Gold jewellery 'key to summer fashion'

Gold jewellery is set to play a major part in the summer fashion scene this year, it has been suggested.

According to National Jeweler, designers' spring collections showcased the precious metal in a number of forms.

Large, bold earrings are among the items expected to be popular, with stacked bangles also set to be favoured.

Explaining that many people are likely to be "playful" with gold jewellery, it added: "Designers answered the accessorising question by saying that more is more, piling on the jewellery in a bohemian throw-down of designs of a crafty, organic bent."

Earlier this week, Canada's Financial Post newspaper observed that summer tends to be a particularly popular time for the precious metal.

It stated that demand in India accounts for much of this, as jewellers need to prepare for the wedding and festival season that begins in October and runs until Diwali in November.