Yesteryear style with vintage fashion jewellery
There are lots of reasons for looking to the past when we're choosing things to wear, and retro and vintage styling is as popular today as it has ever been. Broadly speaking, anything which was produced before the 1920s can be described as antique, while clothing and jewellery dating back from between 1920 and 1980s can be classed as vintage.
Demand, of course, is high for genuine vintage jewellery pieces and these can not only be hard to find but also pricey. The upside to the popularity of vintage clothing is that designers are keen to mine the past and so reproduction and retrospective designs are now common on the high street. And that makes vintage clothing and design a fabulous way to glam up an outfit and give you a genuine touch of style. Find your inspiration in old magazines, trawl through your granny's photographs and watch classic movies to discover the vintage style that you can make your own.
Head back to the 20s, wear your strings of beads long and layered for real flapper style, or tie them round your head for a superchic look, which even Princess Diana worked in the early years. In the 1930's Wallis Simpson taught us just about everything we know about jewellery, with her fabulous collections of precious stones. Birds, flowers, wild cats and abstract designs in brooches, pins, hair accessories, bracelets and rings, can be piled on, or worn one at a time, for a very slightly over-the-top response to challenging economic times.
Austerity and wartime rationing suppressed the most stylish of women in the 1940s but by the 1950s, Hollywood in all its Technicolor glory ruled the fashion roost. From Marilyn Monroe to Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner to the fairytale princess Grace Kelly, bold make-up, big hair and busts were essentials. And no icon would ever have dreamt of being seen in public without the boldest of costume jewellery - diamante shone brightest along with the shiniest of rhinestones in brooches, earrings, bracelets and necklaces.
The 1960s was ablaze with anything psychedelic and this went for fabrics, fake fur, plastic furniture and anything else that was man made thanks to new production methods. Dresses reached dizzying heights and anything went as far as jewellery was concerned. As long as it was bright or shiny enough to attract attention, it was the 'in' thing.
If you choose to invest in a bit of vintage style for yourself, you'll be in good company, as today's goddesses of both the small and silver screen can all be seen channelling looks which combine the old and the new, the modern and the vintage.
Cheryl Cole, one of the current leaders of all that's stylish has frequently been seen wearing large scale costume pieces such as the Dome Crystal ring and the crystal drop earrings which would not have looked out of place on Elizabeth Taylor, and she's often seen with heavy strings of simple pearls very much in the style of Coco Chanel. US 'X Factor' judge Nicole Scherzinger is a great fan of heavy cuff- style bangles, and big gold statement pieces, which are almost Egyptian, and yet bring back memories of 1930s and 40s film star glamour, while style leaders such as Kim Kardashian, Tulisa Contostavlos and Jennifer Lopez are all fans of complex necklace designs which are as real a draw as any worn by Wallis Simpson or Vivien Leigh.
The inspiration from these stylish decades of the 20th century is endless. Add vintage or retro jewellery to your wardrobe and take your style back to the future.
Demand, of course, is high for genuine vintage jewellery pieces and these can not only be hard to find but also pricey. The upside to the popularity of vintage clothing is that designers are keen to mine the past and so reproduction and retrospective designs are now common on the high street. And that makes vintage clothing and design a fabulous way to glam up an outfit and give you a genuine touch of style. Find your inspiration in old magazines, trawl through your granny's photographs and watch classic movies to discover the vintage style that you can make your own.
Head back to the 20s, wear your strings of beads long and layered for real flapper style, or tie them round your head for a superchic look, which even Princess Diana worked in the early years. In the 1930's Wallis Simpson taught us just about everything we know about jewellery, with her fabulous collections of precious stones. Birds, flowers, wild cats and abstract designs in brooches, pins, hair accessories, bracelets and rings, can be piled on, or worn one at a time, for a very slightly over-the-top response to challenging economic times.
Austerity and wartime rationing suppressed the most stylish of women in the 1940s but by the 1950s, Hollywood in all its Technicolor glory ruled the fashion roost. From Marilyn Monroe to Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner to the fairytale princess Grace Kelly, bold make-up, big hair and busts were essentials. And no icon would ever have dreamt of being seen in public without the boldest of costume jewellery - diamante shone brightest along with the shiniest of rhinestones in brooches, earrings, bracelets and necklaces.
The 1960s was ablaze with anything psychedelic and this went for fabrics, fake fur, plastic furniture and anything else that was man made thanks to new production methods. Dresses reached dizzying heights and anything went as far as jewellery was concerned. As long as it was bright or shiny enough to attract attention, it was the 'in' thing.
If you choose to invest in a bit of vintage style for yourself, you'll be in good company, as today's goddesses of both the small and silver screen can all be seen channelling looks which combine the old and the new, the modern and the vintage.
Cheryl Cole, one of the current leaders of all that's stylish has frequently been seen wearing large scale costume pieces such as the Dome Crystal ring and the crystal drop earrings which would not have looked out of place on Elizabeth Taylor, and she's often seen with heavy strings of simple pearls very much in the style of Coco Chanel. US 'X Factor' judge Nicole Scherzinger is a great fan of heavy cuff- style bangles, and big gold statement pieces, which are almost Egyptian, and yet bring back memories of 1930s and 40s film star glamour, while style leaders such as Kim Kardashian, Tulisa Contostavlos and Jennifer Lopez are all fans of complex necklace designs which are as real a draw as any worn by Wallis Simpson or Vivien Leigh.
The inspiration from these stylish decades of the 20th century is endless. Add vintage or retro jewellery to your wardrobe and take your style back to the future.
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