Trending: Kate Middleton Necklace

Spotted Kate Middleton at her charity visit yesterday wearing very like Freddie & Cinnamon necklace design! Get some Duchess of Cambridge chic feel with Freddie & Cinnamon disc necklace! Either in silver or gold.

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Trending: Modern Military

Trending: Modern Military

Trending: Statement Sweaters

Today my take on a new autumn trend spotted on Net-a-Porter – the statement sweaters. Hope you like it! :)

xxx
Olga

Trending: statement sweaters

Spijkers en Spijkers ready to wear SS13

As Fashion Weeks spreads from New York, to London, Paris, and Milan, I would like to share with you a ready-to-wear collection by Spijkers en Spijkers that I really liked at the London catwalk.

Below are my favourite pieces with colourful geometric prints. Very wearable and feminine line!

You can see the entire collection here.

Hope you like it!
xxx
Olga

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Affordable designer bracelets

During my weekend walk in a trendy part of South-West London I came across lovely quirky boutiques and of course, my little obsession – jewellers. I wanted to share with you some designs I came spotted there and show you why we keep saying that Freddie & Cinnamon is an affordable designer jewellery! I did small research, and here are the results.

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£67 SPARROW CHARM BRACELET by Freddie & Cinnamon
green onyx, 18ct gold vermeil charm

I’m sure you’ve seen our charm bracelets – made of high quality cut gemstones, like green onyx, amethyst, garnet, and black onyx. All friendship bracelets are finished with high quality 18ct gold vermeil charms sparkling with zircons. Their retail price is £67 compared to designer brands I came across for similar type and quality products varying between £135 and £319! Which means we offer between 50% and 80% off the typical designer price tag!

How is that at all possible? We design pieces ourselves and then search for the most cost -effective way to bring them to the market. We deal with jewellers direct and bring them straight to you – no middle mad, no shops, no commission pay aways, no unnecessary overheads!

Have a look for yourself

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£165 GOLD PEACE WRAP BRACELET by Assya London
amethyst, 18ct gold vermeil charm

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£195 HAMSA FRIENDSHIP BRACELET by Astley Clarke
agate, 18ct gold vermeil charm

CATHERINE MICHIELS beaded bracelet

£319 CATHERINE MICHIELS beaded bracelet available at farfetch.com
brown gemstones, silver and crystal charm

Despite being cheap designer jewellery we offer high quality products! How to recognise that?

When it comes to gemstone bracelets, price factors are:

  1. size of beads: the smaller, the more expensive as more stones are needed for one bracelet so it’s more difficult to select stones in the same shade and quality for one jewellery item
  2. the faceted stones are more expensive than plain round stones as involve more labour to prepare
  3. class of stones – their clarity

In the above comparison another thing to watch out for is gold quality and plating type – gold vermeil is a high quality 2.5 micron plating used for lasting effect.

Therefore, even if the below bracelet seems to be similar price range, it is lower quality than the Freddie & Cinnamon one!

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£84 ENAMEL HAMSA HAND TOKEN 6mm GEMSTONE BRACELET available at Dana Levy

So you may keep waiting for discount designer offers until they’re on, or you may come straight to Freddie & Cinnamon anytime you want!

Louis Vuitton & Kusama at Selfridges

After a very popular retrospective exhibition at Tate earlier this year, Kusama is back in London! This time featured in the latest Louis Vuitton collection available exclusively at concept store at Selfridges.

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The collection is colourful, playful, and fun with Kusama polka dot staple as the main theme throughout.

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pictures borrowed from freshness mag.

The video (Spotted at Fashion Soundtrack) is inspired by Kusama’s happenings from the 60′s when she painted participants in dots and filmed their hippy dancing.

I absolutely love it!

hope you do as well
xxx
Olga

How to choose jewellery for the wedding

The wedding season is on, and I came across fun diagram from SimplyBridal.com to help you chose perfect jewellery for the big day!

Following their advice, if you are wearing white or ivory dress, pearls would do the job perfectly (remember, Freddie & Cinnamon has a great selection of pearls :) ) Our sterling silver Love Knot and Knot sets would be a perfect match for a white or off white dress, especially if it’s short-sleeved, or strapless and modest in detail. ;)

Hope you like the chart!

xxx
Olga

matching jewellery flowchart

Iconic wedding dresses

The dress the Duchess of Cambridge wore giving her vows to Prince William is probably the most talked about design for the big day, but there are many other wedding dresses worth a mention. Vogue put together and excellent showcase of iconic designs for the ceremony. You will find there creations made for Kate Middleton, Hollywood stars, and even cartoon princesses :) Below are my favourites besides the Duchess: Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy, Kate Moss, and the statement Vivienne Westwood dress designed for Sarah Jessica Parker in ’Sex and the City‘ movie. You can see the entire selection here.

Hope you like it!

xxx

Olga

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