| Researching costume jewelry history is fascinating! | | | | The rich had their fine jewelry duplicated for a |
| Fashion Jewelry styles and designs reflected the | | | | various reasons, mainly to protect them from theft, |
| societies and eras in which they were worn, and | | | | using paste or glass stones. Fine jewelry of gold, |
| often depicted events that were newsworthy during | | | | diamonds, Gemstones of the finer quality such as |
| that time period. | | | | emeralds and sapphires continued to be made. |
| Vintage costume jewelry has a long and fascinating | | | | Jewelry from rolled gold, which is a thin layer of gold |
| history. There was a period that Coco Chanel | | | | attached to a base metal, entered the market for |
| introduced fake or paste jewelry to complete a | | | | the middle class. And then there was jewelry that |
| costume or outfit. There is virtually no distinctness | | | | most anyone could afford, consisting of glass stones |
| between costume jewelry and antique jewelry. | | | | and base metals made to look like gold. |