Turquoise jewelry: the 2010 fashion color

Pantone, who knows more than anybody else about colors, has given the following forecast for 2010. Turquoise will be the color of the year. To be exact Pantone 15-5519. Enough of gloom and dull colors: the moment has arrived to be optimistic.
Pantone says the following about this color with a stone name:
“it is intriguing, refreshing and  calming. Advisable against stress, tiredness and to feel refreshed. It encourages us to restart with new strengths and new ideas. Turquoise is good for moments when we feel lonely, it helps us to be more communicative sensitive and creative”.

The Pantone arguments: it looks well on men and women, everybody reacts in a positive way, it refers to the ocean, to nature, it is easily  translated into fashion and jewelry.

Our reasoning: it is perfect with silver and works very well with the other stones used in fashion jewelry.

And on top of this, who are we to contradict the people of Pantone, with their 3.000 colors?

PICK OF THE WEEK:

Turquose necklace, Garda collection

Designed by Nadia Rabosio

You will like it if you like: craftsmanship. This necklace consist of seven small and irregular cavities, decorated with hot enamel and composed on a silver plated base.

For women: of any age. It is the perfect present for a girl of 17 and a women of 50.

You can wear them with: big shirts and neo-hippy dresses. With a black  asymmetric  T-shirt. Mixed with other longer necklaces.

Why do we choose it: because it stands for the spirit of 2010.

How to buy online jewelry and fashion jewelry

We agree that it is more fun to sit in front of the computer and decide on our Christmas presents than to walk on the streets wrapped on a scarf and arriving home exhausted.

This does not mean that we have to go shopping in our pyjamas. To buy online can be a shopping experience as attractive as going to Top Shop in London, to the new Uniqlo in Paris or to Prada in Tokyo.

An example: I want to buy necklaces for my friends. And I am going to do it  fully convinced to buy something nice. I will think about the stones that they like, which materials, what kind of life they have, on what occasions they will wear those necklaces… Because all this requires time I need to be at ease. I look for comfortable clothes: a big flannel shirt on top of a pair of leggings, or a man’s sweater, “robbed” from somewhere, on top of a pair of jeans, a cotton dress that I cover with a huge woolen jacquet. Any comfortable piece of cloth but that if anybody comes unexpectedly to visit you, you will not feel in panic.

So we now have our surfing clothes. For sure that now, because of the cold weather, we feel like having a drink while we are shopping for fashion jewelry for our friends. The perfect drink to have while buying online is tea. It is healthy, delicious, always inspires “warmth”. I love tea from Mariege Frères, reputed to be the best tea in the world. Even though they are from Paris, very much from Paris, we can also find them in Spain.

And what else do we need? May be some music. The great jazz women never let us down, so we open Spotify and we look for Sarah Vaughan. That’s it. We have the perfect ambiance. An afternoon of shopping.

PICK OF THE WEEK

Short necklace, Aros collection from Nadia Rabosio

You will like it if you like: the mixture of textures and materials. In this necklace, silver is combined with lava stone and the effect of silver with black works very well.

For women: who are not very timid; it is for sure that everybody will look at this necklace.

You can wear them with: any dress that you will use those holidays. With a  silk top low-necked and a knot at the waist.

Why do we choose it: because it is one of the few accessories that you can mix with others of the same collection (like bracelets) without looking exaggerated. And because it is a limited edition.

Chaverdi talks to the winner of the jewel- a pair of silver earrings-

Some days ago María Victoria received a phone call and she got the message that she had won a pair of silver earrings. Of course, she though that this was a joke. It was not. This nice woman from Murcia (Spain) bought a ring at the online shop of Chaverdi. Stars were on her side and the ring brought her to a pair of jewelry earrings.

She explains this among laughs. “I wanted to buy a present for myself. Sometimes you like things so much that you do not have to wait for somebody to offer them to you”, she says with conviction. This present to herself was the Asymmetric ring Olive from the Garda collection by Nadia Rabosio.
Why did you choose this ring?
Because it was an original design, and the hot enamel it is not very common. And I like big rings, different, that people take notice. In fact I have shown it at the office and people have loved it!

And how did you find Chaverdi?
I am often on the internet, I spend hours and hours with my PC. I saw the online store and I liked it, and I must say that I know a lot of online stores. I love the design. Their pieces are simple but make you have a different image every day.

Were you looking for a ring?
Yes, this time I was. For the present to myself. But I liked a lot the necklaces with colored stones also.

And now that you have a pair of earrings that you did not count on, how are you going to wear them? I will wear them with a black sweeter, so that they stand out. And with my hair tied up.

What do you like most of this Chaverdi present? The silver. In general I love the silver they use.

Do you usually buy on the internet? A lot. I spend hours and I have bought a lot. Advantages? All of them. Specially time: a do not have a lot of time and in a couple of minutes you can buy.

Christmas is approaching. Are you going to buy more presents online? Sure!
Mª Victoria admits, at the end of our conversation, that she loves reading. She reads everything and of course she has also fell in love with the “Millenium” trilogy. We finished talking wondering if there will be a fourth book or not…

The  winner of the jewelry lottery of December 3rd now has a name: she is María Victoria Pérez del Cerro, from Archena (Murcia, Spain).

PICK OF THE WEEK

Asymetric olive ring with hot enamel. Garda collection by Nadia Rabosio.

You will like it if you like:  estrange colors on a jewel; to wear only one ring but a strong one.

For women: independent, like María Victoria, who decide a look based on an accessory, a handbag, a shawl,…

You can wear them with:  a long hair sleeveless jaquet, so much on fashion this winter, a pair of grey jeans, with high heel short boats and a maxi scarf.

Why do we choose them: because it is the ring bought by María Victoria and because of this ring she won the lottery. Therefore we belive that it is a good talisman.

Best Seller

This summer’s word was “Millenium”. I read in “El País” that the most practiced sport was the “to be fed up with the Larsson’s books.” It was fun to be at the beach and see people lying down on their towel trying to lift this brick. It was impressive to arrive at the airport and see how many people were reading any of the three books  of the trio. I’m wondering if Ryanair did not think of asking for an extra to carry this book around….

Best sellers are a plus for companies. They need a good product and a stream of sympathy from the public. You also need to be in the right place at the right moment. When those conditions take place, we find product or services that are better sold than normal. Another example this time about cosmetics, the best seller are Touch Eclat from Ives Saint Laurent, or the 8 Hours cream from Elizabeth Arden…
We have our own. They are collections or designs that have caught women for one reason or another. We have to keep in mind that Chaverdi brings together the limited series with the fact of being successful. Let’s take a look.

Sello collection, from Nadia Rabosio. It is the official best seller. It is a complete collection: has necklaces, earrings, ring and bracelets. It is functional and has a big design input.

Ego collection, from Barbara Chimenti. This one has a style between futuristic and classical. Perls are always liked.

Long earrings from the Hojas collection, also from the Italian designer and established in Menorca, Nadia Rabosio.It has a playful air and the strange feel of the lava.

Chokers and earrings with onix from the Suite collection, also from Chimenti. Details with onix are infallible.

By the way, which of the two cinema adaptations of Millenium did you like most?

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PICK OF THE WEEK

Green necklace from the Verde collection

Designed by Coral de la Croix. One of our best  sellers.

You will love them if you like: the mixture of textures, designer fashion jewelry, …

For women: who mix bohemian with chic.

You can wear them with: a printed Liberty dress in summer, a masculine shirt (take it from your boyfriend) in winter.

Why do we choose it: because it is spectacular and a clear example of designer fashion jewelry. That’s why it is a success.