Bridal jewellery

From ancient Greece pearl jewellery was used widely in association with love, romance and weddings, for its beauty and purity. Up until 50 years ago, pearl jewellery was still privileged bridal jewellery reserved for rich and famous people.

Fortunately from about 20 years ago, along with the mass cultivation starting in China, cultured pearls such as fresh water pearls and sea Akoya pearls became much more affordable, hence the beautiful pearl bridal jewellery which can be affordable by more and more brides to enhance their look.

Most of bridal jewellery designers first choice of precious gems is pearls, then diamonds and crystals. Undoubtedly the pearls beautiful lustre can harmonise the sharp sparkle of diamonds and crystals. Bridal jewellery has to fulfill two purposes: to compliment and enhance the bridal dress, and for keepsake. Many bridal jewellery pieces are bought by the bride's mother, the bridesmaids and even the groom as a gift for the bride, in many cases the bridal jewellery offered are valuable and classic, making them a very meaningful keep sake after the wedding. However when the brides come to choose the bridal jewellery themselves they are more concerned with the affordability and the look of the bridal jewellery to match her dress. Lots of them are made by individual designer makers of jewellery, using imitation pearls and Swarovski crystals. To give a more fashionable look, some bridal jewellery creatively use white feather’s to combine with pearls and crystals.

Apart from the traditional white and cream colour schemes, more and more colours are explored by jewellery designers for a colourful wedding. As bridesmaids and brides mothers' outfit’s can be of various colours, so is the bridal jewellery. Beautiful fresh water pearls can naturally come in pink, purple, peach, orange, grey and cream colours, so they are ideal for bridal jewellery for bridesmaids and mothers to match their outfits.

When you are going to buy bridal jewellery, make sure you buy from a renowned designer jewellery brand such as BoBijou, who offers exquisite branded packaging as it makes the whole wedding experience much more special and memorable.