The story of Babushka and the Three Kings, a grandmother who meets the wise men on their way to see baby Jesus, inspired jewellery designer Natasha Zinko to create a pair of earrings exclusively for Christmas. The fine jeweller’s designed her Ornament earrings to look like the star that Babushka was searching for on her way to see Christ. Zinko first began making jewellery for her husband and friends, a hobby that quickly developed into a career. She enrolled on a course at Central Saint Martins in jewellery design and has since pushed her line forward at breakneck speed, opening a store in Mayfair only a year ago. Zinko’s earrings are made from white and yellow diamonds, emeralds, rubylites and pearls in 18ct gold and cost £19,540. natashazinko.com

It’s a season for splendour and exuberance, and even jewels tell us seductive tales. Earrings speak louder than neckpieces and assume shapes that beckon you to look longer; be it Armenta’s surrealistic diamond and malachite eye-resembling earrings or Natasha Zinko’s spectacularly decadent memento mori of gold skeleton-shaped earrings complete with diamonds and pearls.

Rings look as though discovered from a Gatsby-era treasure box: from Amrapali’s glamorously geometric tanzanite, diamond and emerald rings to Solange Azagury-Partridge’s delectable art deco treats in the form of gold Real Heart and Hotlips rings. On the other hand, Pomellato’s Tabou and Bahia rose gold rings with blue London topaz and pink sapphires call up an even more fascinating time and place, inviting you to flamboyantly pile them on for a whisper of Sheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights.

If you, however, are looking for the one and only, it is Armenta’s New World ring with central malachite and blue topaz stone, champagne diamonds and peacock tourmaline that can be your precious. If your heart is set on something a little more animated, the sensation of Amrapali’s blue sapphire and diamond-frosted white gold bracelet slithering around your wrist is sure to make your heart jump with joy with every move. But who needs a prince when you can have Annoushka’s brilliant diamond, ruby and green garnet-covered toad on your finger? You won’t have to kiss it; it will be your hand that will demand the kissing.

Nestled in the green valley of Teviot sits Hawick, a small manufacturing town, much like any other in the Scottish Borders. For decades this place has been at the heart of the region dubbed the “home of cashmere”. In its looming mills, the knitting machines are humming still and while mastering the ancient alchemy of cashmere may appear to be the domain of century-old companies, it is in fact drawing young design talent. In Hawick you will find 24 year old Rosie Sugden, designer of a new range of hats, scarves, gloves and socks.

Launched just a year ago, Sugden’s collection takes the hair of a breed of Mongolian goats, via a 200 year old mill and skilled factory workers, to turn it into premium cashmere. Her knits come in eye-popping fluorescents, colours that take careful attention to achieve: “Firstly the yarn has to be purest white. Then it has to be lightly bleached to achieve the best colour base, then gently dyed,” explains the designer. “This is done in the last yarn dye house in the Borders under strict control and is the only way to achieve the brightest of colours.”

Interestingly, it was her father who first introduced her to bustling factories where he worked when she was a child. By “a process of osmosis” she absorbed his love and enthusiasm for cashmere and manufacturing in Scotland. “My collection is a testimony to my passion for quality cashmere and for the industry here on my doorstep,” says Sugden.

And her passion is paying off... Sugden’s range is now at Liberty’s and stocked at online retailer Matches. Prices start at £65. rosiesugden.com