How To Choose Wedding Jewellery

How To Choose Wedding Jewellery; The Essential Bride’s Guide

We love to meet brides and share in their energy and enthusiasm. Many a little girl has played with her mother’s jewellery box and dreamed of being a bride. We are passionate about jewellery, and have a wide enough collection of wedding jewellery that a bride can reflect her personal style – boho chic, glamorous or classic – on the big day and beyond.

Once you have chosen your wedding gown and know your design you can start to look at jewellery. You may not know at this time what you are looking for and that makes it the perfect time to relax, take five and view designs in jewellery.

We can guide you through the different options and help with tips. Bring in a sample of the gowns fabric or fabrics and photographs, maybe blogs, magazine edits and if you have a family piece of jewellery you are considering wearing on the day, all this helps to visualise and optimise the beauty of the jewellery on you with the gown.

Jewellery styling today can mix old and new, modern and vintage effortlessly giving an immense personal statement. It’s best to allow yourself time to absorb the ideas in jewellery and pick out elements that instinctively appeal. We like to make an appointment for a bride’s visit preferably in the week, to miss the busy Saturday shoppers, so we can give as much time as she needs to look at and try on jewellery, recreating the little girl’s dreams.

We have a great collection of earrings, necklaces, pendants and bracelets for you to choose from and try on. Its good to try the different precious metals, diamonds for sparkle, the hues and colours of gemstones, sea pearls and beads to name but a few. With many designs to try on you will soon start to know the styling direction. If you like a simple and refined look, maybe a rub-over setting would appeal. If you like large stones with little precious metal showing maybe look at an oval or pear shape for luminosity giving maximum light to the facets in the stone.

If you like natural hues consider Amber or other stones and crystals with soothing and healing properties, you may be surprised at what jumps out at you! Rose quartz is a favourite with the celebrity-set, Kate Hudson carries a heart-shaped rose quartz from her mother Goldie Hawn representing love and Victoria Beckham uses it at her fashion shows. We have an array of stones and crystal jewellery, see how it looks and feels on you.

There is often the opportunity to personalise a piece of jewellery you choose to mark the day with the initials of you and your betrothed, the date of your wedding or an inscription, which we can engrave into your chosen jewellery. This can also be a very personal way to say thank-you with personalised gifts for the bridal party; a pair of cufflinks for the best man, a pretty pendant for the flower girl or an engraved bracelet for the chief bridesmaid.

We would be delighted to help you to create something bespoke and unique to wear forever after your wedding day, it can be in the detailing and fitting of the jewellery, similar to the made-tomeasure for the wedding gown, that expresses the emotion. This doesn’t have to be expensive it’s more about creating something personal and crafted for you. This time spent looking and trying on jewellery starts to build an image of what you are are ultimately looking for.

Call in and we can make an appointment and chat about your ideas.

Earrings

Earrings are often the perfect piece of jewellery for a bride – enhancing those close-up photographs. Thinking about whether you are wearing your hair up or down will help with the size, shape and style. Also if you are wearing adornment in the hair such as a tiara, what jewellery might complement this? Our diamond earring collection encompasses stately studs, timeless hoops and art-deco style drops, all catching the light and framing your face with a touch of elegance. Choose online from cubic zirconia chandelier earrings to pretty morganite flowers with subtle diamonds to start your inspiration.

Necklaces and pendants

You may wish to mirror the detail of your wedding gown in your pendant of necklace, such as sewn-on embellishments, the colour or a floral motif, or perhaps contrast a very detailed dress with something simple and understated. We can help with advice on the neckline with your gown, length and style of chains, necklaces from chokers to longer lengths and if you wish to choose a pendant or necklace.

Bracelets

Remember a simple or detailed bracelet will be on view as guests hold your hand or take a peek at your wedding ring. Think of accessorising and balancing the gown whether it be with a silver bangle set with cubic zirconias to give sparkle or an elegant row of pearls which come in many sizes, shapes and hues. A line bracelet is beautiful as its refined and elegant and a piece of jewellery you would wear throughout your life together. Choose from pear, round brilliant or honeycomb-cut diamonds or we have a line bracelet with both pear and round brilliant cut diamonds which is truly spectacular.