Matching jewellery sets for women

Stainless steel, gold-toned or silver-toned

The metal is the one thing every set here has in common. Most come in a gold tone, a handful in a silver one. Pick the finish first, because it has to work with the rings and watch you already wear.

What comes in a jewellery set

Each set pairs a necklace with earrings that carry the same design: a heart, a butterfly, a mandala, a mosaic medallion or a bow with pearl beads. On some sets a bracelet repeats it. Worn alone, one piece still holds its own.

Two pieces, sometimes three

Check which pieces are included before you order, then look at the chain length. Those two details tell you more about how a set will sit than the photograph does.

Sizes worth checking

Chain lengths sit at around 40 cm on most designs and stretch to 48 cm on one or two. Many add an extender of 3 to 5 cm. Earring fittings are named only when the product page specifies them.

Wearing everything, or just one piece

Where a set runs to three pieces, wearing all of them suits a wedding or an evening out. On an ordinary day the necklace plus one other piece looks much quieter. Chains kept in separate pouches will not tangle.

Build your own pairing instead

Nothing here quite matches what you had in mind? Start with a necklace bought on its own, in whichever colour turns up most often in your wardrobe.

Then bring that colour up towards your face: earrings in the same tone pull a look together even when the shapes have nothing in common.