Layering jewellery is a great way to elevate your style and express your personal style, but there is a specific art to it. To avoid it looking messy and unorganised, there are a few tips you can take into consideration when trying to perfect your essential jewellery stack. Here are tips that I found through personal trials but also through inspiration from others, and while we are approaching the Christmas season, I feel like passing over what I have learnt with others.
Versatility and Functionality
Since buying a fine, handcrafted chain is a significant financial commitment, we make every effort to include as much functionality and variety as possible in a single chain. It’s crucial to be adaptable with your purchases so that your jewellery can change with you and still be useful in your daily life. We provide chains that can be worn as a lariat necklace or as a continuous chain thanks to hidden links running the length of the chain. You can add one or more medallions or wear it as a simple chain. I believe it makes sense to be able to wear a piece every day if you are going to spend a lot of money on it.
Strategic Layers
Layering is a very personal thing to a person, as many people enjoy wearing different styles such as minimalism and dainty jewellery, and some enjoy thicker chains with large pendants on them. Always start with the vocal point, which is the star of the show, and build from there. You will find complimentary pieces that flow with the vibe. To start off your layering journey, just stick to 3’s being a short, long, and middle-length necklace with your vocal point being the centre of it all.
What’s really interesting about layering is how much variation there can be between them. A super-fine cable chain can give you a very different look to a chunky curb, but they tell a story and work very well together. Like how you imagine an outfit to look and when you put it on and then it isn’t nice, it’s the same trial and error with layering.
Tell Your Story
The great thing about chains is that you can add whatever you want to the mix. I have bought my fair few pendants without their original chain so I can create multiple necklaces with the exact same chain. But also, I only ever treated myself when something positive happened in my life, so I tell my own personal story with my jewellery instead of collecting based on what I find nice in the shop. You can add multiple charms and decor to your chains, whether it be an Arabic name necklace with a symbol that is close to your family’s hearts and so forth.
Your local jeweller can add them for you permanently if needed to ensure they stay there for as long as you live. The trick is to make your chain unique to you so it becomes a talisman that you can wear every day.
Mix Metals
This seems to be a very popular trend at the moment, and with yellow gold being all the rage right now, there are subtle and fun ways to incorporate this for your silver girlies. I find it much easier to mix metals with bracelets, but I have also found that choosing chains that feature hard stones like malachite and onyx really helps with adding some colour and contrast to your look.
You can pull off the same effect by incorporating resin, fabric, and pearl pieces. Just ensure that your mixtures don’t run the risk of damaging one another.
Final Thoughts
When it comes to layering your pieces, there are many little tips and tricks you can add to your routine when it comes to styling. It’s also important to note that your layering choices will work well for different outfits and occasions, so just have fun with it, try new things, and we hope you have found some inspiration today.
