Style Guides

The Best Chains for Men: 5 Styles Worth Owning

Which chain should you actually buy? These are the five best chains for men, what each is best for, the width to start with and how to wear it, from Cuban to Miami Cuban. 

Coloured Pearls: What Makes Pearls Different Colours?

Not every pearl is white. Pearls grow naturally in pink, gold, grey and black, and some colours are dyed. Here's what gives a pearl its colour, and how to tell the difference.

How to Clean Pearls and Care for Them the Right Way

How do you clean pearls without damaging them? A soft cloth does most of the work. Here's how to clean, store and wear real pearls, and the things that ruin them.

How to Tell if Pearls Are Real: 8 Tests, and What Pearls Are Worth

Are your pearls real? Most fakes give themselves away in under a minute. Here are eight simple tests, what fakes are made of, and what real pearls are actually worth.

Men's Jewellery Styles: The Most Popular Looks and Who They Suit

"Jewellery styles" means three different things at once, which is why searching it gets you nowhere. It can mean the look you're going for, the type of piece, or the pattern of links on a chain. He...

The 10 Most Expensive Chains in the World (And What They're Really Worth)

Rick Ross's self-portrait chain tops nearly every list at a reported $1.5 million, and nobody can tell you where that number came from. Lil Jon's is the only one on the list Guinness ever actually ...

How to Clean Earrings: A Step-by-Step Guide

Earrings sit against skin all day, which is why they build up faster than anything else you wear, and why the post and the back are always dirtier than the part you can see. Here's the ten-minute m...

White Gold vs Rose Gold: Which Should You Wear?

Both are the same gold at the same karat. The difference is what they're mixed with, and where the colour actually lives: rose gold's runs through the metal and white gold's sits on top of it as a ...

What's the Difference Between Silver and Sterling Silver?

It's a trick question, and seeing that makes every other silver question easier. Sterling silver IS silver: a grade of it, 92.5% pure, alloyed because pure silver is too soft to wear. Here's why, w...

Silver Plated vs Sterling Silver: How to Tell the Difference

Sterling is silver the whole way through. Plated is a thin coating of it over something else, and in the United States there is no legal minimum for how thin that coating can be. Here's how to tell...