I would rather go naked....

..then not to wear my jewelry and heels. Here I am not talking about costume jewelry which I used to wear piece at the time over dark dresses to showcase it more while I interned in Showroom Seven where amazingly creative Karen Erickson worked on designing her jewelry.

My lifestyle and work environment has changed significantly with my move back to Europe. From working in a NYC's fashion industry to Croatian office of multinational company consumer goods PR position, my jewelry and the way of dressing transitioned from high fashion to classic preppy Ralph Lauren. With finally settling as being mostly casual, mood and work dependant mix of RL pieces which I wear on my formal work days, up to rock&rollish and warm color silks, satins to finally feminine dresses for the evening. 

All listed, most of the times I wear decorated with my favorite, usually yellow and white gold jewelry pieces most of which are very personal, sometimes spiritual and quite discreet. Each piece has a memory, a story locked inside of it, which comes out with every compliment someone gives me on the account of my interesting jewelry pieces.

Here is my inspirational board for this post.

“For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like you to clap your hands to this one;

 the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!”  

John Lennon

Rings of memories.

There are various symbolisms behind wearing a ring through history. I, myself was curious to learn more about it because I realized that I am emotionally attached to every jewelry piece I have. Each of my jewelry pieces has a story behind it, some evoke happy and some sad memories.

    I have a Swarovski necklace with heart pendant which was thrown into a wall numerous times by me and my ex upon breaking up. I have a turquoise ring which reminds me on flea markets in NYC and laughing so hard with my friends that our jaw was hurting afterwards. I remember a pair of thin silver promise rings which one of my exes and I purchased and then buried in Central Park….for some, at the time romantic reason.

There are so many different symbolic types of rings: mother ring, engagement ring, promise ring, friendship ring, school ring, diamond ring, mood ring, wedding ring…for me the ring was always a matter of emotion more than about diamond carats and its intrinsic value.  

When it comes to styling the rings with my daily outfits I prefer to wear one statement ring rather than a hand full, this way it has a chance to shine, and tell its story….as each of them has one.

How about you lovelies? Are there rings you never take of your finger? What are the stories you can remember about your jewelry?

"The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh."  

~Robert Ludlum~