Where To Buy Jewelry Online – Vintage Designer Jewelry

Filed Under (fashion) by Matt Hellstrom on 17-06-2009

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by Matt Hellstrom

Today’s world of style encompasses all sorts of looks and tastes. Collecting vintage designer jewelry can be both a fiscally rewarding as well as an esthetically rewarding experience. The word “vintage” normally denotes something of antique status or something that harkens back to a memorable or fun era. Vintage clothing, for example, can be as recent as styles worn in the 1980s or 1970s. The same goes for jewelry, where items from as recently as 25 years ago are appreciated by collectors and fanciers.

Good, tasteful and well-made jewelry will look good no matter how new or old it is. The timelessness of vintage designer jewelry pieces, though, will always have a place in any collection. Some memorable items are brooches, rings, fancy mirrors, and hair pendants and clips. They are as prized today as they were back when they were made.

Vintage designer jewelry like cameo pendants or gold and silver brooches look appropriate on even the most modern of jackets or blouses. They have a timeless elegance and sense of style that even the youngest fashion maven would enjoy and appreciate. If you’re on the hunt for items like these, check out second-hand stores or even flea markets and garage sales. You’d be surprised at what you’d find.

If you’re really serious about jewelry like this, be sure to add estate sales to your list of places to visit. Also large auctions run by auction houses can be a nice source, though prices can get a little steep. Always remember that the Internet today is the single best source for finding out where vintage jewelry might be. If you hunt enough, you might be able to find a few inexpensive items once in a while.

It’s possible today to make reproductions of such vintage designer jewelry like brooches, pendants and bracelets or necklaces. There are a wide selection of pieces and kits for making them out there on the Internet or at various shops and stores. Create your own look or go for something that’s reminiscent of a particular era, such as the Roaring Twenties or the go-go dancer Sixties, perhaps. Anything from the Victorian Age is also always treasured.

Genuine or reproduction vintage designer jewelry makes a welcome addition to any jewelry collection. Just about everybody, in fact, prizes jewelry of this type for the class and sophistication it brings to an ensemble.

Take a peek at some of the popular auction houses both online and offline and you’ll see a collection of vintage designer jewelry that commands highs premiums. Certain designers such as Krementz, Schiaparelli, Trifari, or Dior remain tops on vintage jewelry lists as being highly collectible.

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