If you are Indian, than I am hoping this blog requires little explanation. It is traditional to buy “gold” on the festival of Dhanteras that precedes Diwali. As with my other blog on Diwali, I have varying price points for jewellery.
Without further ado, here are my favourites for this year.
Motley London
This website is brilliant. It has multiple jewellers, many of them successful in their own right, collaborating to form an affordable jewellery space
1) Gold Guinevere Drop Earrings with Red Onyx (US$ 325). The marketing blurb is, “Is it possible to feel romantically attached towards an earring? Our signature heart, designed by Alice Cicolini and filled with faceted red onyx, hangs at the end of an 18k gold vermeil wire, with a mischievous leaf inspired by William Morris.” Available at Motley London
2) Gold Worry-Not Bracelet (US$ 135). The marketing blurb, “Has self-care ever been this perfectly-packaged? Designed to help focus anxious minds, these clever, reassuringly weighty worry beads are there to be touched and played with in trying moments. In solid 18 karat gold vermeil, this bracelet is the best-looking anxiety remedy we’ve ever seen. Available at Motley London
3) Gold Peaseblossom Hoops (US$ 245). The marketing blurb, “Hoops straight out of a storybook. Crafted in 18 karat gold vermeil, the Peaseblossom Hoops twist and blossom as though caught mid-movement.” Available at Motley London
4) Gold Screw It Pearl Studs (US$ 130). The marketing blurb, “Fun fact: classic pearl earrings once symbolised purity and chastity. Even funner fact: these studs are an explicit rejection of those tropes. A single freshwater pearl pierced by a delicately crafted sterling silver screw? Now that’s the kind of symbolism we can get behind.” Available at Motley London
Neckpieces
1) Silver Gold plated two layer phulwari necklace (US$1,000). Available HERE
2) Silver Lotus Jadau Long Necklace (US$ 1,612). Available HERE
3) Moh-Maya by Disha Khatri Multicoloured semi-precious stones accented necklace (US$197). Available HERE
Maang tikkas (Aashni & Co)
I love maang tikkas and of course, with many of our traditions, they are in danger of fading out unless a fashionable celebrity refashions them again. Let’s not wait for that to happen. Here are a few that took my fancy
1)Joules by Radhika Polki and meenakari maang tikka (US$41)
2) RIANA Jewellery White stone embellished maang tikka (US$88)
3) PRERTO Rose gold maang tikka (US$66). This is a twist on traditional “ball” coming out of Rajasthan and it has my attention.
4) KAARI red and green enamel maang tikka (US$ 400). This is extortionately expensive for a piece of costume jewellery – so if you are not going to wear it all the time, then completely ignore the fact that it is stunningly beautiful. Made to order at Aashni & Co