7 Ways to Coordinate Jewelry with Your Outfit
Are you having trouble figuring out how to coordinate jewelry to match your outfit? Here are some tips for you.
Use Statement Earrings to Highlight the Face
Your dress game may be on point, but if you intend to make your face the star of the show, grab a pair of statement earrings. You know, the flashy, glittery ones that highlight your eyes.
Ladies with heart-shaped faces, for example, might consider drop earrings that don't taper at the bottom. Ladies with oval faces should consider studs and triangular earrings to show off their cheekbones.
Keep Skin Tone In Mind
Your skin tone may not be a part of your outfit, but it still plays a part in making one look good. You probably already have colors you don’t like to wear or you don’t think compliment you. Maybe pink washes you out, or orange is too harsh for you.
Cooler skin tones pair well with white, gold, and silver. Jewel tones like red, purple, and blue also compliment cooler tones.
Gold does best with warmer tones and stands out from darker hair. Yellows, oranges, greens are optimal for warm tones.
Neutral skin tones pair well with both gold and silver and most gemstone colors. This doesn’t mean you can’t wear the other. It just means that gold and silver highlight and complement two different tones.
Mixing Warm Jewelry With Cool Colors
Rubies, canary diamonds, and amber gems make a statement by themselves. These colors are fiery and ambitious and look great over black and white. But did you think you could pair them with their opposite colors?
Warm gemstones pair nicely with plain blue or purple material. For instance, a set of rubies on top of a royal blue top completes the look with a bold statement.
The Jewelry Matches the Occasion
Dangling wrist jewelry doesn't work so well when you're typing on a keyboard. If you're dressing for work, you might want to skip the bangles and hanging bracelets.
Your choice of jewelry for church hopefully wouldn't be the same selection as an evening at the club. Make sure to consider where you're going, what you'll be doing, and how the jewelry comes off to onlookers.
Try to Layer
Layering jewelry is currently on-trend. Mixing necklaces of three different lengths is a great way to play with style while adding texture and weight to your jewelry. A large gemstone along with two dainty chains is great for any everyday look.
Stacking bracelets and rings are also trendy. With bracelets, try adding beading, textures, and colors. And with rings, try different shapes and placements.
Ear stacking and constellation earrings are another way people are layering their jewelry. Earring studs in different shapes and sizes can show off your personality and add a unique flair to your outfit.
Complement the Neckline
When it comes to necklaces, you’ll want to pay attention to the style of your neckline on tops and dresses. Ideally, these two will play off each other without one overshadowing the other.
The wrong necklace clashing with your neckline can create a dissonance that throws off the entire look. In general, it’s best to take cues from the shape of the neckline and let the jewelry follow that.
As a rule of thumb, your necklace should stop a few inches above where your neckline starts. Longer necklaces look best with necklines that aren’t complicated with a lot of details and features. The more skin you show, the more complex your necklace can be.
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
That's not something new. Diamonds have been fixed in jewelry since they were first discovered by people thousands of years ago.
And there's a good reason they've been such popular gems for so long: the diamond goes with anything!
Unsure of how to coordinate jewelry with your outfit? Opt in for a pair of diamonds. The classic white diamond acts as a prism under the light, showing off all the colors that make up its composition.