IMITATION JEWELLERY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3381, 4 July 1927, Page 2

IMITATION JEWELLERY.

No! many years ago it was considered very bad form to wear even a single piece of imitation jewellery unless one possessed very valuable heirlooms, nad these it was permissible to have copied. Imagine how scornfully our grandmothers would have looked, and possibly

even have murmured, “Paste!” if a woman of whom they did not approve wore "at a ball, in their opinion, too many ornaments. Such beautiful workmanship is displayed in modern examples of imitation jewellery, and its colonrinigs and design are so artistic and dainty, however, that it is not surprising its adoption is now almost universal.

The demand for pink pear head necklaces. is steadily increasing, and there is still a largo market for white imitation pearls. _ People say that the vogue for short hair lias been an important factor in popularising necklaces. These take away the hard, bare effect from the hack of the neck.

The three-string necklaces are in great demand, and those which are long enough to twist twice and three times round the neck give flic effect of a three-strand necklace. One imitation pink pearl necklace. of Parisian manufacture lias about half a doren large pearls at the centre back of the neck, with paste set. between each pearl. '1 he rest of the necklace of small pearls is tied in front, and is flushed at each end with a few largo pearls, the paste again appearing between each. Bracelets are fashioned from several rows of pearl heads fastened with a pearl clasp. Those in white pearls arc greatly favoured for evening wear, as they show to bettor advantage than pink pearls on a hare arm. There were )(It) worth of iior.sev. hijv; soid in the I nitecl States last yeai ill spite of motor cars.