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Designers are having a blast these days working with a wide range of gemstones and playing in full color fields to mix and match tones from light to dark.
PHOTO These stackable rings by designer Mary Esses are 18-karat yellow gold with sapphire, ruby, and emerald beads. They retail for $1,250 each.MaryEsses.com
PHOTO These stackable rings by designer Mary Esses are 18-karat yellow gold with sapphire, ruby, and emerald beads. They retail for $1,250 each.
MaryEsses.com
MaryEsses.com
PHOTO Michelle Fantaci’s “Hunting Bird” bracelet with Paraiba tourmaline, tsavorite, and grey diamonds set in silver.
MichelleFantaci.com
MichelleFantaci.com
PHOTO Margery Hirschey’s 22-karat yellow gold and sterling silver earrings feature kyanite, tanzanite and moonstone ($2,200).
MargeryHirschey.com
MargeryHirschey.com
PHOTO Colette’s 18-karat gold “baby wing” studs with 0.2 carats of white diamonds and 0.65 carats of tsavorite garnets ($2,700)
ColetteJewelry.com
ColetteJewelry.com
PHOTO Marco Bicego’s “Paradise earrings” are hand-engraved in 18-karat yellow gold with mixed pink tourmalines. They retail for $2,970.
MarcoBicego.com
MarcoBicego.com
PHOTO This “Marquise Palace” ring by Sylvie Corbelin features a mix of diamonds, sapphires and tourmalines, made in 18-karat gold and sterling silver ($4,250).
Sylvie-Corbelin.com
Sylvie-Corbelin.com
PHOTO Mary Esses' 18-karat white gold sapphire beaded bracelet with 0.33 carats of diamonds ($4,800)
MaryEsses.com
MaryEsses.com
PHOTO This “Kaleidoscope” bracelet by Mallary Marks features five tiers of ombré-toned sapphires from yellow to orange to pink to green and grey, set in 18-karat yellow gold. It retails for $9,450.
MallaryMarksNY.com
MallaryMarksNY.com
PHOTO Yossi Harari created these blue mosaic earrings in oxidized silver using teal-colored diamonds and Paraiba tourmaline. They retail for $9,790.
YossiHarari.com
YossiHarari.com
PHOTO Pamela Froman likes to do her ombré in the metal, like this “Ombré Arabesque Medallion” in 18-karat yellow and pink gold with a natural 3-carat zircon center surrounded by diamonds. It retails for $9,900.
PamelaFroman.com
PamelaFroman.com
PHOTO Rina Limor Fine Jewelry’s 18-karat white gold flower ring is set with white, black, and grey diamonds ($10,000).
RinaLimor.com
RinaLimor.com
PHOTO Erica Courtney created this drop earrings using opalized wood, peridot, and mint tourmaline accented with Paraiba tourmaline and diamonds ($37,000).
EricaCourtney.com
EricaCourtney.com
Designers are having a blast these days working with a wide range of gemstones and playing in full color fields to mix and match tones from light to dark. They’re creating beautiful ombré colorations that consumers are often quite entranced by as they learn more about gemology and what nature has to offer.
Customers have a lot to choose from in the ombré trend, from affordable stack rings to over-the-top evening glamour. The color mix can help the price, too, with less fortunate (cheaper) colors getting to sit next to their better (and more expensive) peers.
Click through this slideshow to see 12 pieces of ombré jewelry.
These stackable rings by designer Mary Esses are 18-karat yellow gold with sapphire, ruby, and emerald beads. They retail for $1,250 each.
MaryEsses.com
MaryEsses.com
Michelle Fantaci’s “Hunting Bird” bracelet with Paraiba tourmaline, tsavorite, and grey diamonds set in silver.
MichelleFantaci.com
MichelleFantaci.com
Margery Hirschey’s 22-karat yellow gold and sterling silver earrings feature kyanite, tanzanite and moonstone ($2,200).
MargeryHirschey.com
MargeryHirschey.com
Colette’s 18-karat gold “baby wing” studs with 0.2 carats of white diamonds and 0.65 carats of tsavorite garnets ($2,700)
ColetteJewelry.com
ColetteJewelry.com
Marco Bicego’s “Paradise earrings” are hand-engraved in 18-karat yellow gold with mixed pink tourmalines. They retail for $2,970.
MarcoBicego.com
MarcoBicego.com
This “Marquise Palace” ring by Sylvie Corbelin features a mix of diamonds, sapphires and tourmalines, made in 18-karat gold and sterling silver ($4,250).
Sylvie-Corbelin.com
Sylvie-Corbelin.com
Mary Esses
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This “Kaleidoscope” bracelet by Mallary Marks features five tiers of ombré-toned sapphires from yellow to orange to pink to green and grey, set in 18-karat yellow gold. It retails for $9,450.
MallaryMarksNY.com
MallaryMarksNY.com
Yossi Harari created these blue mosaic earrings in oxidized silver using teal-colored diamonds and Paraiba tourmaline. They retail for $9,790.
YossiHarari.com
YossiHarari.com
Pamela Froman likes to do her ombré in the metal, like this “Ombré Arabesque Medallion” in 18-karat yellow and pink gold with a natural 3-carat zircon center surrounded by diamonds. It retails for $9,900.
PamelaFroman.com
PamelaFroman.com
Rina Limor Fine Jewelry’s 18-karat white gold flower ring is set with white, black, and grey diamonds ($10,000).
RinaLimor.com
RinaLimor.com
Erica Courtney created this drop earrings using opalized wood, peridot, and mint tourmaline accented with Paraiba tourmaline and diamonds ($37,000).
EricaCourtney.com
EricaCourtney.com
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