Golden Girl.
Being of Indian descent, accessorizing every outfit with jewelry is equivalent to having a wardrobe of coats when you live in the Northeast. Particularly, accessorizing with real gold jewelry (silver is usually saved for costume jewelry). Growing up, my sister and I both wore beautiful real gold chains, with a Hindu God on the pendant. It was equal parts expected of us and sentimental because it was gifted to us by our grandparents, who passed away when we were teenagers. We had tiny gold hoops that we never removed, that we got from our parents when we first got our ears pierced.
Then when I got to college, I felt that my ‘fobby’ gold jewelry did not match my cool beachy California girl vibe (I went to UCLA) that I was looking to channel and I removed all of it, after which my mom promptly put it all in a safe in the bank for safekeeping. Fast forward to when I got married to my Gujurati Boy, and nearly all of my wedding presents from my in-laws were real gold jewelry sets (its something of a custom in the Gujurati subculture). I also promptly put it all in a safe in the bank for safekeeping (after muttering to myself that I wish they could’ve just given us cash to put towards the next gen Nespresso machine we had been eyeing for our apartment).
Fast forward again, and suddenly, it seems gold jewelry has made a real resurgence with the fashion set. Some of it real, some of it costume, but all of it easy to wear and the perfect finishing touch on your effortlessly cool look. Here are my essentials/favorites (all are on a nearly daily rotation):
Sophi Buhai Gold vermeil hoop earrings, click here to shop.
And don’t worry, I’ve asked my mom to bring back out all the beautiful gold jewelry we grew up with.
