Your Jewelry Frame
Just like a good frame draws attention to the picture within it, selecting the appropriate jewelry emphasizes your best features. Earrings draw attention to your face. Necklaces put focus on your face, neck, bust, or even your waist! For those who “talk with their hands”, ring and bracelet selection is very important. As well as emphasizing your best features, your jewelry selection can also draw the eye away from problem areas.| Body Type References | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | Tall Over 5’7” | Average 5’4”-5’7” | Petite under 5’4” | |
| Weight | Slender | Average | Full-figured | |
| Facial Structure | Oval | Round | Angular | Heart-Shaped |
Earrings
The sparkle of gemstones and the sway of dangling earrings draw immediate attention to the face and can either emphasize or de-emphasize different areas. In addition to choosing earrings for your frame, choose earrings that contrast with the shape of your face.Long, dangly earrings are good choices for tall women. Geometric shapes are attractive on full-figured women. Upswept styles, like seashells or wings, make short women look taller and also minimize the thinness of a face or the length of a nose.
For the average frame, earring choices are limited only by hairstyle and facial structure. Small settings get lost under long hair, especially for dark-haired women. Nearly any shape also flatters an oval face, but angular shapes are especially attractive and add definite contrast.
Round buttons and hoops soften the angles in square, rectangular, or very thin faces. Wide styles diminish the length of a rectangular face. Those with heart-shaped faces should look for styles with wide bottoms to soften the look of a pointed chin.
If your face is round, dangling earrings, especially squares, oblongs, and rectangles, detract from the roundness of a round face.
Necklaces
Women of average height and weight, those with oval faces, and thin, tall women can select almost any style of necklace. Necklaces of same-size pearls or gemstones are especially attractive on tall women. Chokers help de-emphasize height.The rectangular face needs jewelry that adds width and disguises its length. Both chokers and U-shaped necklaces reduce the length help break up the angles to flatter the face. These styles also help soften the sharp chin of a triangular or heart-shaped face.
Longer necklaces help lengthen the look of square or round faces. They also add stretch to a short frame when worn below the bust line but above the waist.
For the full-figured, longer styles draw the eye downward elongating your height. Pieces with larger stones and/or thicker chains are also preferable to small, delicate pieces
Bracelets
Wider bracelets are more proportionate for women of average height. Narrow bands and bangles are great choices for petite women. Delicate bracelets make longer arms look gangly. Depending on height, either several narrow bands worn together or a couple of wide bands adds balance to a full figure.Rings
Select rings according to the size and shape of your finger.Long fingers can handle almost any style of ring. However, oval or round settings soften the look of overly thin fingers and wider bands are more flattering than thin ones.
If your fingers are short, measure the area between the knuckle on your hand and the first joint of your finger. Make sure the setting and stone don't extend past the knuckle.
As well as being uncomfortable, rings that cover the knuckle tend to make fingers look shorter. Narrow bands are definitely a better choice for short fingers!
