Fashion and style: some facts about jewelry

Jewelry makes a woman more attractive and feminine. A cute brooch, a bright necklace or a stylish bracelet, selected with taste, are those accents in the image of their owner that organically complete it. Fashion and style dictate the terms.

And it is not so important what exactly will be chosen: jewelry or good jewelry. The main thing is that jewelry should be correctly combined with the general style of a woman, her natural data (for example, eye color) and be in harmony with clothes.

Fashion and style: a bit of history ...

According to archaeologists, wearing jewelry is inherent not only to modern women, but also to those representatives of the fair sex who lived in ancient times. Proof of this is the archaeological site of the era. neolithic.

 

 

In the images, ancient women, completely naked, were dressed in necklaces and wore pendants. These were, of course, far from modern jewelry, but products made of stones, roots, feathers, leaves.

As humanity and various crafts evolved, these lovely little things to the female heart (which, by the way, were worn not only to attract attention and beauty, but as a guard against evil spirits) also gradually modernized and, now, have become a real fashion accessory in image of a modern lady.

Types of jewelry

Distinguish between jewelry and jewelry. Both the first and second have the same significance and value. Since jewelry is made of precious metals with or without expensive stones. And jewelry, despite the fact that it consists of a non-precious basic material, may contain more valuable stones. You can also often find jewelry of this type of handmade, which raises the cost of jewelry.

 

 

According to historical data, jewelry appeared in the distant Middle Ages. Then this kind of jewelry was called fake jewelry. Nevertheless, these products were already then popular among the fair sex. After all, fashion and style have always existed.

As for jewelry, they have been known to mankind for about 6 for thousands of years. It was then that people realized about the special qualities of metals such as silver and gold.

Bijouterie

Even the noble ladies of the Middle Ages, in order to save their jewelry from prying eyes, ordered special masters to make exact copies of them, which they then put on at various evenings and receptions.

But until the XVIII century jewelry was not as popular as it is now. It was at this time that the jewelry master Georges Frederic Strass made an attempt to process the glass in such a way as to obtain a stone resembling a diamond. And he succeeded! Thus, rhinestones widely known in America and in Europe appeared.

 

 

Great success was obtained by Swarovski jewelry, which was first in small batches, and then began to be mass produced by Daniel Swarovski at the end of the 18th century. It was he who invented a unique electric machine for processing glass, which allowed its production to make such jewelry that no one in the world had succeeded in until then.

Famous personalities of cinema have become regular customers of Swarovski jewelry, such as: Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and others. Many world designers have used Swarovski stones in the layout of their fashion collections of clothing (Christian Dior, Chanel).

Widespread use of jewelry

It is worth a little touch with Mademoiselle Coco Chanel, who was the first to raise jewelry to the level with real jewelry, introduced them to high fashion.

The world famous fashionista of the last century caught the following trend in time: an ordinary European woman, to the impossibility, wanted to be like the stars of the television screen of that time. And if the issues with the vestments were somehow resolved, then buying jewelry was practically impossible.

 

 

Therefore, to make the use of jewelry everywhere, regardless of status, and thus fulfill the dream of the fair sex, was a great idea! And the cost of products has become affordable for every woman. She completely turned the idea of ​​jewelry at that time: believing that it was worn only by those with dubious taste and style. And only harmonious women who are well versed in the fashion world can choose jewelry.

Coco Chanel is also known for introducing pearl beads into fashion. This elegant decoration perfectly emphasized the image of any fashionista of the last century. This type of jewelry began to be made in various variations: just a string of pearls, a chain with a pendant from a pearl, a bracelet.

 

Modern ...

In the XNUMXst century, accessories such as jewelry and bijouterie help the modern woman stand out from the crowd. Fashion and style make the fair sex accentuate the attention of others and look attractive in general.

And most importantly, thanks to such outstanding masters as described above, it has not become so important what exactly is chosen as a piece of jewelry: gold with a real diamond or an elegant piece of simple metal with beautifully faceted glass, which is the work of a talented master. It is important that the selected jewelry piece is beautifully combined with the image of a woman and she likes.