Onyx Princess

The days are getting shorter and shorter, and even taking photos in the mid-day sun creates a chiaroscuro effect like this... to be honest, it's a bit difficult to get things done!

Here is a princess* necklace featuring smooth round beads of Onyx interspersed with tiny faceted rondelles of Hematite and finished off with a Sterling Silver shepherd's hook clasp.

Price: £65 / €80

*A princess-length necklace is short and rests on the collarbones. The term stems from the old anglosaxon tradition of giving girls a pearl for every birthday until she turns 21, at which point the pearls are strung into a necklace that rests neatly around the throat - a 'princess' necklace. In contrast, a matinée-length necklace rests on the breastbone, while an opera-length necklace swishes down below the bust.

Silver & Onyx Feather Earrings

A certain Isabel Marant will inspire a lot of women to dress in Native American & Cowboy inspired clothes come spring, and whilst I like the look on glossy magazine paper it is not something I shall be indulging in myself... Instead, my nod to the trend will be wearing little feather pendant earrings like these.

Pendant earrings featuring matte Rhodium-plated* feathers suspended from Sterling Silver hooks via glossy faceted rondelles of Onyx.

Price: £19 / €24

* Rhodium is a silvery-white metal from the platinum group which doesn't tarnish. For this reason it is nearly always used to coat white gold jewellery, as this colour of gold has a high silver content and would otherwise tarnish easily

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Arm Candy

I used to wear lots of bracelets, but then I started working in an office, and suddenly found them slightly impractical when hammering away on my keyboard. However, when I'm on holiday or simply inhabiting my private persona outside the office I still love to pile on a few.

These two are what I would qualify as holiday or beach bracelets, as they won't deteriorate in the sun or in seawater.

Number 1 is a slim bracelet featuring faceted rondelles of glossy black onyx with a Sterling Silver t-bar clasp. Price: £22.

Number 2 is an ultra-slim bracelet featuring tiny glass seed beads with a silver centre. The clasp is a Sterling Silver lobster clasp. Price: £14.