The Best Jewellery Stores in Brisbane
Brisbane boasts an abundance of jewellery stores specializing in everything from one-of-a-kind designer pieces to luxurious showrooms offering timeless pieces destined to become family heirlooms. Here are a few of our favorites.
This gold bracelet’s cast shell forms have an historical connection – they are inspired by a species of turbo snail that thrives along Queensland coastal waters and belongs to the Queensland Art Gallery’s collection.
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Coloured Diamonds
Coloured diamonds are an exquisite and rare addition to any jewellery collection. Although coloured diamonds are discovered in mines like regular diamonds and undergo the same polishing and cutting processes, their value stands apart in terms of beauty. Fancy colored diamonds are especially revered due to their visual appeal as well as accurate certification from reliable entities.
Grading a colored diamond involves assessing its tone, hue and saturation. A pure hue often commands higher prices while reduced saturation can also have an impactful impact on its final value.
Coloured diamonds come in an assortment of hues, from pink and red through green and blue, yellow canary diamonds are less popular but still highly desired by collectors, investors, and enthusiasts. More recently Argyle pink diamonds have caught people’s eyes, drawing collectors, investors, and enthusiasts in for closer inspection.
Stacking
Necklace stacking has quickly become a trendy fashion trend that allows individuals to express their creativity and express their unique styles. It involves carefully pairing different necklace styles, lengths and textures together in order to form eye-catching ensembles that make an eye-catching fashion statement. From elegant chains to eye-catching pendants, stacking can add style and vibrance to any ensemble!
To create a balanced and elegant jewelry stack, begin with a dainty foundation piece as the basis of your stack. Gradually layer different textures and sizes until you achieve your desired result – keeping in mind spacing and balance so as to prevent creating an unruly appearance.
Ring layering is an immensely versatile and popular approach to jewellery styling, from simple bands to intricate zirconia and gemstone rings, offering limitless ways to customise your ring stack to fit your personal style. Try wearing your stack on different fingers, or spacing out its rings to add drama and intrigue into your look!
Multiple Metals
Jewellers often prefer mixing precious metals together, combining alloys with the precious metals of gold, silver, and platinum to lower costs while providing more options to customers.
Brass is a copper-zinc alloy with warm golden hues that’s easy to cast, hard and durable. Tarnish may occur, however this can be cleaned away using solvents. Bronze jewelry metal can also be polished up to look similar to silver while occasionally contain trace amounts of lead; this practice has since been phased out due to health implications.
Mixing metals is nothing new; perhaps the most iconic example being Cartier’s Trinity ring with its three interlocking gold halves. For everyday options that combine multiple metals, try London-based Kiwi brand Ploof’s Mokum gane necklace featuring yellow and white plating chains or B Corp-certified Monarc’s two-tone Hermione hoops earrings in recycled silver and gold vermeil.
