| Up until about the last 5 or 6 years there was usually | | | | These days however, the older more sophisticated |
| no question about which metal your wedding ring | | | | lady is embracing junk jewellery in all its forms. And for |
| would be made of. It was always gold unless you had | | | | junk, just read anything that is not gold, including silver. |
| some kind of allergy to gold, in which case you went | | | | So jewellery collections of both the old and young alike |
| for platinum, if you could afford it, or silver if you | | | | are a fantastic mismatch of a range of colours, |
| couldn't. | | | | precious metals and semi-precious stones. |
| This worked fine because traditionally, younger people | | | | This makes choosing whether to go for a gold |
| wore silver jewellery because it was cheaper and | | | | wedding ring, or a silver or platinum ring much more |
| then progressed to gold once they reached a certain | | | | difficult. |
| age, or got married and had to match up jewellery | | | | Is varied junk jewellery likely to stay? I would say so, |
| with a gold wedding ring. | | | | although not necessarily in the form it is now. I think |
| Moving onto gold was viewed as having achieved a | | | | one thing is for sure, it is unlikely that we will ever go |
| certain level of sophistication. More often than not, your | | | | back to the traditional approach of 'gold is standard in |
| first piece of gold jewellery, if not your wedding ring, | | | | a wedding ring'. |
| would mark a big birthday like 18 or 21 and from that | | | | So for now - why not go for a mixture of both gold |
| point on there was no looking back. | | | | and silver (or platinum). This will blend in better |
| You moved from the silver brigade to the gold brigade | | | | whatever other accessories you wear and there are |
| and never looked backwards - and woe betide | | | | an ever increasing number of styles available in the |
| anyone who dared to mix gold and silver. That was | | | | jewellery market place today. |
| just classed as tacky, or common. | | | | |