JEWELLERY ENSEMBLES

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3478, 14 October 1926, Page 4

JEWELLERY ENSEMBLES

Whether a woman can afford genuine precious stones or merelj unpretentious ornaments of beads, she pays careful attention to the choice of jewellery, studying effective ensembles rather than actual value. Interesting ensembles seen in Paris recently were in amber, turquoise, crystal, amethyst and jade, as well as in pearls and diamonds, one of the favourite jewel combinations of this season. There are endless combinations that can bo created, but the more unusual the stone the more difficult is the art of using them well. One important characteristic of tho jewellery of to-day is that tho jewels are largo and their setting simple. There has been a striking change in this respect since Victorian days, when a pin was made o! dozens of little stones in thin gold settings, which gave a fussy effext quite contrary to present-day taste. Another definite change in jewellery fashion is in tho attitude towards bracelets. Gone arc tho days when to wear more than one or two bracelets was not considered good taste. To-day the more bracelets one wears, the more chic is one’s costume. Wide bands alternate with

narrow ones, and are of diamonds and other precious stones, generally set in platinum and often combined with onyx or black enamel. To-day a chic woman plans an ensemble in her jewellery as carefully as she matches her gloves and bag and stockings. For instance, to wear with a black gown, a woman may have an ensemble of pearls and diamonds relieved by a largo emerald ring, with which she wears sandals of emerald green and silver lame. One chic Parisienne wears with a very simple frock of fiame-red chiffon, jewellery of deep, rich Chinese coral, combined with diamonds and platinum. In such a combination tho jewellery becomes an essential part of the ensemble.