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RIP hoop earrings – fun, quirky, colourful styles are the way to go now | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion


Minimalist modern is giving way to a more individualistic, vintage-inspired look. Time to layer bead-style necklaces and add some colour

Romance, social status and wealth are all tangled up in the history of jewellery – engagement rings, solitaire necklaces and tennis bracelets are love tokens. If the era of hoops and chains was a reflection of casual wear, the rise of individualism and colour in jewellery is part of how vintage or vintage-look fashion is becoming the dominant aesthetic. She was wearing two bead-style necklaces, the kind without pendants, that hang in a soft curve rather than an arrow: a short one of glinting jewels, a longer one of lustrous dark pearls.

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