Diamonds are forever: Here are new jewelry trends in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Jewellery trends are always changing. Some cling to traditional heavy pieces, others like lighter pieces to wear at home and work. With soaring prices of gold, heavy pieces are bought only for weddings.

For those customers who want to invest, coins and gold biscuits with minimum making charges are preferred.

Jewellery Trends

Founder and Designer Tushna Karthikeyan of Taheera’s Fine Jewellery with 16 years of experience in the Jewellery field says, “Our core business consists of customizing Jewellery designs according to the client's preferences while keeping the budget in mind. We use metals like silver, platinum, and gold, pairing them with natural diamonds, colored gemstones, and lab-grown diamonds. With the rise in gold prices, we have made the effort to bring the cost down by providing our customers with Jewellery that can be crafted in 9 karat, 10 karat, and 14 karat along with the regular 18 karat and 22 karat. Lab-grown diamonds have helped in the price as well where the bigger diamonds cost a lot less than their natural counterparts. Customers can now afford to buy bigger diamonds which are at a fraction of the price of mined diamonds.”

Lab-grown Diamonds

All Lab-grown diamonds come with authentic certificates from reputed Jewelry labs in India. The certificate ID is laser inscribed on the girdle of the diamond for any future clarifications that link it to the report given.

Authentication

Keeping the client's interest in mind, most jewelers customize Jewelry with natural diamonds which always come along with authentic certificates. Gold should always be hallmarked with the BIS laser inscription stating the purity of the gold crafted.

Emeralds

Columbian Emeralds were always sought out over the last few centuries but now these gemstones from Zambia have become acclaimed after the Ambani wedding celebrations where huge emeralds were worn by the mother of the bridegroom. Other gemstones like rubies and sapphire are also sought after.

Recycling Jewellery

Most jewelers are also open to using the client's gold to be recycled along with their gemstones. Heavier pieces are also made into smaller, more practical jewelry that can be worn more often.

Men’s jewellery

Rings, bracelets, and necklaces for men have gained in popularity in the last few decades. There are even specialty shops catering only to men.

Platinum Bands

Couples think nothing of splurging on matching rings to show their love.

Valentine’s Day Gifts

For some flowers and chocolates are passé. Light jewelry and watches are often gifted to show the depth of their affection.

Personal Preferences

Sangeeta who lives in Sainikpuri tells us, “I love jewelry. As a small child, I always used to tell my mother seeing her collection of jewelry, ‘Mummy, all this you will give me once I am grown up.’ Diamonds are forever a symbol of love commitment and romance. Of late lab-grown diamonds have come into the market. Lab-grown diamonds are also sustainable since they can be continually produced, while Earth's natural diamond supply is limited. Diamonds made in a lab are of higher quality or so they say. Diamonds made in a lab have fewer defects compared to natural diamonds, resulting in a higher quality but again that’s debatable. I would go with the natural diamonds where they are graded etc. Lab-grown ones don’t have a resale value whereas the natural one does. Today as gold prices are day by day it's best to buy gold and not stone jewellery as later on it becomes a solid asset. I love to wear fashion and silver jewelry too.”

Madhavi Murthy says, “I like jewelry, traditional and light pieces too. I am open to buying lab diamonds in the future for daily wear.”

Silver jewellery

Silver jewelry has gotten more expensive as prices have been soaring of late. It is being used in solar devices too.

One gram gold

Traveling out of town for weddings and functions is fraught with danger as much-loved pieces can get lost or stolen. Many prefer wearing cultured pearls or 1-gram gold or plated jewelry.

Pearls

Hyderabad being the city of pearls has the best choice of pearl jewellery seen anywhere in India. Visitors from other places like to carry pearls back as gifts to themselves or their loved ones.