Jewels! Jewels! Jewels!

Jewels! It seems that those of us historic costume wearing types who like evening events want to be wearing them, at least sometimes. It’s hard to find real jewels in a reasonable price range, obviously, and glass or paste ones can be hard to find in a reasonable price range, too. But…

Have you seen the beautiful jewelry that Taylor is making and selling at Dames a la Mode? She has collet necklaces, various styles of earrings, and occasionally bracelets in all sorts of fabulous colors that will match any outfit you might have in your closet. Beautiful jewels in a reasonable price range!

Look at how similar they are to original pieces! Here are links to my 18th century and 19th century jewelry boards on pinterest so you can see more original examples of this type of jewelry. Now you, too, can have lovely, sparkly, wonderfully beautiful jewels to wear to events.

In fact, at a recent Regency ball there were four of us wearing Taylor’s fabulous jewelry, including Taylor herself. It was my first wearing of the matching lavender collet necklace and double drop earrings that I purchased back around Thanksgiving. I received lots of compliments and really enjoyed wearing them.

During conversation, when I mentioned that I liked the dark blue sapphire-like necklace that Taylor had in her shop at one point, she made a good point, which is that lighter colors tend to sparkle more in moderate or dim lighting. Darker colors only sparkle with bright lights, which isn’t often the sort of lighting you find at a ball or dinner or other evening event set in the late 18th or early 19th centuries. Makes me glad that I decided on lavender rather than sapphire!

More on the ball next time!