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Designer Costume Jewellery A Wonderful Accessory

Nowadays designer anything is the rageamongst the fashion conscious sections of society, whether it be designerbelts, fashion accessories, designer perfume or designer costume jewellery. Costumejewellery is a wonderful accessory and adornment that is loved by females theworld over. The origins of Jewellery start way back inancient times when our ancestors used to wear animal bones, pieces of wood andwooden beads around their necks, ears and arms. Costume jewellery has in factbeen around for hundreds of years and over this period of time it has beenconstantly renovating and reinventing itself. This is due to the changingfashion trends and cycles. Early costume jewellery was mass produced andits purpose was to supply the masses. This meant that there was not too muchattention paid to making elegant and beautiful pieces of jewellery, and theywere merely cheap alternatives to fine, high-end jewellery. By the Art Decoperiod the way costume jewellery was made started to change and more importancewas placed on design and the look and feel of the jewellery or luxury watches like Tag Heuer Carrer, Tag Heuer Formula 1, Tag Heuer Aquaracer , Tag Heuer Grand Carrera, Tag Heuer Link, Tag Heuer Monaco.
During this period Coco Chanel began makingcostume jewellery and it was marketed as an essential accessory that wouldcomplete your outfit. Their range of designer costume jewellery was made tomatch the colours or style of their designer clothes. By using straight linesthe defined the jewellery, designer costume jewellery soon became as appealingas well as elegant as its high-end luxurious counterparts. By the 20th century designercostume jewellery had started to be influenced by popular designers like Dior,Chanel and Napier, to name just a few. In the 1960’s Kenneth Jay Lane was oneof the most influential designers that had an impact on costume jewellery andhe created some of the most unique and eye-catching pieces of costume jewelleryfor the celebrities of the time.