Freitag, 11. April 2014
Celebrate the ERA of Fine, Costume and Victorian Style Jewelry
The wearer does not possess radiance of the jewelry, however; they can only admire it. Jewelry is not always made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful. Let’s see how it can be possible to be beautiful with mixing different types of jewelry to get the radiance of the tradition of jewelry. We will discuss the fine, costume and Victorian jewelry over here.
I am quite sure that you have heard various jewelers claiming to make fine jewelry but what does it mean? Fine jewelry is the jewelry made of metals like gold, silver or platinum. They are decorated with diamond, pearls and natural gemstones of superior quality. In fine jewelry, at least 10 karats or higher quality of gold is used. Gemstones used in fine jewelry must be natural and must possess the visual, chemical and physical properties of mined gems. By summing up, we can say that fine jewelry is the highest possible standard of jewelry with customer satisfaction. They are the jewelry that is considered as collectible or investments.
Another type of jewelry also exists in the fashion world with lots of attention i.e. Costume jewelry. Costume jewelries are made of inexpensive materials or imitation gems. They are actually the jewelries that specially made for suited with the costume or outfits. Middle class of society was unable to afford the fine jewelry, but they were looking for some beautiful and affordable jewelry to fulfill the dream of having jewelry in their collection. Costume jewelry was the answer to their need. The designer started making jewelry with anything that can be turned into jewelry including copper, brass and rhinestone, etc. with the precious metals.
The most talked about jewelry type is Victorian Jewelry. Highly elegant handmade jewelry made in the reign of Queen Victoria is known as Victorian jewelry. Nature inspired designs like leaves, feather, etc. or the designs as snake, scarabs, etc. was the characteristic feature of the jewelry of this Era, but it changed to the crescent shape jewelry, more n more of the locket and lots of silver, in the later stage. In the concluding part of the Victorian Era, jewelry was made with the influence of the industrial revolution although handmade jewelry was also there in the scenario.
Nowadays people use this Victorian jewelry with the flavor of costume jewelry. The metals are not as pure as in fine jewelry, and the slices of gemstones are mixed with the real gemstones in sterling silver. However, the beauty is similar as it was in that era. The only difference is that people can make their own design with their choice of gemstone and metal to get the beauty of Victorian jewelry. Thus, the costume jewelry is included with fine jewelry to get the beauty of Victorian jewelry.
We hope that with the help of this guide you can now flaunt the beauty of Victorian jewelry with the option of substituting fine Victorian jewelry with costume jewelry to get the striking piece of Victorian style jewelry.
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