Express yourself with Hearts

Designers are tapping into a new romantic movement which expresses the enduring quality of both love and precious jewellery. Precious and eternal jewellery has been for centuries linked with love. Vivienne Becker recently wrote in the Financial Times that the designer Shaun Leane feels that the return to romance signifies “our need to stick together, family and friends, to keep treasured tokens of appreciation close to us….people have forgotten that jewellery is always about emotion and romance.” So, how can we channel our romance through jewellery? Can our partner decide what our passions and interests are and then somehow recreate this through a gift?  What does the jewellery symbolise?  I would recommend creating your own silver charm bracelet and thinking about these questions.  Tailoring the bracelet as a gift and creating your own individual symbolism.

The symbol of a heart has always had romantic connotations.  Artist Jeff Koons, produced the ‘hanging heart’ which weighs 1,600kg, 2.7m tall and sold for an incredible $23.6 million. Talk about a pricey way to show you care.  There are cheaper alternatives such as a heart charm and silver heart charm.

Accessorise in Miniature

The idea that we can carry our ‘life in miniature’ has been used by designer Brigitte Giraudi who is the founder of Miss Bibi, designing everyday objects into bijoux accessories according to an article in this month’s Elle magazine.  Amongst her creations are miniature chairs on a necklace, telephone earrings and shoes.  What is it that appeals about miniature? Is it the idea that we can carry objects on our person as cute accessories?  Wearing a charm bracelet can also be this type of personalised accessory.   At Lara’s Boutique, there are a number of sweet accessories which include silver shoe charm and handbag charm.  They are everyday fashion accessories, personalised to your particular tastes. You can wear more than one pair of shoes or carry multiple handbags at one time.  How cool is that!!