| There have been many significant world events | | | | as was seen during the next decade, the |
| that have influenced jewelry designers to create | | | | seventies. This era bloomed in women's |
| jewelry pieces that reflect some of these | | | | movements and feminism became an underlying |
| unforgettable events. Dating back only a half a | | | | force in fashion purchases including jewelry. |
| century with the dropping of the atom bomb, one | | | | Women wanted jewelry to be more of a |
| will notice how this even led modern jewelry | | | | personalized style and accessory, which is exactly |
| designers to use these times to influence their | | | | what became the trend during the seventies. |
| designs by some pieces being formed into the | | | | Materials even changed with ivory, wood, rock |
| shape of starbursts or sprays of diamond. | | | | crystals and coral becoming popular looks in the |
| Additionally, jewelry design also revolves around | | | | designer jewelry attributed to this decade. |
| when to wear certain pieces of jewelry with | | | | In the eighties and early nineties, people became |
| some best worn during the day and may include | | | | increasingly affluent so the designer jewelry of |
| gold jewelry while others are mainly worn, like | | | | this time shifted to a more glamour and glitz seen |
| diamonds. | | | | through a sparkling styled jewelry trend. With |
| If gold jewelry interests you, you can find many | | | | Princess Diana's wedding, there was an obvious |
| designer jewelry pieces to be worn during the | | | | shift toward luxury and elegance in designer |
| daytime such as Florentine finishes and foxtail | | | | jewelry of this time to depict the prosperous, |
| chains, among others. A strand of pearls is | | | | affluence seen during the era. |
| another option for a classy daytime look that also | | | | Since this time, modern designer jewelry is now |
| represents the designer jewelry that was | | | | being made from non-precious metals and |
| particularly popular in the fifties. | | | | techniques are being used to make multi-colored |
| Jewelry design during the sixties shifted to | | | | pearls and diamonds for jewelry pieces. Precious |
| women expanding to wear more silver, | | | | Metal Clay (PMC) is also becoming popular along |
| gemstones and geode crystals in place of the | | | | with synthetic gemstones so that designs today |
| typical diamond, as well as platinum. Diamonds | | | | are even more unique than the jewelry world has |
| were not oblivious, though, as this colorful time | | | | ever seen. |
| period was embodied in diamonds but diamonds | | | | We can now only look forward to what the next |
| more uniquely cut which is also the time when | | | | trend in modern designer jewelry will be. In the |
| jagged diamond shapes became more popular. | | | | meantime, though, we can enjoy all of the |
| Interestingly, a lot of modern designer jewelry | | | | designer jewelry pieces of both the past and |
| during this time was also made from metals. | | | | present all providing a unique, designer look |
| As any fashion guru knows, trends change often | | | | representing the era of its creation. |