Jewellery and bags..

Not only does Zandra design beautiful pieces of clothing, she also designs jewellery and handbags too. They are also very intricate in their designs and they are each unique and beautiful in their own way. The Zandra Rhodes jewellery includes five separate collections, which are Oriental Whisper collection, Punk Chic Collection, Lovely Lilies collection, Signature collection and Manhattan Lady Collection. Zandra Rhodes has also further more recent jewellery collection created in collaboration with Adele Marie London, called Zandra Rhodes for Adele Marie which launched in August 2011. This collection features iconic pieces of Zandra's early textiles work remade as jewellery.

Zandra Rhodes launched a handbag range made under license by Bluprint in 2010 and has also collaborated to produce a bed linen range and an outdoor clothing range.

Here are some of Rhodes' jewellery collection, I think they are so beautiful, I especially like the black and gold ring and earrings, the 2 contrasting colours is very biba'esque and art deco. The gold bracelet chain is simple and feminine, but really pretty and I love the ZR pendant hanging from it. The end picture of the necklace, earrings and ring is quite oriental, the shape is almost a fan shape and the colours used reflect the cultural theme. 

Zandra has also designed many bags too, these have included:

Each one is very different in its design, they all seem like they have come from a different era. The first handbag looks very delicate and pretty in its design, the bright pink colour is a very good choice as it is very feminine, I also really like the gold embroidery running throughout it, it gives it an oriental theme which seems to be a recurrence throughout Rhodes designs.

The 2nd bag has a Biba feel to it in terms of the rusty gold colour of it, I love the shell design, I haven't seen this shape for a bag before and I think it really works. The diamanté detail at the top adds a nice touch of glam.

The 3rd bag is really interesting in its shape, its almost shaped like a wing. The only colour used is black which is surprising for Rhodes as she usually uses many bright colours throughout her designs.I'd say this bag would be a bag for the catwalk as it is very glam.

The last bag i would say is the most feminine of the 4 due to the jewels placed on it, The colours are quite subtle and girly and i like the tassels hanging from the bag.