Team silver or team gold?

Today I plan on settling a debate as old as time, silver or gold? It seems to be that people are either one or the other, but what's so bad about being team silver and gold? 

I've been a die-hard silver fan for years and years now, up until recently where I've been trying to experiment with my jewellery a little more. Since purchasing a mixed metal watch, I've found myself gravitating towards gold a little more than I used to. I was pretty anti-gold for a while, and the only reason I think I was is because I'm blonde I feel like blondes suit silver and brunettes suit gold a little better? Maybe that's just my opinion, but I think that's why I've always steered clear of gold. 

I think the key to mixing metals is to be bold and just go for it. Don't overthink it. If you want to wear some silver studs and some gold chunky hoop earrings, then go for it. The thing to remember here is balance, if you're wearing all silver jewellery with just gold hoops, you could end up finding it looking unbalanced. However, if you wear, let's say, two silver bracelets and two gold, your jewellery will look a lot more even and you'll (most likely) prefer the mixed metal look. 

If you don't know whether you'll suit either silver or gold, honestly the best tip I have is to invest in a mixed metal statement piece of jewellery - like my watch I mentioned earlier. It's a good way to push yourself out your normal jewellery comfort-zone without being too much of an extreme change. Once you've got your hands on a killer mixed metal piece, it will be easy to see which metal you prefer, or maybe you decide you love both. 

I would say that one of the easiest places to opt for the mixed metal look is definitely in your ear stack. When stacking your earrings, you might often find that you're choosing one chunky hoop, then keeping the rest of the pieces dainty and simple. What I sometimes like to do is keep my smaller earrings in one colour, usually silver, then add a chunky gold hoop. There just is something about a chunky gold hoop. I can't put my finger on what it is, but it really does transform a look and give it a more 'polished' look in a way that a chunky silver hoop does not. 

Btw - if you're wondering where all the gorgeous jewellery pictured is from, most of it is from Astrid & Miyu!

Things change, people change, and jewellery changes, so to say that someone should be exclusively a 'gold' or 'silver' person is misleading. As we're all (unfortunately) growing older style changes and as does jewellery. You only have to look at me as an example, I was once a silver-or-nothing girl, and now I'm leaning towards weaving gold within my current bracelet and ear stacks. You can be a team golver or sild (those portmanteau's didn't really work did they). My point is, wear what you want to wear, everything can look great if you wear it with enough confidence.