5 Jewelry Trends to Bank on for the 2018 Holiday Season

We're about to tie a big red holiday bow on our September/October issue, which uploads to the printer this week, and that's gotten me thinking about the jewelry that's trending this season With the help of my jewelry-savvy colleagues at JCK, I've put together a primer on the key trends that we expect to be in vogue this holiday They haven't slowed down, nor has the style began to curdle, as so many flash-in-the-pan trends can.

The malachite earrings by Brazilian designer Yael Sonia shown below demonstrate how well hard stones pair with yellow gold In JCK's January/February 2018 issue, All That Glitters blogger and frequent contributor Amy Elliott cited blue-green gems as one of the year's defining trends In May, the trend forecasting agency WGSN came out with its 2020 color predictions-besides naming Neo Mint as the color of that year, the agency included the nifty graphic below showing how Purist Blue will evolve.

Top: Blue Heart pendant in 18k rose gold with sodalite and emerald, $2800; nanafink.com. . Source