{"id":813,"date":"2014-07-10T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wwww.birkatelyon.com\/blog\/?p=813"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:02:02","slug":"instyle-truly-jewelry-accessories-versatility-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birkatelyon.com\/blog\/instyle-truly-jewelry-accessories-versatility-value\/","title":{"rendered":"InStyle & Truly Jewelry: Accessories, Versatility and Value"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cynthia Sliwa is truly a jewelry and style expert. She is the co-author of the book Jewelry Savvy: What Every Jewelry Wearer Should Know<\/em>. Also, for half a decade she wrote the Jewelry Fashion File blog for JCK Magazine<\/em>, a highly respected source of information on the jewelry industry. Today she runs three websites: The Image Counselor (fashion consultation), Truly Becoming (style for women in their 40s and above) and Truly Jewelry (general jewelry advice).<\/p>\n

Sometimes in her writing, Sliwa discusses information from other publications and provides her point of view. Her commentary is typically conscientious and educated. Rather than simply focusing on hot trends of the current season or year, she offers broadly applicable advice that is reasonably unaltered by the passage of time.<\/p>\n

An example is a 2009 article that detailed a piece from InStyle<\/em> magazine that focused on versatility as a cornerstone of value. The article was centered on clothing, but Sliwa was intrigued by the general thesis of the story: a fashion element that fits numerous purposes is attractive not just from a compatibility perspective, but from a financial perspective too. She took the basic ideas that had been applied to apparel and transposed them to the world of jewelry.<\/p>\n

3 ways to achieve multi-use in jewelry style<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are three basic tactics to infuse your look with versatility:<\/p>\n

1. Reverse<\/em><\/p>\n

InStyle<\/em> featured a photo spread of various garments (such as a red and black tuxedo jacket) that had been turned inside-out, showing that they could display two completely different appearances. As Sliwa notes, reversing has been used in years with jewelry as well. The critical element for reversing in the case of jewelry \u2013 the same as with clothing, really \u2013 is that each side of the item should have an exquisite finish.<\/p>\n

Sliwa suggests two particular methods to achieve reversibility with your accessories, assuming their design is well-suited for these tricks:<\/p>\n