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Current Fashion Trends in Costume Jewelry and Accessories
Color Trends in Costume Jewelry
The fall fashion trends are ushering in another excellent season
for costume jewelry and accessories. Rich colors and bold looks
dominate the trend. Teal, amber and amethyst are the important
colors with olivine and green used as neutrals. Topaz and
peacock are also important and all indications are that rich
color will continue into the spring season. Metals are seeing a
return to gold, but silver is still stronger.
Bold Designs Dominate Fashion Jewelry
Fashion jewelry thrives when bold designs are in vogue and that
is very much the case this season. The high fashion look is
popular in necklaces, earrings, and bracelets with natural
components contributing to the designs. Wood is continuing its
second season of popularity with shell important even in the
fall line. 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. Also popular in neckwear are 48
inch and 60 inch ropes that are worn extended or doubled. Jet is
strong in holiday jewelry and estate looks (antique designs) are
becoming fashionable in bridal jewelry.
Traditional Costume Jewelry and Accessories
While costume jewelry in bold designs and rich colors forge the
way for leading fashion, there is a larger market that shouldn't
be ignored in more traditional and classic looks. 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. There is a major market for these items
that will always be present even as fashion changes.
Accessory Trends
Sequins and buttons are very big in all accessories, especially
in handbags and evening bags. Beyond these, the looks of the
larger bags introduced by leading designers are the trendy
styles of the season. These are the bags the stars are carrying,
which goes a long ways 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.
Sunglasses are definitely big and bold with aviators the runaway
favorite. Retro looks are also excellent and colored frames with
matching lenses are very popular.
Hats and Headwear
In millinery, dress hats are an important part of the market,
with ladies hats the dominant player. The looks are very
traditional with a new element of pre-made bands allowing for
the versatility of custom designs. Casual hats, however, account
for the major share of the market and no design in 2005 is more
important than the rollup cowboy hat. While the design is not
popular in every region of the country, the sheer number of
sales makes it the number one hat of the year. This rugged look
that is typically American has risen to such popularity that it
becomes an important fashion statement. After cowboy hats, the
three most fashionable designs 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.
About the author:
About the Author: Mike Gietl runs Accessory Wholesale New
Orleans, a seller of Costume Jewelry and
Rhinestone
Jewelry and much, much more -- All at Accessory Wholesale Prices.
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