Amanda Gizzi’s Style File is a new weekly feature that will highlight trends in jewelry. The first installment pays homage to the late, great Cindy Edelstein and her passion for beautiful pieces.
Pamela Huizenga’s 18-karat gold double finger ring is one of a baker’s dozen of big, bold pieces featured in the inaugural Amanda’s Style File.
Cindy’s TrendTracker, the weekly roundup of jewels assembled by the late Cindy Edelstein, was a reader favorite on National Jeweler.
In memory of her dedication and enthusiasm for not only emerging jewelry-makers but established designers who rose to the top, National Jeweler will carry her spirit onward and continue to promote brands and pieces that will get consumers excited about buying jewelry with a new feature called Amanda’s Style File.
This inaugural Style File focuses on the big and bold jewelry styles that Cindy loved most. Each of the pieces have iconic elements true to the designer’s brand, as that is an element of jewelry making about which Cindy was most passionate.
Prepare to fall for these designs.
Jennifer Dawes’s “Emerald City Ring” in hand-hammered 18-karat yellow gold with a 9-carat emerald crystal and teal, turquoise and apple green-colored diamonds ($18,125) Dawes-Design.com
Doryn Wallach Jewelry’s “Octagon Agate” pendant is made in a finely ribbed 18-karat satin yellow gold with white pavé-set diamonds and a South Sea Pearl on a black marbled agate octagon ($10,750). DorynWallach.com
Erica Courtney’s “Sayeda” ring in 18-karat yellow gold with a 5.49-carat spinel accented with rubellite tourmalines and diamonds ($66,000) EricaCourtney.com
Just Jules’s 14-karat white gold Art Deco-inspired dramatic earrings feature white rose-cut pear-shaped diamonds and full-cut diamond pavé ($5,900). JustJules.com
Pamela Froman’s “Arabesque Sunburst” pendant features 18-karat yellow and pink “crushed” gold scrolls with a 2.54-carat faceted Ethiopian opal framed by diamond pavé ($9,900). PamelaFroman.com
Pamela Huizenga Jewelry’s 18-karat gold double finger ring with “Dragon’s Blood”--hematite in quartz--and diamonds ($17,000) PamelaHuizenga.com
Sometimes the process is part of the product. Remy Rotenier’s “Stingray” necklace is made in 18-karat white and rose gold with aquamarine and diamonds. RemyDesign.net
Susan Wheeler Design’s Northern Brazil dendritic quartz and yellow diamond necklace in 18-karat recycled gold ($2,402) SusanWheelerDesign.com
Suzy Landa cuff in 18-karat gold with a 79.23-carat pear-shaped canary-colored beryl surrounded by yellow sapphires and diamonds ($35,000) SuzyLanda.com
A Todd Reed cuff in 18-karat yellow gold and sterling silver with fancy-cut diamonds and a raw diamond cube ($30,030) ToddReed.com
A Todd Reed ring in 18-karat yellow gold and sterling silver with patina, a fancy-cut diamond and white brilliants ($29,865) ToddReed.com
Zaiken Jewelry’s one-of-a-kind “Throwing Stones” earrings in 18-karat gold and blackened silver with rainbow moonstone topped with diamonds, sapphires and aquamarines ($3,850). ZaikenJewelry.com
Another in the line, Zaiken Jewelry’s one-of-a-kind “Throwing Stones” ring in 18-karat gold with sapphire, diamonds, Paraiba tourmaline and opal ($4,455) ZaikenJewelry.com
Amanda Gizziis the senior vice president of corporate affairs for Jewelers of America, serving as a spokesperson on jewelry trends and the jewelry industry.
