JEWELRY FOR THE COOL (AND COLDER)

It’s back to Chicago’s real, almost year-round, weather:  Cool and getting colder. The temperature is dropping fast, the warm weather was nice while it lasted.

So here are some of my fall jewelry style choices: 

• Wear more jewel tones, like hot, trendy fuchsia and purple;
• Put-on more metal, like the black chains I see worn on the street;
• Wear darker amber jewelry;

• Switch-out blue turquoise cabochons for sapphire blue gemstone jewelry;
• Wear diamond stud earrings-They always brighten up gloomy fall days, no matter how small the carats;
• Sport bigger, thicker earrings and necklaces-Larger sizes are necessary when you have to cover-up with heavier clothing and coats; 

• Match pearls and jade, especially longer strands, with fall clothing’s colors and textures;
•  Switch-out my summer beach watch for a more serious-looking timepiece.

 No, I won't be wearing my white Hawaiian puka shell necklace for a while!

Pat Thomas for Jewelrystash until next time…