‘Tis the season to buy jewelry!
As the month of December approaches, a strange type of collective holiday-related amnesia grips the world; everyone and their mother seems to believe that no one else will remember to schedule a Christmas party. Gripped by the anxiety that someone will neglect the time-honored tradition of forcing a bunch of people who don’t particularly know each other into a small space with a lot of alcohol and weird games, all of your loved ones take it upon themselves to schedule their own holiday bash. Your schedule becomes an Advent calendar, but instead of hiding chocolates, each door you open leads to yet another Christmas party. Regardless of the company or location, Christmas parties mean Christmas pictures that will inevitably end up online, so fine-tuning your Christmas chic to Instagrammable perfection is a must.
Because we’re simply overcome by the season’s tidings of goodwill and joy, we’ve prepared you a handy little style guide to Jingle Bell Rock-ing your Christmas party outfit. Inspired by the classic Christmas tune, our 12 ways of styling Christmas party jewelry style guide is designed to capture the spirit of each gift listed in the song and select a piece of fine jewelry that reflects it. Magnificent and meaningful; just how Christmas should be.
12 Ways of Styling Christmas Party Jewelry: Part 1
1: A partridge in a pear tree: botanical-inspired jewelry
In the 12 Days of Christmas, the unknown narrator claims their true love gave them the gift of a partridge in a pear tree. No, we’re not quite sure how they managed to fit that underneath a Christmas tree, or even wrap it, but what we do know is this: the symbolism of the notoriously maternal partridge along with a fruit-bearing tree expresses ideas of protection, love, and vitality. For a Christmas look that reflects the vibrancy and zest for life of this first day, we recommend choosing a piece of beautiful botanical jewelry, like Temple St. Clair’s Small Tree of Life Pendant. Delicately engraved into the warm 18k yellow gold amulet, branches from the one Tree of Life stretch towards the sun for warmth. In true Temple St. Clair fashion, the amulet also includes thoughtful details, like the placement of tiny creatures representing the earth, air, and sea upon the tree’s branches.
2: Two turtle doves: white diamond bracelets
Turtle doves, the gift of the second day of Christmas, are famous for their open displays of affection towards their mates. In fact, turtle doves are so loving with their mates that their name has become a nickname equivalent to “sweetheart”. To pay homage to this representation of true love and innocence, you can wear the color white, which symbolizes the very same purity of feeling our love birds symbolize. Plus, because stark white clothing is rarely worn by people in general, it has the added benefit of making its daring wearer stand out from the crowd. Consider pairing your striking white Christmas outfit with a diamond. Because an all-white look is already so dramatic, keep your diamond jewelry simple and sophisticated with pieces like Ashi’s Diamond Station Bracelet. This dainty bracelet sets .50 cts of diamonds in stations along a slender chain of 14k white gold, 14k yellow gold, or 14k pink gold, bringing a subtle sparkle to your ethereal Christmas party look.
3: Three french hens: statement rings
So, on the third day of Christmas, your true love basically presents you with a chicken wearing a beret. JK—the “three French hens” in the carol refers to the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. French hens, also known as Faverolles, are bred primarily for show. These birds are all about flashiness, pizzazz, and glitz. Well. As much glitz as a chicken can have, at least. Embody that flamboyance with a piece of statement jewelry, like the breath-taking Deutsch Signature Diamond Antique Flower Ring, made in-house by Jewelry by Deutsch. 14k yellow gold swirls, encrusted with dazzling diamonds, artistically spiral outwards from the center of this statement ring, weaving in and out of other tendrils with all the grace of crawling ivy. You’ll be the belle of the Christmas ball with this antique-inspired ring!
4: Four calling birds: black pearl jewelry
Originally, the lyrics of the 12 Days of Christmas declared that the narrator’s true love gave them four “colly birds” on the fourth day. Over time, years of mishearing the phrase and repeating it eventually changed the lyric to “calling birds”, but we at Deutsch simply don’t believe in messing with a classic! “Colly” is a word that comes from “collier”—the fancy name for a coal mine— so “colly birds” was simply used to refer to any dark-colored bird, like a raven or crow. As a color that is universally flattering, we can honestly say that black will never go out of style. The precious few pieces that do feature them are unusual and exotic, as black jewelry, and black gemstones, and black pearls, in particular, are very scarce in nature. Few pieces capture that enticing exoticism quite as well as Mikimoto’s Mikimoto Pendant Black South Sea Pearl and Diamond Pendant. Proving that Mikimoto’s reputation for extraordinary pearl work is more than well earned, this black pearl pendant showcases an astonishing 9mm A+ Black South Sea Pearl set in 18k white gold and crowned by a dainty .10 ct diamond. No curses for these black pearls!
5: Five golden rings: yellow gold rings