Japanese indigo blues – timeless style and simplicity

Japanese indigo blues – timeless style and simplicity

Japanese design with its elegant simplicity and unique style has long been admired and imitated all over the world. Indigo design has been around in Japan since the Edo period (1603-1868) when the ‘lower classes’ were banned from wearing silk and bright colours. With cotton as the only remaining option, indigo dying, known as aizome, made a natural and stylish

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Geometric design – squaring the circle with clean lines for sharp looks

Geometric design – squaring the circle with clean lines for sharp looks

Geometric design has a distinctly metropolitan feel. The Manhattan range consists of necklace, bracelet and two earrings in square section glass and wood beads. Taking its design cue from the urban aesthetic of the most cosmopolitan of cities, New York, this selection is both arty and sophisticated. It is available in a stylish ‘monotone’ version of clear glass, silver, white

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Science inspired jewellery for our changing times

Science inspired jewellery for our changing times

Science inspired jewellery mirrors the current heightened interest in science and research. We are living through unusual times and the quest to find answers to the biggest health challenge of many lifetimes has sparked a new awareness of our scientists and their endeavours. Sophisticated graphics and simulations of microbes and cells are put in front of us on a daily

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Striking scarves – wearable art to create a look.

Striking scarves – wearable art to create a look.

Striking scarves in fabulous colours are a brilliant way to transform a look. Some of our scarves are like small works of art. Dazzling colours, interesting patterns or fine detail make them a feast for the eye. Circus Lumiere featured above is a stunning scarf in joyous multi-colours. The beautiful design is printed on top quality viscose producing clear sharp

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New angles on fashion jewellery – 2 cubed 4 u squared

New angles on fashion jewellery – 2 cubed 4 u squared

New angles on fashion jewellery – this barely describes some of the amazing and unusual geometric metal jewellery in the Fine line collection. Intruiging cubes and rhomboids are cleverly designed in shiny silver and gold square section metal. Illusory optical effects are created by layering and offsetting squares and cubes – making striking but emminently wearable earrings and finger rings.

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Fine-line fashion jewellery – Line it up

Fine-line fashion jewellery – Line it up

Fine-line fashion jewellery is one of Joe Cool’s strongest ranges this season.  The Fine-Line  collection is home to an elegant range of shiny gold and silver metal jewellery which is interesting, abstract or arty. Long, slender rods form unusual earrings and rings. Wire forms make geometric shapes for ears and fingers. Delicate round-section metal winds into gravity defying shapes and yellow or

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Shiny new abstract jewellery-cool curves and geometric forms

Shiny new abstract jewellery-cool curves and geometric forms

Shiny new abstract jewellery in myriad interesting shapes and forms are a key feature for Joe Cool in 2017. Coming into stock soon is a fantastic range of cool curves and unusual geometric styles. Look out for triangular, crescent and square front and back earrings. We have stackable square, 3-d and worked wire rings in matt or shiny metals. Interesting

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