Trend Sporting: Statement Earrings for Spring

I have a few weddings lined up this spring and summer and I am already thinking about what to wear. As a diehard necklace (and ring) fan, I am thinking of switching up my look and going for a pair of statement earrings with my hair pulled back. That's right, no necklace. Change is good.

Here are my favourite statement earrings from around the web. And don't think these beauties are solely for dressing up; they can just as easily be paired with a tee shirt and jeans for a laid back, California-cool look.

1. BaubleBar Isabella Drops 

2. Anthropologie Candied Earrings 

3. J. Crew Deco Arrowhead Earrings

4. BaubleBar Tictac Drops 

5. Anthropologie Chibae Earrings 

6. BaubleBar Milky Galactic Drops 

7. BaubleBar Jade Diamond Drops 

8. J. Crew Seaport Stone Earrings 

9. J. Crew Spiked Drop Earrings 

10. BaubleBar Pink Lady Tortoise 

11. J. Crew Crystal Symmetry Earrings 

12. J. Crew Tiny Flowers Earrings

Trend Spotting: Thumb Rings

Remember thumb rings? They're back! Choose dainty or thick, but keep your thumb ring simple and plain. It should almost go unnoticed.

thick: Atlantic-Pacific // thin: Cupcakes and Cashmere // textured: Jolie Jouel

Trend Spotting: Open Cuff Rings

I just got back from a trip to LA where I shopped Robertson, the Grove, the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade looking for a cuff ring. Sadly, I returned empty handed. So here we are with an online round-up of my favorite open cuff rings. Aren't they pretty?

1. Jacquie Aiche

2. Gabriela Artigas

3. Loren Stewart

4. Anthropologie

5.  Eva Fehren 

6. Max & Chloe

7. Boticca

8. Claire Kinder

9. Ariel Gordon

10. Jennie Kwon

11. Vale

Trend Spotting: Bar Earrings

I am admittedly not an earrings girl, but these simple bar studs have me reconsidering my stance.  These are edgy enough while being the perfect basic studs for an earring amateur like me.  I've rounded up the best bar studs below in a huge price range, so there is something for everyone. Now, which ones will I choose? Let me know your favorite in the comments below!

1. Very Thin Bar Studs, Zoe Chicco

2. Spiked Bar Studs, Zoe Chicco

3. Equilibrium Studs, Jennie Kwon Designs

4. Curved Bar Stud (single), Jennie Kwon Designs

5. Bar Stud Earrings, Shashi 

6. Bar Earrings, Boticca

7. Adina Reyter Tiny Bar Stud Earring, Urban Outfitters

8. Pave Bar Stud Earrings, Max & Chloe

9. Jennifer Meyer Bar Studs, Ylang23

10. 18k Gold Bar Diamond Stud Earrings, Jennifer Meyer Jewelry 

11. Bar Stud Earrings, Kristen Elspeth

12. Bar Earrings Gold, GRACE + SCARPER

13. 14K Tiny Pavé Bar Earrings, Vale

Trend Spotting: Karen Walker Number One Sunglasses

These oversized, slightly cat-eyed, and angular sunnies have been popping up in my blog reader all month! Check out how some of my favourite bloggers style their Karen Walker Number Ones below. 

Want to join the club? Get your own here (tortoise shell) and here (black).

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Trend Spotting: Ombre Jewelry

Like a bright rainbow after a thunderstorm, these jeweled ombre pieces are a breath of fresh of air. I love the use of colorful stones and the faded ombre look is right on trend. I'll take one of each!

1. Polly Wales (Catbird), Multicolored Sapphire Band

2. Iosselliani, Brass Necklace With Navettes

3. kate spade new york 'coated confetti' frontal necklace

4. Miss Selfridge, Ombre Snake Chain

5. Mocium, custom rings

6. Rebekah Price, Rivoli Necklace in Blue Ombre/Rosegold

7. Meredith Hahn (Max & Chloe) Amalia Pastel Ombre Macrame Bracelet

8. Elisa Solomon (Catbird), Ombre Eternity Band

Trend Spotting: Hello Kitty Cat

Are you a Cat Lady?  Or simply wishing to unleash your inner feline? Either way these cat inspired jewelry pieces more than cute and totally on trend. The Jacquie Aiche Kitty Ring is on my wishlist!  

1. Plain Kitty Ear Waif Ring, Jacquie Aiche

2. Kitty Cat Earrings w Diamond Eyes, Yayoif Forest / Catbird) 

3. Lela Kitty Ring, Brandy Pham

4. Cat Face Ring, ASOS

5. Kitty Cat Ring w Blue Sapphire Eyes, Yayoif Forest / Catbird 

6. Scrappy Kitty Ring, Verameat

7. Bittersweet NY ring - kitten (tiny) & cat (regular), Catbird

8. Cat Face Studs, Catbird (gold version here)

Trend Spotting: Lariat Necklaces

First of all, what is a lariat you ask? It's basically a rope or cord looped into a lasso shape. So these necklaces break away from the traditional oblong circle mold, and instead, loops through itself leaving a singular long trendral. 

I first spotted the Jennifer Zeuner lariat necklaces on bloggers like the Glamourai and Sincerely Jules. I've had my eye on a JZ lariat necklace for months - definitely near the top of my wishlist! There is something sexy about the long trailing end of a lariat necklace. Wear it over top of your favorite blouse or tuck in the end having the tail sneaking away, leaving something to the imagination.

My favorite lariat necklaces below! 

1. Jennifer Zeuner Rayna Eye Lariat Necklace

2. Kelacala Q Rock On Drop Necklace

3. Ariel Gordon Diamond Lariat Necklace

4. Blanca Monrós Gómez Diamond Seed Lariat

5. Fallon Jewelry Classique Lariat Necklace

6. Jennifer Zeuner Theresa Lariat Necklace

7. Jennifer Fisher Gold Small Knife Lariat Necklace

8. Mara Carrizo Scalise Dew Cable Necklace

Do or Don't? Hand Bracelet

What do you think about this trend? Would a hand bracelet annoy you and get in the way? Or is it worth the sacrifice for the super cool look? 

If it's a 'do' for you, check out this summery turquoise version available at Shopbop for $55! 

More versions here.

Trend Spotting: Thin Eternity Bands

Nothing prettier than a dainty, teeny, tiny, thin diamond bands. And they're not just for the romantically involved or sequestered to the ring finger. I love them on the index finger, stacked, worn on the first knuckle...anything goes!

I've rounded up my faves. The best of the best below.

1. Catbird, Eternity Band

2. Max and Chloe, Black Diamond eternity band

3. Catbird, Feather Light eternity band

4. Tom Binns, Twisted eternity band

5. Gabriela Artigas, Axis Ring

6. Astley Clarke, Eternity Stack

Trend Spotting: Chain Rings

Chain rings are becoming more and more popular. Instead of a solid, immovable ring base, these rings are taking a cue from necklaces and bracelets and are made up of chain, usually featuring and accent or pendant.  Although, some chain and ball chain rings are pure chain without a stone or pendant. These rings are super comfortable, soft, and flexible. Will you be giving them a try?

1. Tiny Gold Chain rings, Catbird

2. 14K Chain Ring with Diamond, Vale 

3. Chloe Chain Ring, Gorjana

4. Soft Ball Gold Chain ring, Gabriela Artigas (rose gold here)

5. Kennedy Chain Ring, Gorjana

6. 14K Chain & Band Ring, Vale

7. Ariel Gordon Diamond & Gold Chain Ring, Max & Chloe

8. 14K Faceted Bead Chain Ring, Vale

9. Cashmere Chain Rings, Erica Weiner

10. Mini Horseshoe Chain Rings (Silver & Gold), Alibi

Trend Spotting: Braided Jewelry

There is something about summer that brings out the braids. Think french-braided buns, tiny accent braids sweeping across your crown, and braided jewelry. Friendship bracelets abound in the summer and one of the easiest and quickest ways to work your embroidery thread or chord is to braid it. Other designers have used heavier metal material for braiding for a look that is decidedly grown-up yet laid back. Here are my favorite braided jewelry below!

1. Lia braided friendship bracelet, Lauren Elan 

2. Orange and Metallic braided bracelet, MANGO

3. Braided Stone Chain bracelet, BCBG 

4. Gabriela Artigas, Braided Choker 

5. Aurelie Bidermann, Braided Bracelet

6. AURELIE  BIDERMANN, Miki 18-karat gold plated braided necklace

7. Pink braided bracelet, Piperlime

8. Long Braided Necklace, LOFT

Trend Spotting: Bug Jewelry

Spring showers bring May flowers...and bugs and insects and pests! Flower inspired jewelry has dominated jewelry trends this spring but I've started to notice a fierce competitor - bugs!  There is something cute and edgy about wearing a bee on your finger (instead of running from them) making insect trinkets fun to wear.  I was inspired by a gold bee ring that I saw in a Glamour Mag article (here) and decided to dig up a few more buzz worthy friends for you.

Inspiration Bee Ring

1. ASOS, Floral Bug Necklace

2. Love Bug Charm, Juicy Couture 

3. Bee Necklace, Psyche

4. Bug Ring, Shopbop 

5. Carved Flower Bug Hinged Bangle, Betsey Johnson

6. Bug Stretch Bracelet, ASOS

7. Boxchain Necklace with Bug Detail, ASOS

8. Bug Earrings, ASOS

9. Unwanted Visitor Winged Bangle, Kate Spade

Trend Spotting: Getting Lippy

Bisou bisou! Puckering up has never been easier thanks to the help from some lip inspired jewelry. Lips are popping up everywhere - wrapped around fingers and dangling from ears!  I am a big fan of the Solange Azagury Partridge enamel lip rings and I recently fell hard for the Lulu Frost lip (and pearl teeth!) necklace. What a funny little symbol to wear on different body parts. If you hop on this trend, you may just have earned yourself a conversation piece. Tongues will be wagging and lips will be parting to find out more about your little lippy jewelry. My favorites below!

1. Hotlips Enamel Rings, Solange Azagury Partridge

2. Betsey Johnson Gold Status Lips Non-Matching Earrings, Zappos

3. MARC BY MARC JACOBS Brass and Enamel Lip Stud Earrings, Net-A-Porter

4. Lulu Frost Lips necklace, J.Crew

5. Marc by Marc Jacobs Lips Print Bangle, Shopbop

6. Vivienne Westwood Valentine Kiss Bangle, Zappos Couture

7. Red District lip shocker bracelet, Aurélie Bidermann

8. Elodie K Black Silver Lips Stud Earrings, Max & Chloe

Which set of puckered lips is your favorite? 

Trend Spotting: Open Heart Rings

A hollow heart usually isn't a good thing; but when it comes to dainty little rings, they're just what the doctor ordered! These rings are trendy, sweet, and easy to stack. Here are the top three on my radar:

Double fist: Sincerely Jules Instagram

1. Forternal Infinite Heart ring

2. Ariel Gordon Jewelry Silhouette Heart ring

3. Catbird Bittersweets NY Open Heart Ring (+ mini version for first knuckle rings!)

Trend Spotting: Soft Elastic Hair Ties (+bracelets!)

Tired of traditional ponytail holders that break and dent your hair? These hair ties, made from a hand knotted soft and stretchy material, are just the solution! They double as bracelets, and with the endless colour and pattern possibilities, you can be sure to find one (or two!) to coordinate with your outfit. 

I've been seeing these soft hair ties popping up everywhere. I can't seem to find who made them first (Emi-Jay maybe? Let me know if you know!), as I like to give credit where credit is due...but it's likely there are so many brands and versions because they look relatively easy to make.  If you know how to tie a knot, you can go into business. Not looking to DIY? Here are some of my favorite hair ties below!

Styled photos: ManeMessage

1. Anthropologie, Multitude Hair Ties, $16

2. Nordstrom, Kitsch Hair Ties (5-Pack),

3. Nordstrom, Emi-Jay Silver Glitter Hair Ties, $6.97

4. Shopbop, Bop Basics Solid Neon Hair Tie Set (18), $36

5. Nordstrom, Emi-Jay Chevron Hair Ties (3-Pack), $6.97

6. Anthropologie, Crystalline Hair Ties, $24

7. Anthropologie, Charmed Hair Ties, $24

8. Free People, Free People Elastic Printed Hair Ties, $10.23

9. Etsy, Hair ties by The Tye, $5

Trend Spotting: Wearing Your Watch On Top

The Winter brings its own set of fashion quandaries. From finding chic yet warm and dry footwear to how to showcase your watch and arm parties while wearing sweaters and layers. May I suggest a solution to problem #2? (Still unsure working on number 1...erg.) Why not try wearing your wrist watch on top?! I've been noticing some super stylish ladies rocking this trend all season long. I thought I'd share my stylish observation with you, dear readers. Enjoy!

pc: blue and yellow / with oversized clutch / black and white / red and navy

Would you wear your watch over your sweater or sleeve? Is this a trend you'll try before Spring arrives?

Trend Spotting: Floral Jewelry for Spring

The way I see it, the more that I post about Spring and Summer the quicker the remainder of the Winter shall pass. Agree? Should we make a pact to continue to look ahead?

I am loving the floral, bright, and pastel jewelry pieces that are appearing for in stores for Spring. I can't wait to dress up in something a little brighter and happier in a few months!

Here are my picks for Spring jewelry. {Warning, this post is J Crew and Anthropologie heavy, so if you're not a fan, you might want to look away. And...who arrrrre you?}

1. Doloris Petunia Ombre Squash Blossom necklace

2. Anthropologie Filament Earrings

3. Anthropologie Glinted Petal Necklace

4. J Crew Crystal color stone statement necklace

5. Anthropologie Heirloom Earrings

6. J Crew Beaded rose bracelet

7. Anthropologie Monte Carlo Necklace

8. Anthropologie Lombok Pendant Necklace

9. Anthropologie Royal Wreath Necklace

10. Anthropologie Twinkle Bloom Earrings

11. J Crew Fan fringe necklace

12. J Crew Neon flower bracelet

13. J Crew Mixed crystals necklace

14. J Crew Bright stone necklace

15. Anthropologie Blushing Pearl Bib Necklace

16. J Crew Pastel and neon statement necklace

Trend Spotting: Neon + Rhinestone Necklaces

This look is classic meets trendy; colorful meets demure; and ladylike meets street-style. The trend I am talking about is taking the classic rhinestone necklace and adding in bright pops of neon color. This trend has been popping up in many of my favorite stores and offers a fun and modern way to incorporate fancy rhinestones into your day-to-day style. From Tom Binns and Shourouk to American Eagle and Club Monaco, there is a neon rhinestone necklace out there for everyone!

Some of my favorites below!

1. AEO, Cord Charm Necklace

2. Windsor Store, Neon Rhinestone Collar Necklace

3. Dorthy Perkins, Pink Neon Ethnic Necklace

4. Tom Binns, Pinata Painted Necklace

5. Adia Kibur, Short Neon Stone Necklace

6.  Lovisa, Zinc Rhinestone Neon Rope & Pear Diamond Necklace 

7. Shourouk, Sierra and Cora Bamako crystal necklace

8. Club Monaco, Poppy Crystal Necklace

9. New Look, Neon Green Gem Drape Necklace

10. DANNIJO, Capucine

11. Tom Binns, Rainbows End Painted Necklace

Seasonal Look: Metallic Accessories for Winter

In my opinion, the best time for shinny, icy, metallic accessories is in the winter. The high shine finish is reminiscent of winter, snow, and ice and actually brightens an otherwise dull look.  So throw on your favourite metallic bracelet for a blinding arm-party or pop on those reflective sunglasses to keep the glare out of your eyes. Any way you choose to wear it, metallic accessories are just right for winter.

1. Alexander McQueen Metallic glossed-leather cardholder

2. Rebecca Minkoff Heart Bracelet

3. Deepa Gurnani Metallic Petal Cuff

4. Ray-Ban Mirrored Cats 5000 Aviator Sunglasses

5. Rebecca Minkoff Little Louie Metallic Leather Key Pouch

6. CC Skye Pave Studded Cuff

7. Hive & Honey Hammered Metal Cuff

8. Michael Kors Glam Studded High Top

9. Kate Spade Passport Holder

10. House of Harlow 1960 Skull Vial Necklace

11. Free People Metallic Belt