Sterling silver rings have soared in popularity in the last few years partly because gold prices have reached stratospheric levels and the demand for white metal jewelry at the old gold price points is still there. When the spot price of gold was lurking in the $400 to $600 per oz range one could find inexpensive gold earrings of decent size for $50 to $80 at retail. Now with gold in the $800 – $1000 per oz price range you can be assured that entry level price pints for the simplest pair of white gold earrings will be $180 to $250. White gold jewelry is effectively out of the sweet spot for entry level pricing and now demand has turned its eyes to sterling silver jewelry for items in the $40 to $80 jewelry gift giving range. Silver jewelry designers like David Yurman and John Hardy have always priced their silver jewelry as if it were gold because of their designer cache. Now other silver designers have pushed forward into the lower priced segments of silver jewelry with imaginative designs like Alisa, Jane Basch and others.
Sterling silver rings have introduced high design into women’s jewelry with black and white coloring that delivers up high style in a classy way. Sterling silver earrings and rings have adopted blackened silver and added it to the jewelry palette. Blackened sterling whether done by antiquing or black rhodium has added a fresh new luxe for the white metal in even mundane items like sterling silver toe rings. It has also added texture, edge and verve to previously hum ho styling in items like mens sterling silver rings.
Women have also found that items like blackened sterling silver cz rings, sterling silver wedding rings and sterling silver band rings look quite stunning in combination when yellow gold accents are added. For instance, a dash of yellow gold added to the surface of the ring in the form of pave prongs or design motifs like leaves and dragons adds to the contrast appeal of the ring giving it sophistication and high design without adding too much to the cost. This makes ladies sterling silver rings versatile enough to wear everyday with everything.
The color play with blackened and white silver works with a woman’s wardrobe as well. Blackened sterling stands out against white silver and white silver adds that graphic punch to formal as well as casual black clothing designs from skimpy strap dresses to black denim. High design sterling silver cross rings from Konstantino with intricate detailing and black antiquing makes run of the mill rings sterling look like cheap sterling silver rings.
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