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Rhinestone Crown
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MADAME ALEXANDER MME MDME RAPUNZEL 10 CISSETTE DOLL |  |
0 Bid | US $39.99 | 42m |
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Vintage Madame Alexander 8 Bent Knee Walker BKW Meg | |
0 Bid | US $49.95 | 3h 38m |
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1995 Happy Holiday Barbie Blonde Green NRFB LOW PRICE | |
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US $35.00 | 19h 38m |
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New Rhinestone Silver Crown Jewelry for Barbie 1389 | |
0 Bid | US $3.99 | 1d 5h 50m |
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New Rhinestone Silver Crown Jewelry for Barbie 1378 | |
0 Bid | US $7.99 | 1d 5h 50m |
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New Rhinestone Silver Crown Jewelry for Barbie 3262 | |
0 Bid | US $7.99 | 1d 5h 50m |
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Wizard of Oz Billie Burke Glinda the Good Witch Tonner | |
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US $292.99 | 1d 6h 42m |
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New Rhinestone Gold Crown Jewelry for Barbie 3261 | |
0 Bid | US $7.99 | 1d 19h 4m |
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Autumn Blaze Fairy Wings with Crown ADSG IADR | |
1 Bid | US $24.95 | 1d 19h 46m |
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Madame Alexander 2 New Accessories for 8 Doll | |
1 Bid | US $3.99 | 1d 20h 32m |
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OOAK troll fairy art doll Little Monster Candace | |
1 Bid | US $24.99 | 1d 21h 52m |
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Princess Crown for 18 doll fits American Girl | |
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US $9.99 | 17d 6h 5m |
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Pocelain Cinderella Doll Lovely Collection Item | |
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US $45.00 | 1d 13m |
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New Rhinestone Gold Crown Jewelry for Barbie 1379 | |
0 Bid | US $7.99 | 2d 18h 39m |
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New Rhinestone Gold Pink Crown Jewelry for Barbie 3337 | |
0 Bid | US $3.99 | 2d 18h 39m |
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Bling Gems and Rhinestones: Pink Crown List Price: $9.90 Sale Price: $7.99  |
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Doll Clothes Silver Rhinestone Princess Tiara Royal Crown - Fits My Twinn & American Girl Dolls 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches Christmas Special Sale Price: $15.95 |
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This Beautful Royal Princess Tiara is made with 103 rhinestones! Made very sturdy and has a comb to attached to doll hair easily. |
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Rhinestone Two Heart Princess Tiara Sale Price: $8.95 |
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A stunning rhinestone two hearts silver tone metal Tiara. This tiara is perfect for completing a princess costume or for an adorable little flowergirl.WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. |
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Elegant Rhinestone Vine Tiara (1 pc) Sale Price: $14.99 |
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Walk around in pure elegance with this Rhinestone Vine Tiara. Mounted in a silvertone metal headpiece, this sparkling rhinestone tiara is a great addition to any hair design for prom, homecoming, or any fancy occasion... |
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Silver Princess Tiara Made for 18" American Girl Dolls Sale Price: $11.95 |
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Silver and diamond rhinestones princess tiara, about 3.5" diameter with built in comb. |
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Silver Rhinestone Tiara Sale Price: $14.95 |
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Princess, debutante or prom queen, add character to your costume with this silver rhinestone tiara. Tiara has plated brass wire and rhinestones. |
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Silver & Rhinestones Valentine Necklace for 18" American Girl Dolls Sale Price: $8.50 |
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7" long, Silver hearts and colored rhinestones necklace. |
A Loose History of Fashion Jewelry
Probably the first time fashion jewelry appeared was in the early 1700s. That was the era of glass blowing. Once the method of making different shapes from glass was perfected, it was just a matter of time before someone came up with the idea of using the technique to make jewelry. Starting with earrings (which only real skilled artisans could blow – and they were pretty costly owing to that) and moving on to pendants, glass became the material of choice in the manufacture of fashion jewelry.
Let’s pause here and go further back in time, we all know that the concept of jewelry itself is almost as old as the history of man. All through the early man phase, people have been using items as unique as bones and teeth to decorate their bodies; but we will not consider them as fashion jewelry as it was not intended that way! After gold and diamonds started ruling the roost, jewelers have always been on the lookout for something more economical so that everyone could afford studded jewelry. Thus came the concept of semi precious metals and stones.
Diamond prospectors from across the world were finding uniquely colored stones in the rivers and river beds that were being turned upside down. Since they were not really so rare or anything, they were given the term semi-precious stones – as polishing them and cutting them to shape required a lot of skill. For those who could not afford real diamonds, these semi precious stones became the next best alternative. In fact, these became so popular that jewelers included gemstone jewelry as part of their mainstream selling items and they were studded in precious metals like Gold and Silver. This became real popular in the 1800s and that holds true even today.
In the 1930s, a whole new concept of fashion jewelry came into existence with the usage of Rhinestone in its making. Named thus as they were originally gathered from the Rhine river, Rhinestones became the natural substitute for diamonds and people from all over the world immediately fell in love with these stones. They became so popular that they found their ways into the tiaras of crowns on the heads of queens all over, and even into engagement rings of the time! The prime reason was that you could afford a much bigger rhinestone at the price of a tiny little diamond. You can read more about Rhinestones here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinestone
If there is one person who should have a place of pride in the history of fashion jewelry, it has to be Coco Chanel. This designer-par-excellence made the use of this style of jewelry very famous, and she could be seen more often in fashion jewelry than real diamond stuff. Coco is specially remembered for making pearls fashionable. She has been listed on the Time 100, and you can read that article here - http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/chanel.html.
Coming to the modern times in the history of fashion jewelry, we come into the machine made era. Though the romantics feel that the machine has spoilt the beauty of the hand-made costume jewelry, the truth is that the machine has made fashion jewelry more affordable and has enabled people to produce enough to fuel the interest of millions of ladies from all around the world. Probably the most influential and popular fashion jewelry designer in the modern times would be Kenneth Jay Lane.
Finally, there is one thing that is very interesting and we should mention it here. Fashion jewelry is an extremely collectible item, and also acquires vintage status with time. There are several cases of vintage fashion jewelry auctions going into hundreds of thousands of dollars!
So the next time you are out buying fashion jewelry, feel happy and in fact, proud that you are out to get a product with a colorful history!
About the Author
Martha Miller holds degrees in Journalism. Having worked in the journalism industry for the last 5 years, Martha has provided consulting services about jewelry, particularly diamonds. She has written several dozen articles about diamonds, engagement rings, wedding rings and other related jewelry articles that were published on trade journals and several widely read publications and magazines.
Is this JC necklace fake?
I'm just wondering, because I'm seeing a ton of them on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/juicy-couture-brown-w-crown-rhinestone-J-necklace_W0QQitemZ290249381978QQihZ019QQcategoryZ92776QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
looks like it!
RHINESTONES CROWN NAIL ART DESIGN
Arlington authors tell their stories June 22
The public is invited, to hear four of Arlington’s published, authors speak about their works at a program sponsored by the Robbins Library on Tuesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room.