Current Fashion Trends in
Costume Jewelry and Accessories
by: Michael Gietl
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.
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