Pretty pastels are a huge fashion trend this season, and candy-coated the look is tinting everything from jeans, to makeup (as depicted in our May issue), to jewelry. This summer, leave your silvers and golds tucked safely away in your jewelry box and try out some sweetly-coloured icing instead.

Breezy & Casual

Accessorize a floaty daytime sundress or classic white tee and linen shorts with one of these feminine, bohemian-vibed pieces.

• Set of painted metal bangles, Aldo, $12.

• Feather and bead necklace with gold-toned metal chains, H&M, $15.

• Feather earrings, Le Chatêau, $10 (currently on sale for $5!)

• Handmade cotton-yarn wrapped gold-plated brass chain bracelet, Madge by Melanie Cheung, an independent Montreal-based designer, $44.

Glimmer & Gloss

No one will notice if you wear the same cocktail dress to every summer wedding you attend if it's customized with one of these shining adornments.

• High-shine enamel bangles, J. Crew, $28 (yellow) and $36 (pink).

• Stone teardrop earrings set in gold-toned metal, Winners, $17 (as seen in our May issue).

• Glass two-tone stone necklace in gold-plated setting, Banana Republic, $74.

• Crystal “Nirvana” ring, Swarovski, $155.