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38 • MARCH/APRIL 1 DIM • STYLE

When it comes to jewelry trends, there are two
very different directions. You can choose the
style that best fits your fashion statement.
But no matter what kind of bangles or
baubles you wear, silver is the one direction
everybody agrees on. Since many apparel col-
lections had a silver streak running through
them, accessory designers followed suit, in-
cluding related items in their own lines, from
silver cuff bracelets to silver backpacks.
Most designers showed very little jewelry
on the models during the runway shows. When
they did, it was oversized and dramatic, one big
and bold piece: glass beads at Adrienne Vitta-
dini, chokers at Anna Sui, leather string ties at
Giorgio Arrnani, frosted Lucite moondisc neck-
laces at Donna Karan.
The ethnic influence has inspired many jew-
elry designers. Long necklaces of rope, hemp
or jute, ankle bracelets, amulets, talisman crys-
tals, mystical pendants, arm and cuffs in bur-
nished metals all add to the faraway mood of
the clothes.
On the flip side of jewelry trends this season
are the collections based on more personal, vin-
tage-inspired items: pearls, Victorian lockets,
charm bracelets, chokers, cameos, ancient met-
als, coins and glass beads. Not big and bold per-
haps, but definitely big on personal style and
collectible year after year.
Earrings are still small, most appearing in
one or two-button drop styles.
Gone are the long, long shoulder-duster ear-
rings.

COSTUME CHIC

Depending on your dress, this season's casual
looks include the likes of painted woods,
enamels, cloisonne, colored glass, crystals,
beaded leathers and souvenir trinkets.
Whether Seattle ferries or St. Louis arch-
es, Arizona cactus or San Francisco cable cars,
souvenir earrings, lapel pins and charms are
favored ways of remembering special travel.
Collectible antique costume jewelry pieces
are effective day-into-night accessories. These
faux finds— items originally worn by young
women from the 1920s to `50s— range from
being vampish and showy to simply elegant.
This time-frame was considered the golden
age of costume jewelry, when companies like
Trifari, Coro and Eisenberg would copy a
Cartier necklace, using intricately carved crys-
tals. But they also made less formal things,
like Art Deco designs in fake stone, Bakelite,
pewter and brass. ❑