Gold Jewelry

[willowtree99]

One thing I've noticed over the last few decades is fewer women wearing gold jewelry.

Im not talking high fashion, celebs and catwalk, but ordinary people.

All the women I knew of my granny's age always wore chunky wedding rings, engagement and other dress rings as well as solid earrings, young women would have gold necklaces and earring as gifts for special birthdays.

Now the fashion for wedding rings is slim, you rarely see women in public wearing gold.

Is it a trend thing, that gold is old fashioned/crass, a safety thing where women are worried about wearing valuables in public, a finances thing that gold is more expensive now and money is tighter?

Or am I just in different circles and gold is as popular as ever?

Yabu - gold is as popular as ever
Yanbu - I've noticed this too.

Yellow gold is coming back into fashion, particularly 9ct gold (I work in the trade). Lots of young people buy yellow gold. It is phenomenally expensive now though, so tiny dainty pieces are popular.

My mother had loads of gold chains, rings and earrings.
We sold them all when she died as none of us were interested in wearing them

I think some of it is to do with skin tone - I have olive skin n tan easily due to mixed race DF - I prefer yellow gold over ride or white gold
If there are diamonds I don’t mind the actual stones being set in white gold or platinum but like the shank ot other setting to be yellow

My observation is that women and girls don't wear jewellery nearly as much, gold or not. Except maybe for in their multiple ear piercings. Things change... you don't see stilettos much either, except in the royal family