Red Bling for the Dragon New Year
South China Morning Post
DIVIA HARILELA
Feb 6 , 2024
Dragon bling: red jewellery trends for Lunar New Year – Armani, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bottega Veneta and Boucheron release lucky-coloured collections just in time for the Chinese Year of the Dragon
- Ferragamo, Armani, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron and Anita Ko all have new rings, bracelets and earrings chiming with the season, showcasing rubies, carnelians, spinels, rubellites and rhodolites
- ‘In addition to red-coloured gems and crystals, materials such as lacquer, enamel and coral have been used to create different textures and shades,’ says Libby Page, market director of Net-a-Porter
Since the autumn/winter 2023 shows, designers have been busy painting the runways red – not just with clothes, but with eye-popping jewellery too.
At Ferragamo, designer Maximilian Davis matched his sleek all-black looks with chunky red resin collars, while Giorgio Armani chose vibrant rosettes to decorate statement earrings for his haute couture show.
Reinforcing this trend is the fact that red is always in at this time of year with Asian buyers as we near the Lunar New Year, which falls in early February in 2024. As a particularly auspicious colour, it is widely worn by all, affecting sales of jewellery as well as fashion and watches.
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