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Monday, October 3, 2011

Silver Jewelry bset fashion

Silver Jewelry

Friday, August 12, 2011

jewelry form of personal adornment, manifesting

Jewellery or jewelry (play /ˈdʒuːəlᵊri/) is a form of personal adornment, manifesting itself as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. Jewellery may be made from any material, usually gemstones, precious metals, beads, or shells. Factors affecting the choice of materials include cultural differences and the availability of the materials. Jewellery may be appreciated because of its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewellery differs from other items of personal adornment in that it has no other purpose than to look appealing (there are some exceptions such as in the case of medical alert bracelets or military dog tags). Items such as belts and handbags are considered to be accessories rather than jewellery.

The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicized from the Old French "jouel" circa the 13th century. Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything. Jewellery is one of the oldest forms of body adornment; recently-found 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells are thought to be the oldest known jewellery.

Jewellery is sometimes regarded as a way of showing wealth and might also possess some minimal functionality, such as holding a garment together or keeping hair in place. It has from very early times been regarded as a form of personal adornment. The first pieces of jewellery were made from natural materials, such as bone, animal teeth, shell, wood and carved stone. Some jewellery throughout the ages may have specifically been as an indication of a social group. More exotic jewellery is often for wealthier people, with its rarity increasing its value. Due to its personal nature and its indication of social class, some cultures established traditions of burying the dead with their jewellery.

Jewellery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings and many more types of jewellery. While traditional jewellery is usually made with gemstones and precious metals, such as silver or gold, there is also a growing demand for art jewellery where design and creativity is prized above material value. In addition, there is the less costly costume jewellery, made from lower value materials and often mass-produced. Other variations include wire sculpture (wrap) jewellery, using anything from base metal wire with rock tumbled stone to precious metals and precious gemstones.

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wedding dresses more Chinese women are purchasing

More Chinese women are purchasing gowns for their big days

On the third floor of a tile-roofed house at the end of a nondescript alley in Suzhou, six young women sit at computers taking orders from around the world. In an adjacent room, sewing machines hum as white wedding gowns come off the production line in the 30-square-meter workshop. Shen Yan, founder and chief designer of the Top Wedding Dress Factory, says the workshop produces up to 1,200 dresses a month, at an average price of 1,000 yuan (109 euros). Once they are hanging in a Western wedding dress shop, three or four weeks later, they will have a price tag of at least $1,000 (709 euros).

In the Huqiu district of Suzhou, eastern China, at least 1,000 such factories have sprung up. They sell wedding dresses online, and almost all their customers are from overseas.

"We have online shops on all mainstream business-to-customer platforms like cn.made-in-china.com, Dhgate.com and eBay," Shen says. "Most of our clients are from Britain, the United States and Russia."

Just type "wedding dress" into the search engine of DHgate.com, one of the largest business-to-consumer platforms connecting overseas buyers with Chinese sellers, and more than 468,000 entries pop up.

After ordering and paying, most customers will have their dresses in 25-35 days.