Costume Fashion Jewellery at the Little Box of gems
A lot of people may not understand why costume jewellery has so many fans and why this type of jewellery has a cachet all of its own. Body adornment with gems, elements of nature, wire, metals, and body art has been around for centuries. It is a pretty safe bet that even Eve found some way to take some leaves and vines and twist them into necklaces or bracelets. People have always had the desire to use adornments of some type in order to please themselves and attract the eyes of admirers.
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For many years, the only manufactured jewellery items were made for royalty and the wealthiest members of society. These people would have artists and jewellers make them exquisite pieces of jewellery that would be fashioned from gold and silver metals.
The stones used in the creation of these fabulous pieces would be precious gems like diamonds, rubies, sapphires, or emeralds. Even pearls from the oysters in the ocean were revered and saved for use in lovely necklaces, sparkling tiaras, and rings. If a stone was hard to find and it had beautiful colour then that was what the people demanded in their best jewellery.
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The people who could not afford this type of accessory to wear would fashion their own or buy cheaper and plainer pieces that would often be flawed to some degree, but it was still jewellery and to own and wear it gave a certain prestige.
Through the years, people learned also that it was attracting perhaps too much attention to have valuable jewels on their person, so it then became fashionable to wear paste and fakes instead of taking chances with the real items. Soon a lot of the wealthy clientele of jewellers began to keep all of their real valuables under lock and key and they would wear them only for a very special event.
Sometimes these jewels would never see the light of day again. Their owners would have fake jewellery that would appear very much like the real thing, and in some cases, it might appear to be even more valuable.
Rhinestones gained quite a reputation as something that could give the look of diamonds for very little price, and these are some of the most common components in older costume jewellery. Crystals of different types and qualities, jet beads, wooden beads, natural stones, turquoise and coloured glass have all been used successfully and happily in costume pieces. There are no rules when it comes to what you can employ in the making of such items, so creativity is the watchword. This means that the public often is delighted by many unusual twists and wonderful ideas that have been presented.
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Costume jewellery is a type of fashion accessory that can be afforded by anyone and this is one of its biggest selling points. While you may not be able to afford a bracelet or necklace that is made with real emeralds or diamonds, you can certainly afford a few pounds for a pretty piece of costume jewellery.
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