The inspirations behind my fashion jewellery for the spring/summer 2012

Photographs from Paris fashion week courtesy of Vogue.Co.Uk. 

From the Chloe fashion catwalk show.

Photographs from the Paris fashion week courtesy of Stylezza.Com and the corsage cloche photograph courtesy of Monsoon.Co.Uk

From the Ralph Lauren fashion catwalk show.

I was also inspired by the Dior collection, The Dior is memorable because of the use of black in the collection.  White with a dramatic use of black in an outfit to stand out from the crowd but also a black dress with a mosaic detail with this seasons colours was memorable to me.  Chanel with its wonderous backdrop of a sea theme. beautiful music playing to draw mere mortals in to the viewing.  Models dressed in dazzling iridescent dresses with clutch bags designed to resemble shells emerging down the catwalk.

All these inspirations are from the Paris week 2012 spring/summer collections. 

Work in progress - lariat necklace

The lariat necklace i am working on, 5 more strands to go, tis work in progress.  Inspired by the vintage 1920s glamour and featuring the pantone colour of the year tangerine tango.

Designer inspiration from the Paris spring/summer 2012 catwalks

I have been checking out the Paris spring/summer collections for 2012  Loving the florals and floaty fabrics, the watered down shades from 'Chloe, the classic blacks and whites from Dior, Ralph Lauren with the shimmery 1920s twist.  Chanel with the organic under the sea backdrop. And oh, the TangerineTango pantone colour for 2012 is just fabulous.  I have drawn inspirations from these designers and am now in the process of making a lariat necklace using seed beads in shades of tangerine and creamy white with contrasting indigo bugle beads,very shimmery.

A copper pendant I made at silversmith class,  experimenting with shaping and wrapping.  Effect made by a round hammer head.

A siver ring i am currently working on at class.  This is work in progress.  The design was created using the elongated long side of the hammer.