All the biggest jewellery trends worth knowing about right now, direct from the Couture Show in Las Vegas (AKA ‘the Superbowl of the Jewellery World’). Discover them all below.
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Each year, the Couture Show in Las Vegas brings together a huge array of independent makers, family-owned brands, new designers and established companies together under the roof at the (frankly enormous) Wynn Hotel. It’s where retailers come to shop for the jewels that will adorn their clients in the future, where makers come to show off their latest wares to buyers from all over the world and where lucky press (including us) get a sense of what’s going to be hot in the year ahead.
2026’s edition was no different, with every jeweller showcasing their own response to the ongoing demand for personal, story-telling jewels and the rising costs of precious metals that have rocked the industry over the past 12 months.
Here are the trends we’ve identified that will be on everyone’s lips (and hands, ears, wrists and necks) before we know it.
Movement is everywhere
Twisting, flipping, and dangling elements were seen all over Couture this year, as jewellers offer up precious and entirely grown-up interpretations of fidget spinners. Twirling capsules, tiny lockets that click open and shut, hinged jewels and gem-set fringes adorning all manner of accessories add a pleasingly tactile quality to pieces that can provide a moment of calm, meditative relief and a sense of fun at the same time.
Beads (and tassels) are back
Bold and colourful gemstones are everywhere once again, and none more so than fabulous beaded iterations. Described by one designer as “a means to wear precious stones, but in an everyday, less bling-y way”, these playful, candy-coloured creations are akin to dopamine dressing – just in an elevated form.
Alternatives to gold
Where once designers might have opted for gold chains, leather cords, nylon threads and sleek silver links now adorn designs as the price of gold continues to skyrocket. As the precious metal becomes less and less affordable to makers (and therefore buyers), ingenuity and creativity are being deployed to keep things on the right side of attractive and affordable. That isn’t to say creatives are getting cheaper – softly luxurious leather, polished platinum and even strings of pearls now add an extra dimension to their latest jewels, whilst gold itself is being treated like a precious gemstone in many designs. To quote the founders of OX.NY: “gold is the new diamonds”.
Romantic moonstones and joyful turquoise
Soft, glowing moonstones added a romantic edge to many of Couture’s most covetable designs this year, while the fascination for brightly-hued turquoise that adds a shot of summer cheer to any look shows no sign of slowing down.
Multipurpose and transformable pieces
At a time when every jewel is a carefully considered investment, bracelets that can be linked together to form necklaces, rings that can be worn across multiple fingers and earrings that double up as cufflinks or brooches offer wearers far more styling bang for their buck. French designer Marie Mas, for example, showcased ear climbers with removable gem-set studs, which also doubled as lapel pins.
In addition, a need for jewellers to “transform clients into collectors” means a whole new wave of fabulously fun, collectible jewels is heading to stores soon. Think tiny flowerpot necklaces with interchangeable bejewelled flower stalks, little fairy-shaped pendants with their own minute lantern or watering can accessories (as seen at Hargreaves Stockholm), and a plethora of customisable charms that will have us adding, customising, mixing and matching for months (and years) to come.
Desert diamonds are still having an impact
De Beers’ campaign to re-brand earthy, off-white diamonds in hues from palest champagne to deep orangey-brown as ‘desert diamonds‘ has been hugely successful in the design space, with creatives adding them to deliver their flattering warmth and soulful appearance in a wide range of pieces, from engagement rings to bangles and huggies. In an age of lab-grown and AI, these firmly natural, so-called ‘imperfect’ specimens feel more alluring than ever. One of those jewellery trends that’s set to run and run.
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