Saturday, November 15, 2008

Costume Jewelry and Accessories

Trends in Costume Jewelry and Accessories

 

As there is a larger market that shouldn’t be ignored in more traditional and classic looks, change in fashion trend has the domination over rich colors and bold designs for costume jewelry and accessories; Theme jewelry in pendants, earrings, and charm bracelets has an appeal that goes beyond fashion alone because it identifies with what the wearer cares about. In addition, traditional rhinestone, bridal jewelry, evening bags, and formal gloves have a classic look with timeless appeal, and the market is evergreen for these items even as fashion changes

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The high fashion look is popular in necklaces, earrings, and bracelets with natural components contributing to the designs, but the rising star in natural materials is gemstone, which provides the beauty of natural semiprecious stones to the costume jewelry designs. This will definitely continue and accelerate in the spring line

Trends in Accessories


Sequins and buttons are very big in all accessories, especially in handbags and evening bags. Beyond these the larger bags introduced by leading designers are the trendy styles of the season and most of the celebrities are carrying these bags, which goes a long way towards popularizing the styles. In evening bags, large sequins and buttons are very much in vogue, but traditional looks seem to be carrying the day.

Big and bold sunglasses worn by celebrities are definitely the runaway favorite. Retro looks are also excellent and colored frames with matching lenses are very popular.

Trends in hats

Dress hats are an important part of the market especially ladies hats the dominant player which has very traditional look with a new element of pre-made bands allowing for the versatility of custom designs.. Though the casual hats having no design are not popular in every region of the country, the sheer number of sales makes it the number one hat of the year than the roll upcowboy hat. The most popular three fashionable designs after cowboy hats are wide brim floppy hats, ladies fedoras, and newsboys. The entertainment field has played a major roll in popularizing these designs and the fashion looks continue into the fall season with felt, leather, wool, and leatherette used as the material for the fall versions.