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Cindy’s TrendTracker: Homage to ombre

TrendsMar 03, 2016

Cindy’s TrendTracker: Homage to ombre

Designers are having a blast these days working with a wide range of gemstones and playing in full color fields to mix and match tones from light to dark.

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These stackable rings by designer Mary Esses are 18-karat yellow gold with sapphire, ruby, and emerald beads. They retail for $1,250 each.
MaryEsses.com
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Michelle Fantaci’s “Hunting Bird” bracelet with Paraiba tourmaline, tsavorite, and grey diamonds set in silver.
MichelleFantaci.com
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Margery Hirschey’s 22-karat yellow gold and sterling silver earrings feature kyanite, tanzanite and moonstone ($2,200).
MargeryHirschey.com
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Colette’s 18-karat gold “baby wing” studs with 0.2 carats of white diamonds and 0.65 carats of tsavorite garnets ($2,700)
ColetteJewelry.com
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Marco Bicego’s “Paradise earrings” are hand-engraved in 18-karat yellow gold with mixed pink tourmalines. They retail for $2,970.
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This “Marquise Palace” ring by Sylvie Corbelin features a mix of diamonds, sapphires and tourmalines, made in 18-karat gold and sterling silver ($4,250).
Sylvie-Corbelin.com
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Mary Esses' 18-karat white gold sapphire beaded bracelet with 0.33 carats of diamonds ($4,800)
MaryEsses.com
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This “Kaleidoscope” bracelet by Mallary Marks features five tiers of ombré-toned sapphires from yellow to orange to pink to green and grey, set in 18-karat yellow gold. It retails for $9,450.
MallaryMarksNY.com
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Yossi Harari created these blue mosaic earrings in oxidized silver using teal-colored diamonds and Paraiba tourmaline. They retail for $9,790.
YossiHarari.com
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Pamela Froman likes to do her ombré in the metal, like this “Ombré Arabesque Medallion” in 18-karat yellow and pink gold with a natural 3-carat zircon center surrounded by diamonds. It retails for $9,900.
PamelaFroman.com
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Rina Limor Fine Jewelry’s 18-karat white gold flower ring is set with white, black, and grey diamonds ($10,000).
RinaLimor.com
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Erica Courtney created this drop earrings using opalized wood, peridot, and mint tourmaline accented with Paraiba tourmaline and diamonds ($37,000).
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Designers are having a blast these days working with a wide range of gemstones and playing in full color fields to mix and match tones from light to dark. They’re creating beautiful ombré colorations that consumers are often quite entranced by as they learn more about gemology and what nature has to offer.

Customers have a lot to choose from in the ombré trend, from affordable stack rings to over-the-top evening glamour. The color mix can help the price, too, with less fortunate (cheaper) colors getting to sit next to their better (and more expensive) peers.

Click through this slideshow to see 12 pieces of ombré jewelry. 

Michelle Graffis the editor-in-chief at National Jeweler, directing the publication’s coverage both online and in print.

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