Meet the designers giving jewels of the past a new lease of life

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A post shared by PI London (@pilondon_)The jeweller Bear Brooksbank, based in east London, has noticed a rise in the popularity of chunky yellow-gold vintage jewellery, which she started selling alongside bespoke engagement rings after enough customers asked her to find affordable pieces for birthdays and anniversaries. “People are completely enthralled by the idea of something being antique or vintage,” she says. “The biggest sellers are gold T-bar chains around £300 to £400; I can’t buy them fast enough.

They’re super wearable – you can throw it on and wear it every day, but at the same time it’s a statement.”A similar aesthetic dominates the bestseller lists of many mainstream fashion jewellery brands: bulbous gold hoops and rings,.