You may not want to grab your fruit bowl and hang it around a chain on your neck just yet, but one the hottest trends emerging this year look like something you might see on the middle of a dining room table. A gold chain is wrapped in beautiful, vibrant stones in various shapes and colors, creating an effect unlike any other. Gold jewelry, always in fashion, has trends that change with the way the world evolves through the seasons. After a tumultuous 2008 around the globe, we can only have hope that 2009 will begin a wonderful new year of love and beauty. The necklaces look like a stunning bouquet of flowers and also like a clear bowl full of smooth, warm stones.

All That Glitters - 2009 Gold Jewelry Trends It is a brand new year, and change has come in so many ways. 2009 is no exception, and there are lots of fun, new looks in gold jewelry to try in the beginning of this new year.

This look can either be paired with a simple pair of gold hoop earrings to let the necklace take center stage, or you can dare.