Costume Jewelry for Your Lady!
Jewelry signifies items of personal adornment such as rings, necklaces, bangles, brooches, earrings etc. Jewelry adds beauty to the person. Jewelry is made of different kinds of material such as gemstones, precious materials or shells. Jewelry is sometimes seen holding a garment or hair together. Jewelry is used for number of uses display, wealth, currency and storage. Modern fine jewelry usually includes gold, white gold, platinum, palladium, titanium. Most European and American gold jewelry are made of an alloy of gold and the purity is stated in Karats indicated by the number followed K. American gold jewelry must be of 10 k and UK 9 k. Beads are generally used in jewelry. Now-a –days beads are also used in several designers’ cloth line.
Costume Jewelry is manufactured to add beauty and to complement a fashionable designer costume. The concept of Costume jewelry began in 1930’s as a cheap, disposable accessory that is to be worn with the exact outfit. Costume Jewelry are made of less expensive materials including glass, brass, synthetic stones, base metals and plastic. It is a part of culture for almost 300yrs.The use of semi precious stones helped costume jewelry to reach out to the hands of the common people. Costume jewelry manufacturers are located through out the world but particularly America and China where these kinds are manufactured and traded more.
The concept of import, export and globalization is also applied for costume jewelry also. The Jewelry is mainly used for fashion purpose. Its designs may vary from vintage and antique designs to ethnic designs to flashy and chunky jewelry. The jewelry is often studded, engraved, electroplated and designed with various effects so that it’s catchy. The jewelry is designed for formal, informal and bridal purposes.
Crochet necklaces, Fabric necklaces, Long necklaces, Metal chain necklaces, Pendant necklaces, Seed bead necklaces, Sequin necklaces, and String necklaces are various kinds of glass necklaces among costume jewelry. Bone necklaces, Horn necklaces, Metal necklaces, Resin necklaces, Shell necklaces, Stone necklaces and wood necklaces are various kinds of fashion necklaces. There are also several kinds of bangles like bone bangles, brass bangles, cuffs, handicraft bangles, resin bangles, shell bangles, shell bangles, wood bangles and new wooden bangles that too falls under costume jewelry. Under bracelets falls bone bracelets, charm bracelets and glass beads bracelets. Under earrings falls shell, filigree, fashion, dangle, Chandelier, brass and bone. There are several sterling sets available too.
If one wants to look pretty she can dress using these jewelry too add more glam to her image.
