The Luxury List is a monthly column on all things luxury, tapping the foremost experts in the fashion space to explore everything from craftsmanship deep dives to the little-known details to consider when buying fine jewelry.
On the spring/summer 2025 runways, we saw an uptick in looks infused with romance, opulence, and eye-catching colors, which are set to impact what the style set will wear next year. Even before then, we are seeing momentum toward these shifts in fashion. One way this is playing out is the jewelry space. Similar themes are showing up in the form of glamour, maximalism, and colorful gemstones—designs set to shape the biggest jewelry trends for winter 2024.
Diamonds are in heavy use, showing up in the form of modern pavé and sparkling watch cases. Eye-catching stones such as pink sapphires, fuchsia spinels, and green emeralds are adorning everything from liquid gold cuffs to rivière necklaces. Timepiece designs continue to cross the lines between watches and jewelry. The designs feel inspired, fresh, and cool-girl coded. Ahead, the top winter jewelry trends to know in 2024 and the pieces to shop.
Modern Pavé
Pavé stones are often associated with halo designs on engagement rings, but we're seeing them enter the jewelry space in new ways—specifically, modern takes with diamonds scattered at the end of rings and bracelets or lining a portion of a sculptural ring or earring.
Stone-Encrusted Bracelets
Metal cuffs have been on the rise, including the resurgence of the iconic Tiffany Co. Elsa Peretti bone cuff. Wholesale Replica Bag take on the eye-catching bracelets are versions designed with beautiful diamonds and gemstones.
Diamond-Case Watches
From timepieces set on a tennis bracelet to those designed to look like bracelets, we're seeing the rise of cocktail watches and pieces that are crossing more and more into the jewelry space. Another way we're seeing this play out? Watches designed with sparkling diamond cases.
Colorful Conversation Starters
Showstopping colorful gemstones are in full focus for conversation-starting earrings, rings, and bracelets that make candy-colored pink sapphires and emeralds central to their designs.
Ear Climbers
Ana Khouri continues to set the bar for directional fine jewelry, including the ear climber diamond earrings spotted on Saoirse Ronan for her recent press tour. The sweeping earring silhouette is set to take over in the coming months.
Timepiece-Jewelry Hybrid Designs
Watches continue to evolve with outside-of-the-box designs that imagine new ways to wear them. Often, the pieces are made to be worn off of the wrist, like Chanel's latest Première Sautoir-Belt Watch, or disguised as a piece of jewelry, like Bulgari's Serpenti secret watch.
