Like most elements of fashion, jewelry trends have a habit of changing at a rapid rate - what’s en vogue one minute can easily be ‘old hat’ the next. The upshot of this, however, is that you do not feel you have to sell off all of your currently ‘out of fashion’ pieces, as a style that has gone out of fashion will likely be back round again some in the near future.

An example of this is ‘big’ items of jewelry, such as chunky bracelets and huge necklaces; which are again finding their way into the winter fashion collections. These types of jewelry have seen many revivals over the years, and it appears that they are back for yet another run.

The reason for this? High-end fashion labels and jewelry collections are becoming increasingly entwined, as more and more top design labels see this as their way into a related market. Even items of fine jewelry are now commonly associated with celebrities and fashion designers - an example being 150 year-old fine jeweler Fairfax and Roberts, who have commissioned 30 year-old Australian designer Michelle Jank to create a bespoke jewelry collection on their behalf.

Michelle has responded by creating a necklace, bracelet and ring set that combines large, chunky shapes in her signature style with 18-carat white gold, diamonds, topaz, citrine, aquamarine and pink tourmaline.

The result of collaborations such as this one has been a wave of jewelry design styles either seeing a return to prominence or taking then limelight for the first time. ‘Big’ jewelry is back with a bang, and we are sure to see much more of it over the coming months.