Cocktail Ring

One ring to rule them all… Yes, if you have a big, flash cocktail ring, you don’t have to wear much other jewellery. Hulking chunks of bling on your hand make your fingers and hands look smaller and more delicate (a lesson from male transvestites!), and their colour and light and raise a basic cocktail dress to another level.

Nina also points out that “faking it is fine”, and it sure is, but just make sure it’s a good quality fake. It doesn’t need to look real, but it shouldn't look like plastic, either. There are a lot of costume cocktail rings out there which look like they came out of Christmas crackers.

Mimco do some lovely things, but I wish they’d introduce a little more colour.

It’s better to go for a semi-precious gemstone like quartz or onyx, or do a little cubic zirconia, than to think that an acrylic copy is going to cut the mustard. Decent stones are not hard to find. You’re sure to find silver and gemstone rings at local markets. Swarovski always do some spectacular silver crystal designs, colourful, sparkly and BIG! I’m currently lusting after their Nirvana rings, in just about any colour.

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