, journalist and brand consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in the jewellery sector. Paris-based, Katerina has worked as a freelance journalist and content editor since 2011, writing articles for international publications. To share her jewellery knowledge and expertise, Katerina founded this website and launched her @katerina_perez Instagram in 2013.
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