Jewelry at the gym: Everyday glam or accident waiting to happen?

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“I WEAR EVERYTHING to work out," said Dr. Jaime Knopman, a Manhattan reproductive endocrinologist, describing her jewelry strategy for morning group workouts and private training sessions at the Limit, a high-end studio. By “everything" she means a haul of gold and precious stones: a pair of diamond studs plus two additional Foundrae fob earrings in her left ear; an emerald pendant and a gold chain necklace; a stack of five gold, diamond, and ruby bracelets; and, on her fingers, four gold and diamond bands plus a Spinelli Kilcollin ring.

Other women are also accessorizing for the gym with the kind of fine jewelry once reserved for special occasions. At some New York and Los Angeles fitness studios, diamonds are becoming as common as Alo Yoga matching sets. Check your alignment against the woman on the reformer next to you at Pilates and she may well be sporting Cartier Love bracelets stacked up to her elbow a la Iris Apfel’s bangles.

“Clients always have a new shiny piece that they add to their stacks," said Liana Levi, an instructor who runs five Forma Pilates studios in L.A. and New York. “Every person is wearing jewelry in class," reported Krissy Jones, founder of the New York yoga studio Sky Ting.

“In down dogs, it’s just rings, rings, rings, rings." Since everyone’s in all-black—pants or leggings and a workout top—jewelry lets women project a more individual style at the gym. Wearing fine jewelry while exercising brings everyday glam to the studio. “I wear my body chains and my ‘everyday Jacquies’ during my Pilates workout," said L.A.