Geometric Gemstone Trend for Fashion Jewelry

Modern fashion trends lean towards two extremes: bold chunky jewelry and sleek streamlined jewelry. Valina has always tended towards the sleek side of this style spectrum, as do most fine jewelry retailers. The trick in mastering the art of sleek jewelry is understanding how to design the simple in a way that still makes a bold statement. This is where the geometric trend comes into play.

No matter the industry, geometric designs honor and utilize the purity of basic geometric shapes and clean lines. But for a fashionable twist, the shapes are often morphed into longer or more asymmetrical versions of the originals. For jewelry, the modernistic take on this trend originally involved creating designs that primarily featured just the outlines of shapes with polished or diamond embellished gold. By focusing on the shape’s outline, designers utilize the tension and beauty of the negative space inside and outside the frame. This makes the jewelry feel lighter, fresher, and ultimately, more modern. Solid geometric jewelry is also on trend, but these pieces do not emphasize a shape’s true form as strongly as the negative space in hollow designs.

In the past few years, colors were muted, which is why people focused on metal-worked geometric jewelry. For 2020 and 2021, bright colors are reentering the high-fashion sphere. This switch in hue preference has led to a new geometric trend – highlighting geometric shapes through a gemstone’s cut. Following this trend, Valina now offers a much wider variety of Colore fashion jewelry featuring gemstones shaped like triangles, trapezoids, pentagons, octagons, hexagons, kites, baguettes, tapered baguettes, or fusions of multiple shapes like the fantasy cut that looks like half a circle and half a triangle! So, let’s dive a little deeper to fully explore this new geometric gemstone jewelry trend.

Overlapping the Old and New

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CGP768Y-DCT is a perfect first example of a geometric gemstone necklace because this glistening 14K yellow gold pendant combines both the old and the new geometric trends. As for the new trend, at the core of this pendant design is a citrine gemstone that looks like a tapered baguette and emerald cut hybrid. Both gem cuts share similar staircase facets – the difference is that a baguette, like the upper half of this gem, has sharp corners, whereas an emerald cut, like the lower half of this gem, has cut corners. This unconventional and unique geometric shape is then enhanced by the vibrant yellow glow of the citrine’s pigment and the accenting yellow gold setting. As for the old trend, the citrine gem overlaps a sharp-edged, diamond-accented, kite outline. This basic shape creates that magical negative space that lets the overlapping citrine gemstone truly stand out from its background.

By overlapping the old and the new geometric fashion jewelry trends, you get a deeper dimensional design that draws in the eye. The hollow outlines open the negative space, which helps elevate the bright gemstones resting above. Similarly, these layered designs are often asymmetrical, which adds another trendy and intriguing aesthetic to the jewelry. Designers manifested this citrine pendant’s unique asymmetry by tilting the gemstone about 45 degrees. The angled gem contrasts against the kite’s perfect symmetrical frame, but still maintains balance by resting at the kite’s core.

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Alternatively, most geometric gemstone jewelry features the same shape overlapping itself. CGP767Y-DGQ has a triangle gemstone, often referred to as a trilliant cut, layered over the top corner of a triangle frame. Both triangles are tilted 90 degrees in the opposite direction, allowing each shape’s extended tip to connect to the necklace’s chain. This pendant’s asymmetry derives from layering a green quartz triangle gemstone over a diamond-accented triangle outline that is roughly twice as long as the gem. This unconventional, off-balanced pendant design is perfect for someone seeking a youthful and colorful accessory that perfectly accents warm summer clothing and tans. Triangles are also one of the most popular shapes used in geometric fine jewelry because its sharp and identifiable form creates a very edgy-chic look.

Perfect Professional Pendants

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Geometric shapes are the opposite of nature – they are purely inorganic, created by man. However, geometric shapes have been around for centuries, being used to help humanity engineer our society and technology. Geometric shapes are so useful because their structures are clean, precise, and orderly, which are all qualities that also make geometric jewelry a perfect accessory for the professional work environment.

CGP765W-DLBT would be a great necklace to wear to the office: It is small enough that it won’t draw in unwanted attention, even at businesses with strict employee dress codes. It also features a gemstone in the color that represents intellect and professionalism. More precisely, this London blue topaz gemstone is cut to resemble an elongated hexagon. This uniquely thin hexagon is given the illusion of width by the golden diamond frame extending to both its right and left side. The V-shaped negative space between this brilliant gem and its sparkling outline creates that signature light-and-airy feeling unique to geometric jewelry. To transition this necklace for a night out, consider layering more geometric necklaces with it to add extra depth and glam to the look – layering geometric necklaces is a very fashion-forward look. Symmetrical triangle and kite-shaped golden outline pendants would accent the structure of this sparkling hexagon necklace best.

Vintage Gemstone Cuts

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For those who favor vintage fashion, elongated baguette and emerald gemstones are a great choice. These stones are reminiscent of the art deco era. This is why so many vintage engagement rings feature either an emerald cut diamond center stone or accenting baguette diamonds down the shank and around the halo. But here we are talking about fashion jewelry, like CGE163W-DGQ. These earrings feature an elongated emerald-cut green quartz gem that is framed in diamonds. The diamond frame has an extra peak at the top, creating a pentagon-like shape around the quartz. This peak connects to a dangling diamond bar, which adds a playful roaring-20’s swing to the earrings. By combining vibrant green with antique shapes, these earrings will tell the world that you are sophisticated but also have an artsy aesthetic.

Other geometric shapes that create the same retro vibes include oval and cushion-shaped stones that are accented with milgrain and hand engraved detailing. Similarly, combining jewelry featuring these rounder shapes with sharp shapes, like triangles and squares, is also a classic way to create a more vintage-chic look. To accomplish this look, you could layer multiple geometric themed necklaces together or wear two different sets of earrings – the possibilities are only limited by your imagination and jewelry collection.

Pleasing Patterns

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Geometric shapes can create interlocking patterns, which have been scientifically proven to reduce stress and anxiety. Humans are innately drawn to beauty and feel bliss when things perfectly fit together, similar to the relaxing feelings of putting a puzzle together. Ultimately, shapes allow us to create order out of our chaotic world in a way that is also pleasing to the eye. For example, CGR766W-DBT features a unique geometric-inspired pattern down the ring’s shoulders. This pattern mirrors the pointed tips of the kite design on top of the ring, resulting in a stream of V-shapes cascading down the band. This triangular pattern perfectly accents the kite-shaped blue topaz gemstone and the diamond-accented kite outline below the gem. The uniformity between these patterns and shapes creates a feeling of harmony and perfection that we as humans adore. These positive feelings combined with this ring’s beautiful balance of polished gold, vibrant blue, and twinkling diamonds, makes it a perfect everyday ring that will help you get through regular day stressors.

Freshen Up Your Jewelry Collection

These fun and flirty gemstone shapes are unique to fashion jewelry. You will not find an oblong kite or fantasy cut diamond as the center stone or even as an accent of any engagement ring, unless you are willing to pay for a custom design. The bridal realm sticks to the classic gem shapes but with fun fashion jewelry, like our Colore Oro line, you can discover a whole new realm of gemstone cut possibilities that will liven up and freshen up your jewelry collection.