Giles Deacon unveils latest H Samuel collection

Giles Deacon’s latest jewellery collection for Signet-owned high street retailer H Samuel has now gone on sale. The range includes designs featuring crystals and sterling silver and locks, keys, hearts and stars feature heavily in the designs.

Deacon’s first collaboration with H Samuel in 2008 was his first eve high street jewellery collection.

At the time, Deacon described his designs by saying: “Jewellery is becoming so much more important in fashion. I think the woman who will wear the collection is fashion conscious with a sense of humour and loves to accessorise her outfits."

Retail prices range from £29.99 for a pair of crystal-studded earrings (pictured) to £69.99 for a sterling silver charm-style bracelet. The collection is on sale now at H Samuel stores.

Clogau Gold creates new heart collection

Brand Clogau Gold has launched a new heart-inspired collection called Close To My Heart. The pendant and set of earrings in the set feature lustrous ribbons of gold that have been twisted into heart shapes and have the Welsh word Cariad engraved on them, which means beloved, sweetheart or darling.

The retail prices for the Close To My Heart collection are £260 for the pendant and £149 for the drop earrings.

Lily Cole evokes otherworldly glamour with Shaun Leane’s Luna

Model of the moment Lily Cole chose jewellery designer of the moment Shaun Leane when she glammed up for the London premiere of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Cole wore black diamond multi-drop earrings from Leane’s Luna collection.

The surreal Luna range is inspired by astronaught Neil Armstrong’s quote “it’s different but it’s pretty out here”. Also in the range is a cocktail ring with a carved centre surrounded by glistening black diamonds that evokes otherworldly glamour.

Leane was crowned Jewellery Designer of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards 2009 in July.

Kabiri hosts Jayce Wong glow-in-the-dark exhibition

At a special launch event at the Kabiri store in Covent Garden, London last night, Jayce Wong showcased her collection of precious jewellery featuring naturally fluorescent gemstones. The range, which uses stones such as rubies and diamonds, was displayed in a blacked out room in the store, lit only with UV lights to highlight the fluorescent properties of the jewellery.

Kabiri will be hosting an exhibition of Wong’s work, entitled A New Stone Age, at the store from now until December 3.

Wong is a classically trained jeweller and gemologist and earned a Bachelor and Master Degree in Jewellery Design at London’s Central Saint Martins. Jayce Wong's opulent jewellery showcases her passion for coloured gemstones and is inspired by the how light affects each piece.

Coloured Rocks revamps website

Online retailer Coloured Rocks has launched a sleek, new-look website somewhat reminiscent of top fashion e-tailer Asos. Top-selling products on the site, which is co-owned by Gems TV founder Steve Bennett, include agate bangles retailing for £19 and its Kama charm collection retailing from £8.

Pictured: Colouredrocks.com

Recognise Alexa's skull necklace?

A friend of mine spotted a picture of Alexa Chung (ignore the becoming expression) wearing a delicate necklace with a skull motif at The Whitney Museum Gala at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. She’d love to know who has designed it but I’m at a loss – any ideas, please comment below!

Pictured: Alexa Chung (Picture from Contactmusic.com)

Watch sales soar in September

Sales of watches in September jumped 30.4% in the UK compared to the previous year, according to analysis conducted by GfK. However this impressive increase only equated to an uplift of 3.4% in terms of value due to a decrease in pricing over the year.

A major driver of the year-on-year sales growth was the strong performance of ladies’ watches. Ladies’ watches were, on average, responsible for 49% of all watches sold. However, this increased to 51% in September, up from 45% in September 2008.

Pricing played a key factor with the average price for a ladies watch in September being the lowest it has been during the duration of GfK’s audit to date at £41, compared to £59 in September 2008.

The number of watches sold at specialist jewellery stores fell in September by 1.8% but value increased 7.4% with average prices rising from £212 to £232.

Elsewhere, average watch prises tumbled. In department stores the average price of watches decreased from £89 to £73 and at general retailers prices slipped from £25 to £18.

Pictured: diamond watch, £46, Coloured Rocks