| esign of modern jewelry can be inspired by | | | | shapes became popular, and a lot of the modern |
| present or recent events but also by ancient | | | | designer jewelry of this period was made from |
| symbols and traditions. A good example of recent | | | | metals. |
| events that have inspired jewelry designers is the | | | | Because trends change every so often, the |
| first atomic bomb leading to a massive increase | | | | seventies saw the blooming of women's |
| of starburst designs and sprays of diamonds. | | | | movement and feminism became the new driving |
| Ancient traditions can be found in the designs of | | | | force that saw yet another change in women's |
| Egyptian jewelry, spiritual jewelry with kabala | | | | fashion purchases, and it was now time for the |
| symbols, tribal designs, amulets for protection and | | | | jewelry of this era to look and feel much as |
| sacred talismans. The day or night time also has | | | | women wanted them to appear which meant a |
| its influence on these designs being gold as the | | | | more personalized style of jewelry becoming the |
| preferred metal for daytime jewelry and | | | | new rage. It saw changes in type of materials |
| diamonds for the evening or night | | | | used and now wood, ivory as well as rock |
| Jewelry For Daytime And Nighttime Use | | | | crystals and coral became incorporated in the |
| Florentine finishes, foxtail chains, mesh and similar | | | | modern designer jewelry of this era. |
| are preferred for golden jewelry that is being | | | | The eighties and beginning of the nineties were |
| worn during daytime. Alternative to this are string | | | | marked by a glitzy, glamorous and sparkling style |
| of pearls, natural or cultivated. These pearl based | | | | of jewelry design. The wedding of Princess Diana |
| designs were very popular amongst the modern | | | | of Wales was marking another turning point when |
| jewelry designers in the fifties | | | | jewelry became more refined and elegant |
| The next decade, or the very colorful sixties saw | | | | When we entered the new millennium modern |
| a radical change in modern designer jewelry | | | | jewelry designers started to use even more |
| where hybrid jewelry items became fashionable | | | | materials in their creations to make them even |
| and women broadened their horizons by also | | | | look more special and unique. The use of hybrid |
| wearing silver, gemstones as well as geode | | | | metals, metal clay, synthetic materials, PMC , |
| crystals besides the usual diamond, gold and | | | | non-precious metals, synthetic gemstones, the |
| platinum. This era of flower power was well | | | | coloring of pearls and multicolored diamonds ave |
| embodied in diamonds that were brilliantly cut and | | | | given birth to a complete new style and look of |
| also some organic and abstract as well as jagged | | | | modern jewelry. |