JEWELRY AND THE SENTIMENTALITY BEHIND IT.
Photos by César Buitrago
Article sponsored by Pandora Jewelry
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I’ve been thinking a lot about jewelry trends.
We know that fashion holds both cultural and personal value, and the latter is especially true when it comes to jewelry. The rings, necklaces, and bracelets we pick up and clasp on every day become uniform, an intrinsic part of our daily rituals.
Just as fragrance has the power to bottle a certain memory — studies show that specific scents can bring you back to a point in time, for example — jewelry holds its own form of nostalgia. The earrings you purchased in 2019 at the beginning of a new job, the bracelet a lover gave you for a birthday. These pieces tell their own stories and we build deep sentimental relationships with the jewelry we wear as a result.
THE PANDORA ESSENCE ROUND HOOP EARRING AND ORGANICALLY SHAPED HEART RING. A STATEMENT, BUT A SUBTLE ONE.
In Pandora's ESSENCE collection, every piece is organically shaped and the result reminds me of the ceramics one would see at a modern art museum, the grooves and the imperfections that make the artwork worthy of the attention we give it. And while we toss around the phrase "day to night" quite often in fashion, this Pandora collection is a curation of styles that can be worn every day and yet, still stand on their own for evening glamour.
Open Bangle
Heart Ring
Stacking Rings
Stud Earrings
Infinity Ring
Pandora
"STYLING JEWELRY FEELS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT HOLDS ITS OWN FORM OF NOSTALGIA."
I’ve been thinking about my personal jewelry collection and how I’ve become more tactical regarding its curation. The trend I’ve noticed is ironically not a trend at all; we’ve come to a point of seeking pieces that have a timelessness to it. The Pandora ESSENCE collection captures that departure from a maximalist approach to one of simplicity, earrings that you can perhaps one day pass off to a daughter. Styles of jewelry that are easy to wear on rotation and that transition smoothly from day to night.
To be clear: simplicity does not mean boring. We can expect to see designs that are sculptural and fluid in shape as the sweet spot. These pieces look unique to the wearer and as such feel deeply personal.
