Being a rock star - literally! - couldn't be more stylish. Sumptuous jewel tones were all over the A/W11 catwalks, with the most precious of gems inspiring the most dazzling looks of the season.
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Style story: Jewel tones
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend but rubies, emeralds and sapphires are this season's new fashion faves
- By Lucy Wildman, Fashion Editor, Scene
- Published: 00:01 November 24, 2011
- Image Credit: Grace Paras/ANM
- From left: Maxi dress New Look, Dh125 Green dress River Island, Dh275 Cobalt maxi skirt Iconic, Dh70 Purple jumpsuit Miss Selfridge, Dh320.
Paraded down the runways of virtually every major designer on the planet - at Gucci, Pucci, Lanvin, Haider Ackermann, Jonathan Saunders, Marc Jacobs, Jil Sander, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Versace and more - no precious stone was left unturned.
Amethyst, emerald, citrine, garnet, ruby and sapphire shades make up autumn's essential colour palette and there's a ravishing rock that rolls for every skin tone. Dripping with decadence and wearable day or night, jewel tones are effortlessly right.
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