Miriam Haskell Miriam Haskell is one of the biggest names in vintage costume jewellery. Haskell founded her own company and invented affordable pieces of stunning originality from 1920 through the 1950s. Vintage examples and samples of Miriam Haskell designs are now very much sought after, and many examples are held... 

Vintage Costume Jewellery in the 1900’s Here’s a fantastic video about the world of Vintage Costume Jewelry and its prolific designers such as Chanel, Carnegie, Boucher, K J Lane, Haskell, Florenza, Hobe, Vendome, Trifari, Josef, Eisenberg, Weiss, Schiaparelli, Mazer, Hagler, Regency, Renoir.  Read More →

Vintage Costume Jewellery Through the Ages Costume jewellery has been worn ever since the Romans developed the skill of creating cut glass imitations of precious gemstones. Jewellery was worn to demonstrate power, wealth, standing or social position. It also enhanced appearance and was used a symbol of  love, friendship... 

Costume jewelry (also called fashion jewelry, junk jewelry, fake jewelry, or fallalery)  Read More →

Vintage, Antique and Retro Vintage in general, normally refers to anything that is 100 yearls old or less. More than 100 years is usually referred to as “antique”. There are of course other qualifiers that are applied to narrow it down like “Edwardian” or  ”40’s”. Fashion...