Ideas

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 33, 2 November 1933, Page 4

Ideas

ABOUT JEWELLERY

Fashions in jewellery come and go; but not with the same rapidity as style changes in personal garments. Nevertheless, it is desirable to know what is correct; and it is of passing interest to compare the jewellery of today with that of yesteryear. Except that settings are less heavy, and platinum has partially replaced gold, the higher priced jewellery changes little through the years. It is the jewellery of the trinket class that shows the most variation; and in comparison with what was worn a few years ago. the heavy cut glass pendants, now so popular, arc really the only survivors of the class that was then in vogue. Rings that used to be. of heavy gold, with diamond or ruby in them are now slender, and the ruby has gone out of fashion with many. Earrings have not altered greatly in design, but the modern miss can indulge in rapid changes, since alluring styles can now be obtained at the most trifling cost: The 'old carrings were good. Those of ’ to-day are good-look-ing—but not so good from the viewpoint of actual cost. Brooches, of the typo that reposed for so long upon the bosoms of our grandmothers are definitely things of the past, and brooches of any description have little sale.