When projecting the jewelry fashion trends for a new season one needs to look not  at the major designers and fashion houses, but the people themselves I society.  Society is what ultimately dictates the trends to follow.

If one looks at the new fashion trends for 2011, there is a resurgence of the seventies. Neutral by day and bold by night.  Nautical stripes which dominate the outfit with the  added influence of lace and macrame all indicate that society is tired of war and is looking for something more fun and flirty. It is also suggesting in the “less is more” philosophy of the spring trend that people are much more conscious of waste and over indulgence. Green initiatives are more in the forefront than ever and people will be questioning the wisdom of fashion.

This general conservative flair for fun will also be projected in jewelry lines. Mikimoto and his award winning pearls fit in with the idea of classic beauty,simplicity and charm.  While diamonds are and always will be a girl’s best friend, people are going to look at the pearls in new light as a renewable resource.  Mikimoto’s high standards in quality and excellence provide the sense of durability, both quailities important to the new age of sustainable living.

There is likely to be a trend towards high craftsmanship and the use of lost techniques such as the mixing of organic with precious materials.  Mikimoto’s unique and artisitic designed pearls are both organic and precious.  Pearls slide beautifully into the “neutral by day” theme of Spring 2011 but they also come in bold and arresting colors which blend in well with the “bold by night theme”.

There can surely be no doubt that pearls will feature as a mega trend for the second decade of the new millennium.