Spring Has Sprung with a New Jewelry Fashion Season!

Spring has finally sprung, and of course, with a new calendar season comes a new fashion season. New York Fashion Week and other high-profile fashion shows around the world showcased the trends to look for this season.
According to Harper's Bazaar, jewellery trends for Spring 2014 will certainly scintillate in the sunlight. Gold has made a big comeback (a fact on display at this year's Oscars Red Carpet). Over-sized chains, particularly as part of statement necklaces, are very popular. Linking in with this trend are locks and keys. Other than heavy metal, primary colors are making a bold statement on the runway and in street style. Bright-colored chunky bangles are particularly in style, in pure red, yellow, blue, and green. Their lines are clean and the looks are decidedly modern -- even avant-garde.

Of course, perhaps unsurprisingly, gems in every color of the spectrum are big this Spring. Glittery jewel-toned rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces -- from understated to large statement pieces -- made themselves the center of attention for much of this season's fashions. If you're thinking of adding some of these on-trend pieces to your collection, consider investing in a jewelry storage system from ChasingTreasure. Jewelry boxes and chests in a variety of styles, suitable for any decor scheme, make organizing even the largest collection of fashionable accessories a Spring breeze, even for the largest and most diverse of jewelry collections.

Jewelry Amoire for All Shapes & Sizes of Jewelry Collections!

Academy Award Jewelry

The 86th Annual Academy Awards earlier this month saw some of Hollywood's most glamorous stars dressed to the nines -- complete with incredible jewelry pieces.

The A-list actresses adorned themselves with opulent, eye-catching necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings, with values in the millions of dollars. Charlize Theron's statement necklace featured a $15 million Harry Winston Cluster Pendant with a total of 155 diamonds.  Diamonds, of course, are a perennial favorite for the glitterati of the silver screen, but this year's red carpet saw opals, turquoise, and pearls. But perhaps most noteworthy was the prevalence of gold jewelry -- Oscar himself certainly wasn't the only gold at this year's Academy Awards!

Best Supporting Actress winner Lupita Nyong'o wore gold by Fred Leighton:  a gold and diamond headband, gold and diamond earrings, a vintage gold and diamond snake bracelet, as well as several vintage rings.  Gold seems to be making a big comeback this year, much to the joy of jewelry collectors of any budget.

While most personal jewelry pieces will not cost $15 million, they're no less special to the wearer.  And to maintain these treasured collections, jewelry boxes and chests can be just as fantastic.  A luxurious jewelry box can be a standing armoire type with necklace swing sides, or a more modest dresser top, to match any jewelry collection size, and jewelry type.  If security is paramount, partially or fully locking boxes will fit the bill, or (in the case of Ms. Theron?) a jewelry safe may be needed!

Reed & Barton Jewelry Box

Ideal Treasure for Valentine's Day!

With the Christmas and New Year Holidays behind us, our next major holiday for those special people in our lives is Valentine’s Day!

For both women and men, jewelry remains a very popular gift because it is, personal, thoughtful, and valuable.

For women, the most popular jewelry types are earrings, necklaces, & rings, with brooches, bracelets, and belly-button rings as secondary pieces, and other forms of body jewelry coming in a distant third.  For men, rings and watches dominate, with necklaces and other types of mens jewelry being much less popular.

Since gifts to women on Valentine’s Day are the most prevalent, a womens jewelry box can be the perfect complimentary gift for jewelry lovers!

The most popular styles and types will generally be based on the age of the recipient and home décor.  Age of the recipient can be almost directly linked to size of the jewelry collection.

For younger women, including ‘tweens and teenagers, the smaller desktop cases provide the best value.  They are smaller yet still highly functional in the volume and style of jewelry pieces that can be stored.  They also look great and can still be the right size for many years.

For young adults, a medium sized dresser armoire or larger womens jewelry case is the ticket!  As she gets older (and more gift opportunities go by), she’ll likely have amassed a larger jewelry collection, with more and more treasured pieces that she may not wear as frequently, but still hold dear.  A luxury jewelry case makes a wonderful wedding present or 5 year anniversary gift!

Finally, the wife of many happy years may view a large standing wooden jewelry armoire as the perfect gift for her large jewelry collection.  In addition to the functionality available (mirrored flip top, ring rolls, lined compartments, and swinging side doors with as many as 20 necklace hooks), these jewelry armoires also have up to 8 lined drawers, varying in size from smaller at the top (for bracelets and watches) to large drawers at the bottom, for delicates and undergarments.

So with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, now is a good time to start thinking about the ideal treasure for the “her” in your life!

Wooden Jewelry Armoire