FASHION AND DECORATION.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 31 March 1931, Page 4

FASHION AND DECORATION.

JEWELLERY TO BE REAL. The popularity of imitation jewellery is definitely on the wane, states a writer in the “Queenand fewer of the large heavy and bizarre ornaments are to be seen. Most of the leading houses are insisting upon genuine jew'els of the delicate and rich-looking kind. Ruby Vogue. As I predicted some time ago, we are now in the beginning of the ruby vogue, and. some . wonderful effects are- being shown. Pigeon bloodstones of great price are being used lavishly. A new type necklace I was permitted to inspect the other day was a choker with thrfce strands of stones, rubies and sapphires set with diamonds. Matching this as part of the “set’* was a bracelet also made up in uneven strands and caught together with motifs and a clasp set with, a splendid jewel surrounded with diamonds. Finely carved rubies and cabochons are being strung between ornaments or medallions of diamonds cut in squares, oblongs or triangles. Sapphires Always Popular. No matter what changes we see in jewellery fashions, sapphires never seem to lose in favour. X have noticed this year after year. Most other gems recur in cycles, but always there are sapphires worn. This season the designers are fitting this gem to the new mode for elaborateness by accentuating them with diamonds. I saw the other day a necklace of square and obloug sapphires in three strands made to fit closely round the neck. The sapphires were alternated with baguette diamonds, and there were diamond ornaments at each side. The design was repeated in a matching bracelet. Another bracelet shown to me had a beautiful star sapphire set in diamonds and held by three strands of sapphire beads, with a small diamond in the centre of each. It is an unusual style that is bound to appeal. Coloured Pearls. Pearls are strung in strands of three, and mostly have diamonds in the setting. In many instances the ropes are threaded with alternating diamonds, and another new addition is the pendant of diamonds set with three large tinted pearls, usually of different colours—white, pink and mauve.