Having just come back from two months of spring shows, and about to leave for more spring fashion and design shows, including Coterie, we’re having a good time seeing what colors wholesale buyers are running toward, vs. what trend-spotters are saying.
Buyers are crazy for white this season. Especially white jewelry. The trend-spotters are on-target with predictions for orange, yellow, navy and lilac. But one super-trend they appear to be missing is emerald green, both in fashion and jewelry. We’re so happy to see that this color is back. Dove grey, cement, concrete, and other hues of light grey hopping in the neutrals category, as are nude colors of light pinks and light beigy-browns. Bright turquoise/aqua blue is also a standout color this season in both fashion and jewelry.
Black, everyone’s favorite safety color, never seems to be a bad choice. There’s lots of interesting black jewelry coming out for spring/summer 2012, with both bold and delicate stylizing.
Yellow gold has the edge this season in jewelry trends, far moreso than white gold and silver. Although, silver and white gold jewelry really looks great with the light neutral greys and whites. Pink/rose gold is all over the place. We’ll see more and more of it this year.
Talisman Collection 
Purple is huge this season. The only evidence of the “Cockatoo” and “Margarita” colors we saw was a hybrid of the two in jewelry – Chrysoprase being a very hot stone this season.