While the understated elegance of dainty jewellery pieces never truly goes out of style, autumn 2025 trends are all about making jewellery personal, playful, and powerful. From heritage inspired brooches to oversized pearls, let’s explore the key looks defining the months ahead.
Cord necklaces reimagined
This year, cord necklaces are taking centre stage, their tactile textures and statement pendants echoing the layered feel of autumn dressing. But this season, they’re far more elevated than the simple versions of the past. Inspired by a ’90s surf aesthetic yet reimagined with luxury details, these pieces feature touches like 14k or 18k gold plating, chunky knots that mimic wave like forms, and colourful cords adorned with playful nautical charms. The result is a look that feels both sculptural and carefree.
Bold, layered and dramatic styles
Necklaces are also shedding their delicate layers in favour of dramatic lengths that fall right to the waistband. Think layers of boho style chains, eye catching pendants, and clusters of charms that come together in that perfectly imperfect way. It’s jewellery with personality a little nostalgic, a little eclectic, and very much in style.
Charms, lockets, and keepsakes
Charms are enjoying a revival, but not in the way you may remember from childhood trinket bracelets. Today’s charms are thoughtful, symbolic pieces designed to tell your story. They’re appearing not only on bracelets but also on necklaces, brooches, and even keychains making them as versatile as they are expressive.
Mini lockets are another trend to watch, offering a contemporary twist on a classic design. These are not costume accessories but modern keepsakes, inviting you to carry photographs or meaningful symbols close to you. The popularity of lockets links directly to the wider heritage movement in jewellery where meaning, memory, and longevity are prized just as much as aesthetics.
Brooches return to the spotlight
Heritage jewellery is firmly in focus this season, and nothing captures that better than the brooch. Oversized brooches are being worn on lapels, pinned to knitwear, or even clipped onto shoes, as seen at the Tory Burch runway show.
Brooches are no longer reserved for formal jackets they’re being reimagined as versatile accessories that can add personality to any look.
The beauty of this trend is its accessibility: you can raid a relative’s jewellery box for vintage treasures or scour charity shops for unique finds before (or instead of) investing in a modern designer piece.
Pearls that command attention
Pearls were big literally! on the catwalks for Spring and Summer and are still here this season. As before, instead of the classic string of pearls, this season continues with oversized, baroque and irregular forms, often set in contemporary designs that play with contrast.
Designers are also creating long, layered necklaces featuring large, misshapen pearls and oversized chains, evoking a fun, stylish chaos!
Mismatched and fringe earrings
Sculptural and mismatched earrings continue this season’s theme of artistry, with bold, architectural shapes that stand out against cosy scarves and high neck jumpers. They’re jewellery as wearable art.
For autumn 2025, fringe earrings are taking centre stage after seasons dominated by delicate hoops. Whether made from sleek metals, beads, or cascading chains, they’re designed to move with you, catching the light and adding energy to your look.
This season, the trend is all about contrast letting these free spirited designs tangle through your hair, brush your shoulders, and bring fluidity against the structure of heavier autumn layers.
Stacking and bombe rings 2025
As we mentioned in an earlier blog, chunky bombe style rings are very much on-trend and here to stay for the foreseeable future.
Ring stacking is also having a moment, giving you permission to layer with abandon. Metals and textures can be mixed, and don’t be afraid to combine sleek modern bands with vintage-inspired designs. The result is a look that feels considered yet effortless, perfect for autumn’s balance between comfort and sophistication.
If you are about to get engaged then please read our blog Engagement ring trends for 2025 for more ideas.
Statement cuffs that shout: “I’m here!”
Statement cuffs are in style, with Louis Vuitton and Chanel both showing bold, architectural bracelets on the runway. And now is the perfect season to experiment with different materials from polished metals and natural wood to gemstones and acetate. Wear one striking piece as a focal point, or layer and mix textures to create a stacked effect that delivers maximum impact.
Colour as self-expression
Both bright, yellow gold and sleek silver metals are on trend for this season. And if you want to mix your metals even better!
For Gemstones, rich jewel tones are making a strong return. From emerald and garnet to amethyst, citrine, and turquoise, these vibrant accents are dominating the runways and adding a sense of drama to the season’s looks.
Sustainability and heirloom appeal
One final trend is that jewellery buyers are increasingly drawn to pieces with lasting value. Designs featuring natural gemstones set in sterling silver or gold carry a timeless quality, offering both meaning and longevity.
Beyond sustainability, there’s a growing desire for jewellery that feels enduring enough to be passed down through generations. Many shoppers are seeking out finely crafted pieces made with precious metals and natural gemstones that will hold both their beauty and their value over time.
Whether it’s a contemporary design intended to become tomorrow’s treasure, a modern twist on a vintage style, or a genuine, antique piece, then heirloom-inspired jewellery speaks to a craving for meaning, longevity, and authenticity in an age of fleeting trends.
Do you love the vintage trend? Then you may enjoy: Buying an engagement ring at auction and Reasons to buy a vintage engagement ring.
Protecting your jewellery
With more people investing in meaningful, heirloom-quality jewellery, protecting these pieces with specialist jewellery insurance may be important to you,
At Assetsure, we can arrange insurance for single jewellery items or entire collections, offering cover against loss, theft, and damage giving you peace of mind.
By keeping your investment safe, you can enjoy wearing your jewellery with confidence knowing it’s financially protected as well as emotionally treasured.
You can read our jewellery insurance FAQs here, including how to insure individual items such as engagement rings or watches or please give us here at Assetsure a call on 0208 0033 190.
