Behind the Scenes with the Garden of Stones collection

After months of design concepts, Lolo & Galago’s signature jewellery collection, Garden of Stones, was created and met with acclaim. Today, we wanted to take you behind the scenes to see how the collection was developed and the thought process behind it. 

An early concept design for the Garden of Stones unique chain rings

All new jewellery collections are started with a design concept with which they must be created to. Our concepts are chosen to embrace fashion, design and style from around the world and in this case, our Garden of Stones collection was designed around the mantra of modern, minimalistic design with clean lines and simple monotone colours being the trend the collection needed to embrace. Such a strong influence was the minimalist aspect of the design that it was initially was crafted under the working title of the ‘Minimalist Collection’. 

Once the designs are finalised, a CAD program is used to test the pieces and ensure they are comfortable to wear and to help make final changes 

Taking this concept, our designers expanded it into a collection focusing purely on stunning, single gemstones that reflected a minimalistic, yet luxurious lifestyle. 
This proved to be a beautiful starting point but it was soon decided that the collection needed defined lines, as in the minimalist style, across the body of the jewellery.

This inspired the two-tone gold colours, one for the jewellery body and one for the stone mounting, that became the signature of the collection. In particular, Lolo & Galago combined both black and rose gold in some pieces for a unique and edgy look. 

Colours were of particular importance for the Garden of Stones collection, as we wanted to create a collection that could be mixed and matched across earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets yet still remain holistic. 

City Fashion Trends – How to Style It

At last the Spring has arrived and not only the weather has got brighter but the the trends around the key cities are beginning to bloom. So at L&G we took a look at the key trends across the continents and at the best way to accessorize the style.

Couture Pattern and Prints - Patterns, Prints and couture are big this season. These styles have been intricately and cleverly incorporated into the spring and summer styles to bring a more textural element to designs and a feminine look. Long necklaces and gemstone statement rings are a perfect way to accessorize.

Collections: Garden of Stones, Stone Age and Candy Rocktail and are a funky pieces of jewellery which will add another dimension to your outfit www.loloandgalago.com

Hot in Paris - On the Paris runways it is all about statement zips, leather gloves, print hats and fringes. These styles work with the Large Statement Rings and Necklaces on our Rising Star, Exotic and Serpentine Collections.

Fringes - The Fringe look will be huge this season and the forthcoming seasons, the style adds an extra dimension and should be dressed with a simple and more elegant design.

Collection: The 1950-Sixty, Shard and Tiger Claw collection work well with the fringe trend www.logoandgalago.com

Bloc Colour - This season there has been an overwhelming use of luxury fabrics, modern dimensional techniques and bloc colour. These styles command dimensional pieces and work well with accessories from the Number 8 and Imperial Collection.

Embroidery and Embellishment - is one of the key developments that has taken all the runways by storm. Beads, sequins and sparkles have all be sewn into designs to add a more detailed level of design to pieces. These designs work well with the L&G Spice Trail and Exotic Glam collections.

New York Style – Geometric, layering and abstract large shapes were a key look in New York with Victoria Beckham leading the way. This look works well with more textural designs. The L&G 1950 Sixty, Mini Ruffles, Fine Collections will add another element to the look.

Written by Rosie May Reddington