Festive Cocktails Inspire the Jewelry and Accessories We’d Love to See at This Year’s Holiday Party

Tie one on.

  • Category
    Eat & Drink, Fashion
  • Produced & styled by
    Kara Mickelson
  • Photographed by
    Shane O’Donnell

Above: Grand Dôme watch with 18K case by Dubey & Schaldenbrand, $53,900; rose gold skeleton Helvetic cufflinks by Tateossian, $470; Medawar Fine Jewelers in Rolling Hills Estates, medawarfinejewelers.com

Navy cashmere jacket, $1,450, French cut shirt, $325; Bespoke by Chase in Manhattan Beach, bespokebychase.com

Recipe courtesy of Barsha, Hermosa Beach

Ruby Rose Mocktail

Serves 1

  • 2 ounces pomegranate juice
  • 2 teaspoons rose water
  • 2 teaspoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons pomegranate molasses
  • 6 drops lemon bitters
  • diamond or decorative ice cubes
  • 3 ounces sparkling water
  • 6 fresh mint leaves, stemmed and torn
  • 1 tablespoon fresh pomegranate seeds
  • ½ teaspoon dried rose petals, optional

Combine the first five ingredients in a pitcher. Stir and pour into a rocks glass over ice. Top with sparkling water. Stir in mint and pomegranate seeds, and garnish with dried rose petals. 


18K rose gold pink sapphire and diamond bypass bracelet, $12,850, 18K rose gold cigar band with pink sapphires and diamonds, $5,850, 18K rose gold pink sapphire scatter set band with satin finish, $2,480; Morgan’s Jewelers in Torrance, morgansjewelers.com

Recipe courtesy of SLAY Manhattan Beach

The JV1 Vesper Martini 

Serves 1

  • 2 ounces gin
  • 1½ ounces vodka
  • ¼ ounce Cocchi Americano

Place all ingredients in a shaker. Shake and pour into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.


14K yellow gold and diamond link satin finish bracelet, $5,450, 14K yellow gold and diamond 2-row connection ring, $2,580, 14K yellow gold and diamond love ring, $1,480; Morgan’s Jewelers in Torrance, morgansjewelers.com

Recipe courtesy of BALEENkitchen, The Portofino Hotel & Marina

Classic Aviation

Serves 1

  • 2 ounces Aviation gin
  • 1½ tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon crème de violette
  • 1 tablespoon Maraschino liqueur (clear)
  • optional garnish: brandied or sour cherry, or lemon twist

Place ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake, strain and serve in a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a brandied cherry or lemon twist.


18K yellow gold and aquamarine ring surrounded with round marquis diamonds, $48,500; Medawar Fine Jewelers in Rolling Hills Estates, medawarfinejewelers.com

Recipe courtesy of The Lobby Bar, Terranea Resort

Beauty & Grace

Serves 1

  • 2 ounces B & B liqueur
  • ½ ounce St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur

Place room-temperature ingredients into a mixing glass. Stir and pour into a brandy snifter or a rocks glass with ice.


18K yellow gold pendant with rough diamonds on an oval link chain, $8,795, 18K yellow gold and old European mixed-cut diamond ring, $16,500, 18K platinum and diamond link band, $4,500, 18K yellow gold and diamond 5-link band, $18,000; Hamilton Butler Jewels in Hermosa Beach, hamiltonbutlerjewels.com

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