Chinese jewelry

Great article written by my friend Lena Golodajeva

http://clubs.ya.ru/4611686018427464434/replies.xml?item_no=113

Many of our jewelers are interested to know what jewelry is worn by Chinese men and women. Not the mass-produced jewelry made for export by their numerous factories for residents of Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Not the Western pieces sold by Tiffany and Cardan to the wealthy Chinese in the boutiques of the Forbidden City. We were looking for the kind of jewelry that average Chinese people would admire and want to own.

Gold earrings designed by He Weihong.
Weight 247.54 g
My research on the Internet did not yield any results. The English-speaking Chinese network is filled with offers for the average European. And of course I do not understand Mandarin characters.

Handcrafted silver bracelet online

This bracelet has been made 2 years ago. But only now I could finally make a  photo.

Handcrafted silver bracelet online

By Special Request,or Golden-leaf earrings

Not my style, and the technology for making them is still pretty new.... But I never say “no” to a client’s request if it’s doable. That’s how these earrings came into being – an elegant set reserved for formal occasions.

They are made of super-thin metal leaf with 18К gilding. In spite of their large surface (hanging down a full 17 cm), they float and spin with every movement of the air. Each earring weighs less than 6 grams.

Natalie Shulikina - batic  designer .
 Sometimes it’s worthwhile and interesting to rely on the artistic taste of a customer. Especially since in this case, the customer is an excellent
artist herself. 

How did women go so wrong

The fashion gurus have got it all wrong, claims an expert in visual perception. Far from making you look thinner, wearing clothes with vertical stripes will accentuate your girth
Women of a certain age will be replacing their wardrobes and Geordie football fans will be crying into their Newcastle Brown Ale. Scientists have discovered that the fashion mantra that wearing vertical stripes makes you look thinner is not true. In fact, horizontal stripes are more flattering to those with a less than perfect physique.
The accepted wisdom from fashion gurus is that an outfit with vertical stripes appears to elongate your figure by drawing the eye up and down. Horizontal stripes supposedly do the opposite, making that unruly paunch look even larger than it actually is.
http://www.artleah.com/

Very Good Taste

"I've had very good taste since I was a child."


We were with a group of friends, and I looked more closely at the woman who said that. Let's call her Sara.
She's a successful scientific professional. In her spare time, Sara said, she creates matched sets out of ready-made findings.
It seemed they were all on display that day.
A bright blue blouse. On her neck, turquoise beads the same color as the blouse. A chain and a pendant filled with glittering-white marcasite stones – also on her neck. A bracelet with turquoise stones. And turquoise earrings, too. An enormous ring made of turquoise, and one more made of gold. Oh, and one more gold bracelet. And, last but not least, a garnet brooch on her jacket lapel.
They say there is no disputing about "taste". So I didn't argue... but I made a mental note for myself. Actually two notes:
1. "Every individual is an island" when it comes to the perception of what is fitting, harmonious or beautiful. Even if a person is absolutely convinced of "good taste", it takes more than that to convince me.
2. It's not always true that "seeing is believing"; sometimes it's "disbelieving". After all, if someone had simply told me that Sara "has good taste", I would have accepted it as an established fact.

What is"in Fashion" Today

Yesterday I was in an Israeli company's clothing store. Some costume jewelry was also on display there. The styles were very "modern", which is another way of saying "in fashion today".

How was that expressed? First, all the jewelry pieces – pendants, rings, earrings, you name it – were not simply big. They were huge! They were also "pieces" in the crude, literal sense - chunks of metal or wood connected by chains with links measuring several inches long and wide - the stuff you see in the hardware store.
I had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand: yes, these decorations are creative and look good against clothing of modern design. On the other hand, they remind me of all "modern" things: easily, quickly assembled, with a short life expectancy, made to be left behind for the next "modern" style. In fashion today, forgotten tomorrow.

To my thinking, it has little to offer in helping a woman to establish that unique self-identifying statement called "style" which (ideally) each woman should possess.