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Jewellery Style Update – Summer 2010

June 23, 2010
Posted by David

When the warmer weather arrives, jazzing up your look with stunning accessories can be the perfect way of adapting any outfit and work to inject a sense of personality and character into your summer style. A statement necklace, striking ring or even a simple and chic pair of earrings can effectively add the finishing touch to your look, working in colour, depth and a sense of imagination and creativity.

Here at Shade Station, we have a selection of beautiful and ultra sophisticated jewellery pieces by a range of key designer brands in addition to some more unique brands that have just hit the scene. With the wide array of choices on offer, you are sure to find that perfect piece of jewellery to help define your personal summer style.

First on our list, Amore & Baci jewellery have some extremely fun, elegant, sassy and unique pieces to catch your eye. What is particularly innovative about this brand is that you can create your own personalised bracelet or necklace with the addition of charms that can be purchased separately and whenever you like. Add as many or as few as you wish according to how bold or subtle you prefer your jewellery to be, and this is the perfect way to fuse trend inspired beads with classic ones to create a super eclectic and dynamic piece of jewellery. The feminine and stunning charms within the collection include handbags, hearts, shoes and angels; some in plain silver and others boasting fresh and vibrant colour tones, patterns and the incorporation of diamante stones for the added glam factor! Large cocktail or statement rings are the perfect way to add instant glamour to your outfit and create a polished and sophisticated edge to your look; Amore & Baci also have an incredible cocktail ring collection that will leave every glamour loving fashionista swooning!

Calvin Klein is an exciting new brand addition to Shade Station and the range of Calvin Klein jewellery perfectly depicts all the design elements that Klein is passionate about and famous for incorporating into his work. Experimenting with dimension, shape and definition, the collection comprises of necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings; all of which possess a contemporary quality and are simple but striking, bold and statement. The majority of the collection is manufactured using silver stainless steel but Klein has worked expressive colour tones into the jewellery with touches of royal blue, pink and white to add depth and visual quality. Diamante stones are also featured in some pieces for an elegant and glamorous finish.

Combining boho style with the tribal trend that is prominent this summer, Roberto Cavalli jewellery is the perfect way to channel these key looks into your everyday style. With tusk style charm features on leather thong necklaces, gold chain charm bracelets, key shaped pendants, and the use of turquoise tones entwined with gold and silver, each piece of Roberto Cavalli jewellery has an exquisite and incredibly stylish finish and is perfect for working summer inspired, exotic colour into your look. The jewellery is fashionably chunky but incorporates delicate features to balance and soften each piece and make it statement but wonderfully feminine and demure.

D&G jewellery has introduced some new pieces into its collection this summer comprising of beautiful heart charm themed necklaces, bracelets and earrings; all displaying the D&G logo upon the heart charm. The edgy ladies OK Corral range which with its chunky chain ID style bracelet and black leather bracelet for example, is slightly masculine but looks incredible when contrasted with a feminine outfit, adding depth and creativity to your look.

Diesel jewellery, Fossil jewellery and Police jewellery also have a selection of new edgy and statement pieces for summer with all three brands experimenting with texture and shape including an oval link dog tag pendant necklace from Diesel and an elegant but dynamic open circular link bracelet from Fossil. Police has a selection of rugged but sleek dog tag pendant necklaces for men and striking weaved leather bracelets complete with the Police logo displayed on a metal section positioned at the front of the bracelet. The ideal option for ultra masculine and timelessly stylish pieces for the guys!

Guess jewellery has some wonderfully striking additions to its summer collection with a number of trendy, glitzy and feminine charms including a 4 leaf clover, a handbag, a lipstick and a strawberry to name only a few. These charms can be added onto the unique Guess charm bracelet which comes beautifully packaged in a creatively designed Guess box. Charm bracelets are a huge jewellery trend for summer 2010 and make the perfect statement piece, and the Guess charm bracelets convey a girly but sophisticated and ultra chic style. Other new pieces by Guess include chunky chain necklaces displaying a diamante embellished Guess logo and pretty heart shaped Guess charms incorporated onto earrings, necklaces and bracelets.

Of course, the major tend for summer 2010 is colour and our next brand Venus Beads jewellery features a selection of stunning boho inspired beaded bracelets boasting exquisite and vibrant colours and patterns for a striking effect. Colours such as turquoise, pink, red, blue, violet and black are incorporated into the bracelets and charm features are also positioned between the beads in some designs for an ultra trendy look. You can either wear two or three bracelets stacked up the wrist or go for an individual bracelet which will add just the right pop of colour to complete your summer style!

Other brands include the urban street inspired Black Dice jewellery with some highly statement and chunky silver stainless steel rings and dog tag style necklaces, whilst in direct contrast, a selection of feminine, elegant, colourful and boho inspired pieces of jewellery by CC Skye jewellery and Miss Sixty Jewellery.

It is incredible just how versatile a single piece of jewellery can be and when you find the perfect necklace, bracelet or pair of earrings, it can instantly add elegance, colour, sparkle or edginess to your look and the perfect way to update your summer wardrobe in one hit!

Make sure you keep up to date with our Shade Station style blog which provides updates on new jewellery brands in stock and key styles to look out for, as seen on the celebs and your favourite style icons! You can also follow us on Twitter @shadestation for daily style and stock updates.

From all of us here at Shade Station, we wish you a happy and stylish summer!



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Style Update – Summer 2010


Posted by David

Summer is finally here and what a great excuse to add a pair of sunglasses, a chic watch, a statement piece of jewellery or an accessory to your look to compliment your summer style! Yes, here at Shade Station we have more brands and styles than ever before for you to browse and enjoy.

Whilst many of us don’t have the opportunity or budget to completely update our wardrobe each season, the simple use of a glamorous pair of sunglasses, a uniquely styled watch or a statement piece of jewellery can completely transform and update your outfit, bringing it to the forefront of fashion and injecting hints of those key trends making you every inch the style icon!

So let’s take a look at what’s in the offering from Shade Station for the summer season. Sunglasses are certainly the most popular type of accessory in the summer months – for the obvious reason of protecting the eyes from UV rays, and also to inject a certain edge to your look. Any fashion lover will know that sporty chic or sports luxe is a huge key trend of the moment and a pair of sporty but fashionable sunglasses can make for an incredible accessory investment.

 New to Shade Station, we have Adidas sunglasses with their collection of sporty, slick, sharp and super trendy sunglasses for men and women in a range of frame designs, combining high quality and flawless style with affordability. Arnette is one of our recent brand additions to Shade Station and are the ultimate sporting sunglasses with a strong attitude and sleek looks. Revo is a further sunglasses brand that has greatly impressed us with their range of chic yet fierce sunglasses which incorporate highly superior and functional polarized lenses for maximum eye protection and visual clarity. Prada Sport sunglasses are also on our sporty style radar this summer and the styles within this collection all feature the distinctive red line Prada Sport logo and are perfect for use during sports or for someone who enjoys and on-the-go lifestyle and also wants to look polished and stylish! Of course, Oakley is still one of our most popular sunglasses brands, renowned for their superior use of technical innovation, sharp style and intense attitude whereby only the very best is good enough. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest Oakley styles.

For those of you who like your sunglasses to portray the essence of glamour, elegance and sophistication, look no further than brands including the super sought after and luxurious Chanel. Chanel sunglasses feature exquisite design elements such as stunning hinge detailing, ultra feminine oversized frames in addition to a variety of other frame styles to choose from and are a lifetime investment. BVLGARI, Tom Ford, D&G and Fendi sunglasses are also perfect for all of you glamazons and we are also very excited to have recently announced the arrival of Jee Vice sunglasses; as seen in Sex and the City 2, and MDG sunglasses; the product of the Madonna and Dolce and Gabbana collaboration. Both of these new brands offer the ultimate in feminine and striking glamour and are designed to make a real style statement!

Summer 2010 is all about bold colour in the form of bright neons in addition to more understated pastel tones, so why not take the opportunity to have some fun with fashion and inject some vibrancy into your look! Many of the brands mentioned above have used colour as inspiration behind their latest styles and let’s not forget the range of eclectic Pucci sunglasses and the timelessly stylish Ray-Ban sunglasses who continue to surprise us every year with new colours and patterns incorporated into a variety of the key and classic designs. There are also a whole host of brand new Ray-Ban styles just launched so be sure to check the Ray-Ban page.

Our dedicated sunglasses page lists each and every brand aside from the ones listed above so make sure you take a look at the entire selection!

Watches aside from providing value in terms of function are actually one of the most fashionable accessories, constantly focused on in the style pages and trend blogs and can definitely add a sense of unique personality to your style. One of the prominent watch looks for summer 2010 is colour, texture and pattern and there are an incredible range of brands for you to choose from to fulfil this particular style. Adidas watches, LTD Watches, Diesel watches and Nixon watches all superbly capture the element of colour with an amalgamation of vibrant tones featured in their numerous watch styles. Some possess a sporty edge, others combine sport appeal with the high trend factor and some designs also feature a strong hint of retro appeal for a fun and style savvy finish that also conveys a playful attitude towards fashion.

Watches featuring polycarbonate bracelet straps are a major key look this summer and are often seen worn by the celebs and teamed with gold or silver jewellery for a contrasting edge to the look. The Michael Kors watches and Guess watches collections boast a fine selection of colourful watches with polycarbonate straps – the white versions in particular are perfect for a fresh and trend focused summer style and the addition of rose gold cases and diamante embellishments on the dial and/or the bezel add just the right sprinkling of the glam factor! 

Juicy Couture is an exciting new watch brand to hit our shelves and is also a hot favourite among the style icons in sunny LA! Juicy Couture watches comprise of a selection of wonderfully feminine styles with colourful and vibrant polycarbonate and leather straps, charm embellished and delicately detailed dials, and bold, statement designs typical of the overall Juicy Couture style. Perfect for making a real style statement, Juicy Couture watches are perfect for every style princess!

Other brands in the offering include the British Ted Baker and street style inspired Bench, the luxurious and glamorous but masculine Marc Ecko watches, Ed Hardy watches with some incredibly vibrant and striking new styles boasting tattoo art dials and straps with intricate detailing, and the innovative Philippe Starck watches for something a little different from the norm! Ingersoll watches are perfect for those of you who favour the traditional aesthetic of a watch but are seeking one that integrates modern technology and functionality, Ducati watches for all you motor enthusiasts, Firetrap, the sporty Nike, Tokyo Flash watches for unleashing your inner geek and Animal, Police, Superdry, ultra fashionable and high quality Fossil watches and Zodiac watches to name only a few more. Make sure you take a look at our dedicated watch page which lists each and every brand we stock.

We were also proud to recently unveil or new Elite watch section which provides an array of finely chosen brands and watches that are designed for investment purposes and feature exceptional technical innovation, the incorporation of only the highest and rarest materials and all boast superior and flawless construction. The Elite brands carefully selected to be featured in this section include TechnoMarine watches, Perrelet watches, U-Boat watches, Welder watches, Versace watches and Meccaniche Veloci watches. Designed for people who maintain a passion for watches, some brands focus on a luxurious, refined and highly desirable aesthetic and others create their selection of watches with intense function in mind such as U-Boat watches and Meccaniche Veloci watches. That said, each watch within the Elite section can be described as a design and technical masterpiece so make sure you take a look at the Elite watch section to read about these ultra high end brands in greater depth.

Once we begin to enjoy the warmer weather, this often provides inspiration and a more care-free attitude towards experimenting with accessories to adapt and spice up our summer style. It is amazing how one look can be transformed into a number of different ones with additions of various pieces of jewellery – avoiding the need for a complete wardrobe overhaul every year! Bold and statement jewellery is currently a key trend this season, with statement pieces seen on the catwalks and the High Street and used to add depth, colour and creativity to your personal look.

Amore & Baci have some extremely fun, elegant, sassy and unique pieces within their jewellery collection. What is particularly innovative about this brand is that you can create your own personalised bracelet or necklace with the addition of cute, feminine, striking and sophisticated Amore & Baci charms – add as many or as few as you wish whenever you like. The brand also features a selection of super glamorous and statement cocktail rings boasting exquisite colours, patterns and diamante embellishments.

Guess has some wonderful summer inspired new additions to their jewellery range and have especially homed in on the feminine and cute charm bracelet trend which is huge for summer 2010. You can purchase the unique Guess bracelet and add as many or as little charms as you wish, ranging from strawberries, shoes, four leaf clovers and even lipsticks! Diamante embellished and logo emblazoned silver pieces are common within the Guess jewellery collection and this brand is perfect for every girly girl who likes to be ultra feminine but still convey a sophisticated and style savvy attitude to her look!

Venus Beads have some gorgeous boho chic style beaded bracelets incorporating vibrant colours such as turquoise, pink, red, blue violet and black. Wear two or three stacked for a high fashion look or go for an individual bracelet to add an effective pop of colour!

Other jewellery brands include the urban street inspired Black Dice, the statement and edgy Police and Diesel and a selection of feminine, elegant, colourful and boho inspired jewellery pieces by CC Skye and Miss Sixty.

So that provides the summer round up of sunglasses, watches and jewellery and don’t forget to also check out our fabulous range of goggles and lifestyle accessories by brands including Oakley, Dragon, Adidas, Electric, Von Zipper and East Pak.

As well as a whole host of fantastic products, we promise to keep you updated with new brand additions and styles as well as celebrity and designer news and gossip in our daily updated Style Blog. We also have a Twitter page, whereby you can follow us @shadestation for instant and regular Shade Station tweets.

We make it our top priority to provide you with as many renowned designer sunglasses brands, watch brands and products as possible, in addition to the lesser known and unique ones that have just hit the style scene. We aim to cater for a range of style personalities and budgets and can ensure that each and every brand is also stocked at Shade Station due to its notorious and proven high quality. We believe that everyone has a unique sense of fashion and the huge array of accessories in the offering therefore allows you to create a bespoke look to your summer style.

We hope you enjoy browsing our collections and from all of us here at Shade Station, we wish you a happy and stylish summer!



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Jewellery Style Update – Spring 2010

February 17, 2010
Posted by David

 

Jewellery is a simple but incredibly effective way of instantly bringing an outfit to life. A great bracelet, statement necklace or an edgy pair of earrings can make your look relevant to current trends and really inject a sense of personality and character into your style. As summer is also on the way, this provides a great opportunity to really experiment with the different jewellery options and add colour, depth and a sense of imagination to your look.

Here at Shade Station, we have a selection of beautiful, cool, timeless and edgy styles to look out for by key designer brands. One massive trend for spring/summer 2010 is colour and when the sun is shining, a splash of colour is the perfect way to lift our appearance and mood. One of our fabulous new brands to look out for is Venus Beads which have some gorgeous boho chic style beaded bracelets incorporating vibrant colours such as turquoise, pink, red, blue violet and black. If feminine is your thing, look no further that Venus Beads with their wonderfully intricate patterned beads and subtle charms. Wear two or three stacked for a high fashion look or an individual bracelet will add just the right pop of colour to inject vibrancy into your look.

Amore & Baci beads are a further key brand and have some extremely fun, elegant, flirty and unique pieces to catch your eye. What is great about this brand is that you can create your own unique bracelet or necklace with the addition of charms – add as many or as few as you wish according to how bold or subtle you like to be. Cool charms within the collection include handbags, shoes and angels. Large cocktail or statement rings are the perfect way to add instant glamour and instantly make you feel more polished and sophisticated. Amore & Baci have an incredible ring collection which will continue to look great season after season and incorporate stunning colours such as turquoise, pink, blue, red, green and cream as well as beautiful patterns and the addition of diamante stones.

Guess Jewellery has also introduced a stunning collection of jewellery including earrings, charm bracelets and necklaces and colourful leather cuff bracelets for an edgy but feminine look. Guess is renowned for sparkle and glitz and common aesthetic features throughout the jewellery range includes diamante embellished fun and flirty charms and logos. Perfect if you like your jewellery to represent a girly but sophisticated and chic style.

Combining boho style with tribal, Roberto Cavalli Jewellery captures these trends perfectly with tusk style charms features on leather thong necklaces, gold chain charm bracelets, key shaped pendants, and turquoise tones entwined with gold and silver tones. The jewellery tends to boast a chunky style aesthetic, but incorporates delicate features to balance and soften the look and make it statement but wonderfully feminine and demure.

We also have some new street inspired pieces from Black Dice Jewellery with a selection of cutting edge rings and dog tag style necklaces for men and ladies and Diesel Jewellery, Police Jewellery and D&G Jewellery have also perfectly combined edgy with striking. CC Skye (a favourite of boho Queen Nicole Ritchie) also have some beautifully feminine and statement jewellery as do Miss Sixty. DKNY Jewellery is also a firm favourite with its cutting edge and strong but ultra chic range of necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings with charm features and pretty diamante embellishments for the added glam factor.

Make sure you keep your eye on our style blog which provides updates on new brands in stock and key styles to look out for, as seen on the celebs. The perfect item of jewellery can make you feel incredibly special and is a great way of injecting an element of colour, sparkle, edginess or elegance into your summer look.



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Striking Diesel Jewellery

December 4, 2009
Posted by David

If you’re a fan of delicate silver or gold, sparkling gems and baubles or beads then we’re guessing Diesel jewellery probably isn’t for you. Comprised largely of large rubber bracelets in black, necklaces that bear a resemblance to dog tags, chunky silver rings and bracelets – the Diesel collection is worlds apart from the jewellery you would usually see on the shelves of your local dealer. Just like their cult denim and urban clotheswear, their jewellery and watches follow the particular design that has made the label the global phenomenon it is today.

Fans of Diesel include David Beckham and Kanye West, both international superstars who have the money to buy incredibly expensive clothes yet choose to wear the Italian brand due to the quality of the fabric and their cool edgy designs. Since the late Seventies Diesel have been captivating the ‘youth’ market with original clothes designs and now with the introduction of watches and jewellery they are expanding into a real lifestyle brand.

Shade Station stock a neat, capsule range of Diesel Jewellery which will particularly appeal to fans of the label, but also to those who enjoy accessorising in a bold and blatant fashion. Silver and black reign supreme in the Diesel jewellery collection and the simple Diesel logo is stamped or incorporated into the design to create a feature of it, in almost every piece. So if you like everyone to know exactly what labels you’re in to, then Diesel jewellery is the perfect way to accessorise! Although their jewellery is not cheap, it is certainly more affordable than their jeans and luckily for you Shade Station has a sale on and we’ve dropped the price of Diesel jewellery just in time for the Christmas rush!



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Be Daring in Diesel. Diesel Jewellery.

January 16, 2009
Posted by David

Since founded in 1978 by Italian designer Renzo Rosso, Diesel has become one of the most fashionable, urban, cool and desirable brands out there. The label originally manufactured jeans but as the popularity grew, it branched into the word of accessories and jewellery; creating unique and dynamic pieces that are hugely popular among the most fashionable trend setters.

If you are looking to find a piece of jewellery that has statement style written all over it (quite literally), look no further than the Diesel range. The collection is mainly unisex so I wouldn’t describe the pieces as……feminine – the styles tend to be a little more street and urban style and guaranteed to get noticed. The Diesel rings are popular with a stainless steel band with the brand logo wrapped around – very funky indeed! The Diesel dog tag necklaces completely depict urban style and create an edgy look to the plainest of outfits.

Diesel has managed to establish itself in the fashion market as a high end, desirable brand appealing to those people with a taste for high fashion, but the price also reflects it is attainable to everyone. Many of the jewellery pieces are of a reasonable price but you still know that you are investing in something extremely cool that will never go out of fashion. Diesel is one of those classic brands that sets its own trends as opposed to following in the footsteps of others. Buy a Diesel cuff bracelet today and the chances are it will still be adorning your wrist and receiving compliments in 5 years time.

Diesel Jewellery is fast becoming one of the coolest jewellery brands around and portrays ultimate self confidence in your style. If you’re looking for an unusual eye catching piece, Diesel Jewellery items are certainly the must have and best of all, most of the pieces are for both men and women so you can even steal it from your other half and still look stylish!

 

Click here to visit our Diesel Jewellery section



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30 Years of Diesel. Diesel watches and Diesel Jewellery.

October 29, 2008
Posted by David

Diesel was once renowned as a fashion brand which specialised in denim, but over recent years the label is now not only popular for its cool range of jeans but also its accessories; particularly watches. The creator of Diesel is Italian fashion designer Renzo Rosso who founded the company in 1978. Rosso’s aim was to design pieces that were unique and completely different from the common trends of fashion within that era and would continue to question fashion tradition in the future. Therefore his creative team were encouraged to be as daring as they liked, and the end products resulted in clothes and accessories that are an expression of individual style.

We all know that Diesel jeans are still a firm favourite today with their edgy look and great fit, and the same can also be said for their watches which are one of the best quality range of timepieces you could invest in. If you are looking for a purely classic style, this may not be the range for you, but what you will certainly find is a fantastic selection of watches that give you the ability to express yourself and really make a style statement. If you are after a watch with a strap or perhaps a more elegant style bracelet, Diesel watches appeal to every age and taste. For the more ‘techy’ fashion fans among us who prefer watches with a futuristic twist, the Diesel DZ9024 model is perfect and has a funky design with a multi display. We all like to feel that we are buying something on trend yet still unique to our own style. Diesel has depicted that statement perfectly and as a result, their watches will never look dated or ‘out of fashion’.

Having recently celebrated its 30th birthday this month, Diesel went all out and held parties in 17 cities around the world. Celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Ronson and Supergrass who are fans of the brand were in attendance and this significant birthday proves that Diesel has become one of the most influential and fashionable brands the world has ever seen……and is only becoming stronger with age.

Click here to visit our Diesel Watches section



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