Wood jew­elry has an organic tex­ture that looks and feels great when you wear it. And when its stud­ded or paired with gems, well, that just dresses it up while still retain­ing its affa­ble attrac­tion. When replac­ing metal as an arma­ture, wood is unex­pected and offers depth of color, cre­at­ing a sooth­ing back­drop to what­ever else you add to it.

I like the new Ebony Wood col­lec­tion by Angelique de Paris. The embed­ded gems glow and give the jew­elry a laid-back-but-polished appear­ance, rather than a glitzed feel. These offer a nice twist on a clas­sic ban­gle or the lat­est trend, the cock­tail ring.

When you wear an unusual form a of clas­sic it gets noticed right away because it invites the viewer’s eye to ven­ture instead of merely coast. I like see­ing a jewel–or a way of wear­ing one–that changes your perspective

These pieces from the Frank Gehry col­lec­tion for Tiffany & Co. have a strong archi­tec­tural qual­ity that gives a defin­i­tive struc­ture to an over­all appear­ance. They’d work with both a white shirt or strap­less sum­mer dress and look com­pletely dif­fer­ent when worn with either.


The con­tours of the wood and sil­ver ele­ments in the ring ease the sil­hou­ette giv­ing it a fem­i­nine slant with­out using flash, a nice alter­na­tive when you’d rather gleam than glitter.

Sea­man Schepps clas­sic link bracelet in ebony and dia­monds is the dressi­est of this genre, and its impact is imme­di­ate. I love the jux­ta­posi­ton of matte black wood with dia­monds, it’s a gen­er­ous help­ing of lush and sparkle. Dia­mond intense pieces can some­times come off as impos­ing but the ebony soft­ens the hard-edges and just makes the whole thing flow. It’s a lit­tle like the feel­ing you got when you ate your grandmother’s home­made brown­ies on her exquis­ite china. The expe­ri­ence lin­gered in your mem­ory for both its warmth and ele­vated style.