Enamel, links, long necklaces, lots of black and white, and new watches from jewelry brands were the top trends at the Orogemma fair held last week in Vicenza, Italy. The fair launched a glossy new hall called B1 for the top brands to build beautiful new Basel-style booths. New styles launched at the fair give a sense of what we can expect for 2007 and some will even be in-store for the holidays this year.
Many designers featured warm tones of rose gold, brown gold, brown pearls, and brown gems, enamel, coral, reds, and yellows. Rock and roll styles, especially skulls, reigned at Hellmuth Simply Good (who also makes Vivienne Westwood) and Gavello. Innovator Calgaro launched a new Moorea group of freshwater pearl and colored silver styles in fashion colors like brown and purple at affordable price points (starting at just $500 retail!) Nanis launched a collection of affordable new link-shaped watches in steel with 18k gold plating in three colors (the rose gold version is particularly cool, naturally). In Europe, the watches will retail at 165 Euro retail, about $200, but they aren’t priced yet for the US market. Nanis also has a new boxed set for $1,337 retail: its popular 18k pierced heart pendant with five interchangeable colors of mother of pearl hearts to wear with the pendant and matching ribbons. Companies with outstanding new enamel collections include Carlo Barberis and Bibigi. We’ll try to include as many images of new styles as possible in the November/December issue of Modern Jeweler.
