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Now that the holiday season is officially here, jewelers should bank on the fact that bold jewels will appeal to customers.
PHOTO Sylvie Collection’s 18-karat rose gold pendant features 1.74 carats of diamonds ($5,130).SylvieCollection.com
PHOTO Sylvie Collection’s 18-karat rose gold pendant features 1.74 carats of diamonds ($5,130).
SylvieCollection.com
SylvieCollection.com
PHOTO This 18-karat gold “Lace” pendant by Yossi Harari is set with 0.40 carats of champagne diamonds. It retails for $5,330.
YossiHarari.com
YossiHarari.com
PHOTO Zaiken Jewelry’s “Throwing Stones” aquamarine pendant in 18-karat yellow gold has a dribble of diamonds, yellow sapphires, smaller aquamarines and emeralds down the front, topped off by a tear drop-shaped moonstone ($6,800).
ZaikenJewelry.com
ZaikenJewelry.com
PHOTO Julie Romanenko of Just Jules set this 5-carat rose-cut, marquise-shaped diamond with white full-cut diamonds and a halo of Paraiba tourmaline. It retails for $8,100.
JustJules.com
JustJules.com
PHOTO The “Kali Hindu Goddess” 18-karat gold enamel pendant by Holly Dyment has white diamonds, black spinel and a rose enamel background with a 2.8-carat pearl drop. It retails for $11,395.
HollyDyment.com
HollyDyment.com
PHOTO Elizabeth Garvin’s angular, one-of-a-kind “Surge” pendant is 18-karat green gold and oxidized sterling silver with a 55.34-carat lemon citrine, flush-set with 0.22 carat of natural green brilliant-cut diamonds. The pendant was forged, textured and fabricated by hand ($12,500).
ElizabethGarvin.com
ElizabethGarvin.com
PHOTO This deer necklace by Arman could pass for a reindeer this merry month, no? It is 22-karat yellow gold and oxidized silver with brown diamonds and a baroque pearl drop. It retails for $14,080.
ArmanSarkisyan.com
ArmanSarkisyan.com
PHOTO Moritz Glik’s “shake ‘em up” pendant has 2.23 carats of rose-cut and 3.7 carats of brilliant-cut diamonds enclosed in double white sapphires, all set in 18-karat yellow gold and blackened silver ($15,760).
MortizGlik.com
MortizGlik.com
PHOTO This 19-karat yellow gold necklace featuring a 3.96-carat Australian opal, 2.18 carats of tsavorite, 0.46 carats of rose-cut diamonds and 2.78 carats of round brilliants is by Michael John Jewelry. It retails for $25,500.
MichaelJohnJewelry.com
MichaelJohnJewelry.com
Now that the holiday season is officially here, jewelers should bank on the fact that bold jewels will appeal to customers.
So start the season by stocking showcases with a big bang of gold and stones, and glitz and glam, in the form of big, swinging pendants.
They remind folks of glamorous parties, decorated trees and sparkling visions of fun. Bring ‘em on, swinging in style.
Click through the slideshow to see nine bold pendants in gold.
Sylvie Collection’s 18-karat rose gold pendant features 1.74 carats of diamonds ($5,130).
SylvieCollection.com
SylvieCollection.com
This 18-karat gold “Lace” pendant by Yossi Harari is set with 0.40 carats of champagne diamonds. It retails for $5,330.
YossiHarari.com
YossiHarari.com
Zaiken Jewelry’s “Throwing Stones” aquamarine pendant in 18-karat yellow gold has a dribble of diamonds, yellow sapphires, smaller aquamarines and emeralds down the front, topped off by a tear drop-shaped moonstone ($6,800).
ZaikenJewelry.com
ZaikenJewelry.com
Julie Romanenko of Just Jules set this 5-carat rose-cut, marquise-shaped diamond with white full-cut diamonds and a halo of Paraiba tourmaline. It retails for $8,100.
JustJules.com
JustJules.com
The “Kali Hindu Goddess” 18-karat gold enamel pendant by Holly Dyment has white diamonds, black spinel and a rose enamel background with a 2.8-carat pearl drop. It retails for $11,395.
HollyDyment.com
HollyDyment.com
Elizabeth Garvin’s angular, one-of-a-kind “Surge” pendant is 18-karat green gold and oxidized sterling silver with a 55.34-carat lemon citrine, flush-set with 0.22 carat of natural green brilliant-cut diamonds. The pendant was forged, textured and fabricated by hand ($12,500).
ElizabethGarvin.com
ElizabethGarvin.com
This deer necklace by Arman could pass for a reindeer this merry month, no? It is 22-karat yellow gold and oxidized silver with brown diamonds and a baroque pearl drop. It retails for $14,080.
ArmanSarkisyan.com
ArmanSarkisyan.com
Moritz Glik’s “shake ‘em up” pendant has 2.23 carats of rose-cut and 3.7 carats of brilliant-cut diamonds enclosed in double white sapphires, all set in 18-karat yellow gold and blackened silver ($15,760).
MortizGlik.com
MortizGlik.com
This 19-karat yellow gold necklace featuring a 3.96-carat Australian opal, 2.18 carats of tsavorite, 0.46 carats of rose-cut diamonds and 2.78 carats of round brilliants is by Michael John Jewelry. It retails for $25,500.
MichaelJohnJewelry.com
MichaelJohnJewelry.com
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