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Gold Jewelry Fashions

Gold has been in fashion since the early white skin that complemented a bejeweled
Egyptian societies adorned almost every throat. Bracelets and earrings were again
part of their bodies with gold jewelry worn by the upper class. The wealthy
over 3000 years ago. Earrings appeared in started to carry gold personal cases
Egyptian fashion around 1500BC. However, (pomanders), often intricately inlaid
Pharaohs have not been recognized as with jewels and depicted motifs, holding
wearing earrings. Mycenaeans wore gold snuff or personal wares.
finger rings while the Greeks adorned Another curious style of jewelry was the
themselves in many gold jewelry prayer books, which hung on a chain from
varieties. Women wore necklaces, diadems, the waist to the hem of a woman's skirts.
rings, bracelets and wreaths. Men Italians are credited with the wise
ornamented themselves with finger rings decision of wearing jewelry to embellish
and wreaths. Aphrodite, Eros and Artemis beauty, rather than as a sign of status.
were worn as decorative figures on Men of the Italian Renaissance did not
necklaces. Chokers figured prominently in adorn themselves with much jewelry,
Greek gold jewelry adornment. Greek men preferring instead elaborate hat jewels.
wore earrings that were thought to be an The advent of gold chains returned, with
effeminate expression. both men and women partaking in the
From 300-400AD in China, hair ornaments fashion of adorning their necks. In the
were crafted of gold. Ornamental filigree 17th century, Baroque fashion saw the
and granulation was applied as well as rise of intricate detail and ostentatious
the setting of precious stones. Ancient design of flowing silk fabric, bringing
Chinese men and women wore gold earrings the French court to the forefront of
as a sign of popular adornment, with the fashion trendsetting. In the classic
higher status peoples wearing gold and revival period of the 19th century,
silver and the lower classes bronze and traditional Roman cameos reemerged as
copper. Necklaces were not popular among fashionable, pale faces surrounded by
the Ancient Chinese prior to 700AD. In gold.
ancient Japanese culture, jewelry was A set of short gold chains, also known as
very rare aside from a few hair the chatelaine, were used for carrying
ornaments. India began the tradition of keys and other wares from a woman's belt.
wearing gold nose rings circa 900-1000AD, Louis XIV influenced jewelry fashion when
which was introduced by the Muslims. a small gold locket was named after his
In Medieval times, gold jewelry of mistress, Lavaliere. In the later 1800s,
brooches, rings, pendants, belt clasps after excavations in Etruscan, Roman and
and hat badges were generally worn Greek tombs and ruins revealed the
adorning clothing and by both men and jewelry of the ancient civilizations. As
women. From the 14th century on, a it happens, fashion would follow in
heart-shaped gold ring brooch became a history's footsteps with this
popular symbol of love between paramours. retro-discovery and it became trendy to
Jeweled necklaces and tight chokers wear archaeologically correct styles of
returned in the late 15th century as jewelry.
necklines plummeted, revealing milky




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