Summer Is Forever With Jewels Like These

For many, summer has unofficially come to a close. The kids are heading back to school, the stores flaunt the latest fall looks, and the season’s travels now exist among our favorite memories.

But summer is a feeling, and one that can be kept with us throughout the coldest winter days (when they’re needed the most). When we’re dressed head-to-toe in fleecy fashions, we’ll look back and remember the way the sun kissed our bare skin, the feel of the cool water on our feet, the sand between our toes. It’s a good feeling, recalling those memories.

And what is jewelry but a token of special memories, perfectly packaged in a pretty, meaningful design? For those who love summer most, carrying a piece of it wherever they go is a vital thing, made possible by the makings of metal and stone.

A wave frozen in time, set in gold with the blue of the sea, a sparkling sapphire. The calm and peaceful waters of a tropical ocean, seen in the beauty of an opal or tourmaline. Sea creatures depicted in silver and gold, dressed up in diamonds. And a bejeweled postcard of a tropical sunset, forever set in shimmering precious materials.

We will, no doubt, find occasions with which to distract us as the year moves on—autumn leaves, holidays, the first snow. But carrying a bit of summer along for the ride, especially when it looks as good as these jewels do, helps to keep it alive all year long.

Starfish pendant in 14k white gold with 0.75 ct. t.w. diamonds, $2,699; ZDNY & Co.. 

Sailboat necklace in 14k yellow gold with 0.19 ct. t.w. diamonds, $1,045; KC Designs

Wave pendant in 14k yellow gold with 0.35 ct. sapphire and 0.25 ct. t.w. diamonds, $3,240; Alamea Hawaii

Starfish ring, price on request; Tre-Esse

Sweeties collection earrings in sterling silver and18k gold vermeil, $113, Jorge Revilla

Joyce earrings in 18k yellow gold with Boulder opal, blue zircon, tanzanite, and diamonds, $7,730; Lauren K

Ring in sterling silver with petrified opal, $845; Parlé

Travel-inspired compass ring in 18k gold-plated sterling silver with CZ and mother-of-pearl, $219; Ti Sento Milano

Nouvelle Vague ring in 18k white gold with 1.42 ct. zircon and 0.19 ct. t.w. diamonds, $3,600; Laura Gallon

Palm Tree pendant in sterling silver and 22k gold vermeil with blue topaz, $450; Michou

Amuleta anchor medallion pendant in yellow gold with 0.09 ct. t.w. diamonds, $1,375; Vlora