Fashion Costume Jewellery

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The sea is a huge source of inspiration for many jewellers and we are no exception. How many blue hues does an ocean hold? How many strange, wonderful and beautiful creatures live there? This is the inspiration for our long pearl ropes. These amazing two metre long necklaces are just crammed with freshwater pearls, mother of pearl chips and an eclectic mix of glass beads. At two metres in length, wear it single (to drape to your knees!), as a double strand or even a triple strand. Or wear it round and round your wrist to make a huge bracelet. The picture to your left shows our “Romance” pink jewellery, pearl rope.

All of the Mother of Pearl Chip beads featured on these beautiful necklaces have been dyed, this is not their natural colour. The wonderful white freshwater pearls, however are entirely natural colours.

The pink jewellery pearl rope we call Romance, it has the beautiful soft pink hues that are tipped to be the colours for Spring 2010. The painterly watercolour tones are just perfect for softening modern shapes. Be Pretty in Pink this Spring.

Team our Romance Pink Pearl Necklace with simple stud earrings in the same tones – let the necklace be your statement piece or go wild with chained drops holding the same colour base. It’s all about feeling good.

On the same theme, the second colour in this series of contemporary pearl jewellery, is “Contemplation”, a multi-hued mix of turquoise and blue. Clever ways with colour mean that this large necklace can be worn with all sorts of outfits – costume fashion jewellery comes of age.

To dress up a pair of jeans, wear a simple white t-shirt and let the jewellery do the talking. Add a pair of OTT earrings and you have an outfit the paparazzi will want to collect on camera.

Pearls of course are also renewable – did you know that a freshwater pearl oyster can be used up to seven times before exhausting itself and then the shell is used to create other works of art like the dyed shell beads used in this necklace, carved cameos (like those featured on this site and on www.rayclif.com ) and sometimes blister pearls which are like pearls growing right into the shell itself.

Readers of FashionCostumeJewellery.com will receive a free pair of freshwater pearl earrings with every pearl rope purchased by quoting FCJrope at checkout in your comments. Even if you forget – rayclif.com won’t!

Black fashion costume jewellery earrings

Colour me stupid if you like, it is a New Year and a New Decade but – reading a fashion magazine about the twenty-tens I thought it was a polite way of saying thirty something! Let’s face it, I’d rather be called a forty-ten than 50+. Still… The article was supposed to be about a new approach to glamour this decade. Harpers Bazaar was suggesting “less flesh, a little sparkle and always more black”. Stunning, I thought, what 30+ doesn’t want a little more glamour and sparkle? Black and Bling are an unbeatable duo and add glamour for the perfect trifecta. Hence my mind (which always has jewellery on it) turned naturally to jewellery (surprise, surprise).

Let’s face it the noughties were a nothing decade – there were no real true and deep fashion trends almost anything went. Unlike the 1960′s and 1970′s we will not look back with fond recollections of tie-dyes and flares! Although we saw both of these last decade so we will look back on the reinvention.

Cubic Zirconia Cocktail Ring

About fashion jewellery then, the return of the cocktail ring created a stir – one that is still creating waves. Big knuckle dusters with bling, bling, bling! Making cocktail rings glamourous does involve the use of cubic zirconia – sparkle and pazzazz.

The price of gold went through the roof (who hasn’t got a gold buy back stall in their local mall?), so we turned to gold plate and rhodium plate for the silver substitute. These at least avoid the tarnish – who needs it? – and a substantially lower price comes with plate jewellery – unless you can put an haute label on it – a lot less painful to the pocket.

Another noughties fashion jewellery trend I can see travelling into the 2010s is the use of pearls – renewable, beautiful pearls. We are using one or many often with butterflies or bows or gemstones. My prediction is to look out for dramatic settings with a single huge pearl – we have already started to see this and I think it can only continue.

The next trend we saw in the noughties is the event bracelet -  you know – special day, buy a bead – I suspect we are almost at the end of this one. Let’s face it, how unique can you feel when everyone around the dinner table is wearing one? Baa! The one thing I can see progressing in this line is more use of colour – we experimented with colour around our wrist so now I think we will extend that to elsewhere.

So for the next little while I believe we will be glamourising everything. Let’s dress to go out (and I mean DRESS!) who needs an excuse? Why be a dowd at work? Stop the stodge and brighten up your corporate uniform with just a little bling, tasteful but bright. Glamour off duty too; who said jeans and t-shirt can’t live harmoniously with femininity – add heels and some casual but blingy jewellery and wow!

It’s all about us and how we feel, so lets make the 2010s worth remembering.

Gemstones have long been classified with fine jewellery – think Elizabeth Taylor, Indian Rubies and Brazilian Emeralds! Fashion Costume Jewellery comes of age when fine gemstones are set in an affordable jewellery piece and the aura of the gemstone is available to all.

Freshwater pearl and aventurine necklace

I love the feel of freshwater pearls and the resonance of gemstones – so why not combine them? Check out this stunning necklet – made from freshwater pearls and aventurine. The amazing green of the aventuriine contrasts wonderfully with the vanilla pearls. This piece will make you feel like a movie star - and isn’t that what it is all about? Fasion Costume Jewellery should have (I believe) clean lines, fresh colours and style.

When dressing for the occasion – matching earrings are a must – so here they are – dressy, classy and decidedly with a feeling of wealth and the good life!

Amethyst pendant

For those with a hankering to the unique, consider a handmade silver pendant (or 12K Gold filled) that is one of a kind. Pieces such as those pictured here are the ultimate in personalised jewellery, artisan made, one of a kind, incredibly well priced fashion costume jewellery. This first piece is a wonderful amethyst, mined in Western Australia, its deep purple hues reflect beautifully with the sterling silver.

Back of Amethyst pendant

Look carefully at this piece (front and back views are shown) the artisan uses only a pair of pliers and his hands to create these pieces from gemstones and sterling silver wire or 12K gold filled wire. So where does he start and finish?

Opal and Black Onyx Cameo Pendant

Or check out this amazing hand carved cameo opal on a black onyx base again finished in sterling silver wire. Beautiful!

These gemstone jewellery pieces are unique and will occasion many compliments (and starting at about $50 they are a bargain too!).

Different gemstones “speak” to different people; their touch and feel resonates in such wondrous jewellery – who would not want to wear it?

For more unique gemstone pendant necklaces please visit Rayclif.com.