CIRCLES ARE THE NEW HEARTS!

With Valentine’s Day just weeks away a young man’s fancy will be turning to love and what better way to express your feelings than with a gift of jewellery?

However before you opt for giving your beloved a heart to wear on her sleeve or around her neck, how about picking a highly fashionable and certainly chic circle instead?

“Hearts have been a key motif in jewellery for the past couple of years and they are still very popular, but the hot money is on the circle,” says Lindsey Straughton, marketing manager at the British Jewellers’ Association (BJA) the UK’s leading jewellery trade organisation.

Jewellery featuring circles comes in all shapes and sizes and the ‘circles’ used range from the serenely spherical to the definitely distorted.  However according to Straughton, so long as the look is round it will be making a spin in the jewellery world in the coming season. 

Here are some roundabout ways of telling her how much you love her.  All jewellery comes  from members of the BJA and full details of these suppliers can be found in the data search section of this website.

1. The ‘Circles of Desire’ range  from the Janetti Collection by G V Woods offers a variety of designs in 18ct white and rose gold set with sparkling brilliant cut diamonds.  RRPs from £1950.

2. This Circles necklace in 9ct gold from Q Jewellery (Quintasexual) uses a distinctive hammered technique. RRP: £1600

3. A gleaming, spherical, peacock Tahitiain pearl is the centrepiece of the 9ct white gold pendant by ‘Louise Barnfather of Barnfather Designs. RRP £1300.

4. Platinum and micro-set diamond lattice work weaves around central 50pt round brilliant cut diamond in these sophisticated, 2.28ct earrings by David Marshall. RRP: £13,500

5.. Dante Cenci’s ‘Carina Collection’ represents the eternal nature of romantic love. RRP £1700.

 
6. For those seeking some special, P J Watson creates over-lapping circles with swirls of diamonds in this 18ct white gold, 1.6ct pendant. RRP £4000

7. Designer Helen Puxley of Pogo Jewellery uses anodised aluminium discs combined with silver to create bold, contemporary jewellery on a circular theme.  This Rattle Ring does just what the name suggests! RRP £46