Costume jewellery is commonly understood to mean fashionable yet
affordable adornments made from non-precious material. Originating
in in mid-1700s France with the rise of the bourgeoise, the
earliest 'costume jewellery' mimicked fine jewellery styles. Since
then, costume jewellery has always been evolving. From Victorian
sentimentalism to the mass-produced ornaments available today,
costume jewellery has developed into an artform in its own right.
An encyclopaedic study of its history is long overdue. Flush with
expert information, identification tips and historical anecdotes,
Adorning Fashion explores the development of costume jewellery
across the past four centuries. The styles of each era - Victorian,
Edwardian, Arts & Crafts, Jugenstil, Art Nouveau, and each
decade of the twentieth century - are given individual attention.
Production methods are also explained in depth. Alloys and gilded
electroplating can mimic silver and gold, while the refraction
index of treated glass can, to the untrained eye, be mistaken for
diamond. Adorning Fashion discusses the contributions of a
remarkable roster of designers and innovators, including Kokichi
Mikimoto, Arthur L. Liberty, Carlo Giuliano, Rene Lalique,
Elizabeth Bonte, the Castellani brothers, Jean Fouquet, Jean
Despres, Fulco di Verdura, Jean Schlumberger, Salvador Dali, Miriam
Haskell, Lina Baretti, Countess Cissy Zoltowska, Line Vautrin,
Kenneth Jay Lane, Francisco Rebajes, Diane Love, Christian Dior,
Balenciaga, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Paco Rabanne, Yves
Saint Laurent, Napier, Haskell, Trifari, Brania, Bulgari, Versace
and more.
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