HIS and HER Jewelry
Today, I decided to travel again on the Google Highway, and explore what came up when I typed in “His and Her Jewelry”.
I’m not a “match-y” kind of of person. If I were coupled, I don’t think I’d wear matching jewelry with my partner.
I’m not androgynous. I don’t like to were very feminine jewelry myself, although I make a lot of jewelry for women that have “male” elements and sensibilities.
I’ve never designed jewelry for a couple or two partnered people. But I’ve had a lot of customers in the shop who came in looking for jewelry they could both wear, and somehow coordinated or matched.
What are my design options? What should I consider when designing his and her jewelry?
Here are some of the things I found:
TRIBAL HOLLYWOOD
http://www.tribalhollywood.com/StoreFront.bok
Two piece pendants.
Design elements:
Two separate pieces designed as if they originally were one piece, and then cut in half. Each piece is to be worn by 1 partner. Here we have an image cut in half.
Four separate pieces designed with different images, 2 more male or dominant, and 2 more female or recessive. Each pair is to be worn by 1 partner.
Two separate pieces designed as if they fit together like a puzzle. Each piece is to be worn by 1 partner.
One pendant to be worn by each partner. The fish supposedly symbolizes friendship.
REMIST
http://www.remist.com/his-her-couple-necklace.php
Two coordinated pendants.
Design Elements:
Paired designs, one smaller than the other.
Paired designs, one cut out from the other, and smaller.
These ideas are cute, and I’m sure very saleable. But this male dominance/female subordination thing subtly, or not so subtly, going on, makes me a little uncomfortable. I don’t want my partner to be less than I am. But I also want her to be cute. Dilemma. Aesthetics vs. social conscience. And again, I’m not into the matchy-matchy thing.
DH Gate.com
http://www.dhgate.com/
Design elements:
Matchy pieces with engraving on each one.
DiamondVues.com
http://www.diamondvues.com/2008/01/nuts_and_bolts_wedding_rings.html
For some reason, I like these rings. Must be the sexual innuendo.
COOLBABYJEWELRY.COM
http://www.coolbabyjewelry.com/servlet/StoreFront
Design element:
Here we have similar pendants, with the design (the spiral) going in opposite directions — clockwise and counterclockwise.
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