Wearable jewellery from Ava

It’s my birthday a week from today. The guest list has been long finalised, invites sent out, my terrace garden looks lush and green despite the summer heat, the food sampling is over, and the cocktail menu is in place.

But in my walk-in wardrobe, my long slinky number is lying desolate with deliberately mismatched stilettos. Reason: I have nothing to wear them with.

But someone up there loves me. That’s why Ava from Mumbai is hosting an exhibition right here in Bangalore on the weekend before my big day. I had a sneak peek of their treasures — all 22 carat gold, pearls and semi-precious stones — and now I’m spoilt for choice.

Should I go for the aqua-tinted gems strung on an extra long chain of pearl and gold beads — very 1940s — or will it be Victorian, with a gold rose strung on a satin ribbon?

A long, swinging chain of multi-coloured beads, knotted below my waist or if the mood takes me, doubled around my neck? Contemporary Asian chic navratna beads or enamel-inlay pendant with shoulder-duster earrings? Or a pair of jumukees (jhumkas), utterly feminine?

Help me make up my mind, do! Or maybe I should snag one in each style, and save them up for the BFF bash. The art show inauguration. The poolside cocktail. The pre-wedding sangeet.

But then, with these pieces, I am the occasion.

Ava. On May 3 and 4, 11am-6pm. At 9A Rhenius Street, opposite Baldwin Girls Opportunity School, Richmond Town, Bangalore 25. Tel: +919845168641, +919820314233. Prices: Rs 2000-15000.