Here's to Hoops!

Hoops have always been my most favourite piece of jewellery. I've probably designed hundreds of different types of hoops over the years.

We've had more pictures of hoops in the glossy mags than any other item of jewellery. Here are some of my favorite shots from over the years-

Lily Donaldson wearing the ever-popular Toro Hoops
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Vintage Hoops from the 90s

Dinny Hall Signature Hoops

Lilly Allen, who is often spotted wearing DH jewellery, in the gold signature hoops

Here is our beautiful model Christina wearing Toro and sitting on a bath in my cousin's fabulous hotel Rushton Hall Hotel in Northamptonshire. Check out the Alexander McQueen shoes, chosen especially to match the marble floor!

To celebrate the continued success of the Toro collection we would like to offer our customers a 25% discount on our Toro Oval Hoops in sterling silver. Available for three weeks only (until 21st September), buy in store or online.

Dinny Hall's Vintage Jewellery- Looking Back

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We've got several of these giant beaded necklaces with tassels adorning the walls in our Head Office at Westbourne Grove (see right), but they were once draped around the necks of famous models on the catwalk in the late eighties, when Dinny created catwalk collections for the amazing Rifat Ozbek. You can see below how they were piled up to make real impact on his vivid creations.

If you look back at older posts you can see another collection Dinny made for Rifat Ozbek out of bold star and moon shapes.

Dinny Hall's Vintage Jewellery- Looking Back

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This photograph was shot by the wonderful Peter Lindbergh for Italian Vogue in 1986 and features Dinny's tasseled earrings. She'd only just graduated but was already getting lots of media attention for her bold, cutting-edge designs.

Dinny Hall's Vintage Jewellery- Looking Back

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Looking at her recent designs Dinny recalls how she still uses the same shapes she was inspired by when first starting out as a jeweller in the mid-eighties. Over the next few weeks we will be blogging some of Dinny's vintage designs over the last 28 years, from her detailed ethnic designs to her bold, statement catwalk jewellery, looking at ho.

Inspired by formal pattern and architectural shapes from the far east, these pieces from the Alhambra collection, set with garnets and tourmalines, were sold to Liberty of London all those years ago. Here are two interpretations of how her jewellery was used in photo shoots- you can see how well they went with the new romantic eighties look!

Re-introducing the Almond Briolette collection

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The briolette cut is originally a pear shaped gemstone cut with multiple triangular facets- it is usually suspended rather than set, so best suited to earrings or pendants.

First cut about 80 years ago India or then 'Persia' this cut was made popular in Victorian times. The most precious briolette is the Smithsonian- a 275 ct 55g diamond presented by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1811 to his Empress consort Marie Louise (his tart on the side!).

In her 'Hollywood' collection 10 years ago Dinny resurrected this great cut, re-designing it into her own cut the 'Almond Cut'.