Top Jewelry Items for Fall and Winter 2007

Feathered jewelry and various size and style open-link chains are hot jewelry picks for fall and winter 2007.

Feather Jewelry – the types of feathers predominately being shown are dyed goose feathers, peacock and pheasant feathers. The feathers are fabricated into earrings, necklaces and bangle bracelets to compliment the outrageous number of feathered dresses, head ornaments, handbags and shoes that are coming down the runway for winter.

Goose feathers are shown dyed in a myriad of colors not found in nature. The peacock feathers being used are those from the male of the species – in the gorgeous blue and green color spectrum. Pheasant feathers are very fall- and winter-hued in muted shades of brown, black and tan.

Chain mail, while never really going out of style, is being pushed this season. Chain mail jewelry has its roots in the armor worn in Medieval times. Whole upper body outfits were constructed of this type of linked chains producing a sort of bulletproof jacket of the era.

The bullets in this case were curved daggers and swords that could not penetrate the chain maille. Basically, chain mail is merely jump rings that are connected and arranged in various patterns. The patterns are limitless from the quite simple two jump links design to much more complicated designs that almost look like crocheted chain.

Combining these two elements – for those jewelry lovers with more than $5,000 to spend on a single piece of jewelry – Louis Vuitton has a feathers-and-gold-link chain necklace available this season that is truly spectacular.