Sterling silver is an incredibly versatile substance, making it ideal for jewellery. Its strength, lustre and affordability allow designers to create bold and striking silver necklaces, chokers, bracelets, bangles, charms and earrings... With designs ranging from the traditional to the contemporary.

To make the most of Silvers superb lustre and colour designers now work it into different polished states and colours to achieve a wide range of looks. You can choose from the sandblasted rough matte look or oxidized look that comes with chemical blackening or an antique finish with the chemically aged look. Silver jewellery can by shiny, matt, smooth or textured... anything is possible.

It works beautifully with a huge range of gems, semi precious stones and crystals to create beautiful pieces of silver jewellery.

Sterling silver jewellery offers the opportunity to create your own individual style. It can be casual and comfortable, elegant and timeless, dainty or bold. With silver jewellery anything is possible.

Unlike gold, Silvers pure white colour is flattering to all skin tones from blonde to brunette to red head, anyone can wear it. It is timeless & ageless. Silver works as christening gifts for babes in arms, and stylish accessories for glamorous pensioners. Silver reflects light better than any other metal. Worn near the face it throws a luminous reflection onto the face & brightens the eyes.
Silver Jewellery always looks cool and sophisticated. Pieces can be interchanged & mixed and matched for a truly individual looks. Matching silver earrings & silver bracelets can lift a necklace from the everyday into formal evening wear.

Silver pendants are the ultimate fashion accessory. They can be worn on a dainty chain, a leather thong or a silver choker. To really set off an outfit you can hang them from velvet or satin ribbons to match the colour of a favourite top. Stunning. Silver can be combined with a huge variety of gems and semi precious stones to create beautiful, unique pendants.

Silver jewellery works for any occasion, a bold, ethnic necklace for the beach or a dainty necklace & earring for the office. Anything is possible, and with silver jewellery such great value, you can build up a real collection.

Silver Jewellery is the number one accessory with young adults. Sterling silver jewellery offers the versatility that todays stylish teens are looking for at a price they can afford.Silver is also the metal of choice for men. Combined with black leather or rubber for bold necklaces & bracelets, silver can look great on todays modern man.

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Jewelry, is the art of ornamental adornment of the body and nowhere on earth can you find more dedication to the heart and soul of the jewelry design than in Italy. While many countries produce jewelry, few can compare to the rich history of Italy and the passion that Italian people have for beautiful design. In times past, jewelry was used to represent a person’s rank in society, community affiliation or as a sign of the person’s religious choice. This tradition began thousands of years ago in southern Italy, the Etruscans created gold jewelry that has never found an equal.

While gold is ever popular, more Italian jewelry designers are turning to sterling silver to express their creativity, such as Stefani Argento, who manufactures beautiful designs exclusively in .925 sterling silver. In Valenza, the famous Italian city which is the undisputed world leader in jewelry designed with precious stones, you will find them combined in remarkable designs in silver.

Because of its high quality, the sterling silver jewelry of Italian designers is in high demand throughout the world. In fact, Italy is the power center of the European jewelry industry, with silver and gold articles covering 70% of the total production. Each year in Italy 500 tons of fine gold, 1400 of silver and 4 of platinum are processed. There are over 10,000 companies operating in jewelry industry, employing 40,000 people for production.

Italy's history of fine jewelry design and craftsmanship continues today in both classical and contemporary styles. While gold designs are prized for their delicate artistry, in sterling silver the trend is oversized. Today's silver jewelry piece does not go unnoticed, the styles vary from sharp, angular shapes with alternating softer, rounder ones. And the Italian designers are working with many different types of elements, mixing and matching to create unusual results. They are taking sterling silver and combining it with natural, semiprecious stones such as agate, mother-of-pearl, onyx, pink quartz and various shades of rhodonite, as well as transparent plexiglass and the diaphanous, elegant reflections of pearls. The "au natural" designs combine wood with silver. Whether it is geometric, romantic, eclectic or unisex, Italian designers like Giuseppe Zantomio, Monica Traquandi and Pianegonda are taking sterling silver to new heights.

Where to Find Italian Designer Sterling Silver Jewelry

The jewelry-making districts of Italy are legend. You will find many top quality Italian designers with sterling silver jewelry showrooms in Arezzo and Vincenza. In addition, there are many manufacturers offering sterling silver and gold designs in these regions: Veneto (Venice), Toscana (Tuscany), Piedmont, Lombardy and Campania.

The designs you will find produced by these craftsmen honor the long history and tradition high quality of Italian silver jewelry. Italy designers are world renowned as the world leader in jewelry production because of their outstanding technical skills, which accounts for the abundance of jewelry schools in most of the cities of Italy, which hosts thousands of jewelry students from all over the world.

Suneva works as part-time copywriter for SAK Jewelry that offers fine fashion jewelry from Italy featuring natural stones and Swarovski crystals.