Jewellery

I love using jewellery to accessorise, it makes as much as if not more of a statement than your clothes. A plain black dress with a long gold pendant, some diamond studs and a nice rolex will look beautifully luxurious whilst the same black dress with layered chains, piles of bangles and rings will look extremely grungey.

My style

I tend to go for the more classic pieces these days, and i have a soft spot for gold. Simple gold chains with pendants, if i'm not wearing yellow gold it'll be white gold as i don't like silver on myself. My most recent addition to the collection is this swarovski necklace, i've never been keen on swarovski as it is all costume jewellery and i like being able to shower/bathe in my jewellery.

I'm also waiting for the infamous sideways cross necklace to arrive, it looks beautiful!

Making a statement

With things such as earrings, i find it is important to maintain balance amongst your jewellery, so big statement earrings with big statement necklace and big statement watch are a no no for me, generally abide by Coco Chanel's rule of removing a piece or two before leaving the house, and for me, one statement is plenty!

Favourite pieces and styles

-Pretty much any long gold chain with a plain pendant. I like amethyst, citrine, topaz and emerald. Peach morganite is also beautiful

-With rings, i always wear my engagement ring obviously, so i have to be careful not to clash. My ring is a simple gold band with a raised cushion cut diamond with a white gold heart under the diamond. My personal taste in engagement rings is i much prefer the simple timeless styles, i believe it was Audrey Hepburn who once said a flashy engagement ring is the epitome of bad taste! So if i wear another ring it must always be on my right hand and is either on my ring finger or pinky, at the moment i'm wearing a little white gold snake ring my grandmother gave me to bring me luck when i was in a rough patch.

-I believe watches are worth investing in, and i have a few that i rotate. I have a rolex oyster perpetual (was my mums), a marc jacobs gold watch, a michael kors tortoiseshell watch and my guess watch that i wear regularly. I like simple, classic watch styles in masculine designs.

-Earrings can clash with your neckwear if you are not careful to avoid this and as such i like to co-ordinate before hand. If i'm wearing a necklace i usually stick to diamond studs, if im not wearing a necklace, or if i am but its very subtle, then something larger, such as the classic vivienne westwood orbs can look beautiful, I am a fan of the chanel double c earrings but with so many fakes, i dont think it is worth investing in.