If we think about Vintage jewellery the images of Victorian styles come to mind. The unique and original integrate designs that still inspire the jewellery designers of today.
The women that used to wear these beautiful pieces of elaborate jewellery lived in a world of high morals where they were tight corseted, and covered from head to toe and where showing your ankle was thought to be risky and this is one of the reasons they had a need to express themselves with over the top and intricate designs.
Today life is so much easier for women and we are not constrained with so many rules with which we have to live by but we still have a love of these elaborate and exotic jewellery designs. This could be a jewellery necklace that has been crafted from jet and black crystals, bracelets hanging with charms and lockets that all have a Vintage feel to their unique jewellery design. The Gothic influence can be seen in all the vintage jewellery designs and we team these up with the fashions of today bring the new and the old together.
In the 1930’s designs of jewellery had a dramatic change and everything that was intricate and over the top became simple and stylish and we then had Art Deco. These pieces used nature as the inspiration for these unique jewellery designs and they were started to be mass produced so that these pieces could be afforded by more than the upper classes. These pieces were worn through the day and not only on special occasions and some of these pieces of vintage jewellery are now very collectable. Long jewellery necklace designs that complimented the sleek and simple dress designs of the day were very popular. Brooches that drew on nature for their unique designs could be seen being worn by many women and these designs would include dragonflies, butterflies, lizards, flowers and leaves could be seen in all these designs. The lovely accessories did not only include the usual earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and rings but you could also see ornate head dresses, hair clips, scarf pins and other beautiful pieces. These pieces were in complete contrast to the pieces of the Victorian era.
Today Vintage jewellery not only includes pieces from the Victorian era and the Art Deco styles but and piece dating back to then. And even piece of fashion jewellery that was worn in the 1980’s is sought after as the retro styles are all in the shops. You can see many women that have a love for different eras and they will style their clothes, hair and makeup for the era that they have a love of and this could be the Victorian era. Steam Punk and Goths have a love of jewellery that was handmade in this era and over the last few years the demand for these jewellery styles has grown tremendously. Women have a love of the 1940’s when costume jewellery was very popular with large earrings and then comes the 1950’s and after the austerity of the war years glamour is what women wanted from fashion and there jewellery designs. The 1960’s brought us the hippies with long strings of beads and jewellery being worn by both women and men. The 1970’s brought us the punks and you could find jewellery that had been handmade from safety pins and was very rebellious. In the 1980’s it was power suits and padded shoulders for women with big hair and even bigger earrings being worn with chunky necklaces and chunky bracelets.
In collections of Vintage jewellery you will find long unique jewellery necklace designs made from pearls that were worn in the 1920’s, if you are looking for jewellery sets of earrings and bracelets crafted from jet then look back to the Victorians. It does not matter which era is your favourite you will find a large collection available from Jade Jewellery UK
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