| Silver hoop earrings are not dead. You may | | | | brass. |
| have thought that they came and went with the | | | | |
| 80's, and I'm hear to tell you this is simply | | | | Hoop earrings are another traditional style |
| not true. If there is one accessory I find | | | | that is as popular today as they were ages |
| the celebrities wearing more and more | | | | ago. Hoops can come in a variety of different |
| frequently this would be it. They are simple, | | | | materials, such as gold, silver or even hard |
| clean, and they look pretty darn hot with | | | | plastic. There are small, delicate hoops and |
| basically any type of ensemble. You really | | | | big, bold hoops. Some hoops are thin, others |
| can't go wrong with gold hoop earrings, or | | | | are thicker. There are the choices of |
| sterling silver hoop earrings for that | | | | celebrities are hoop earrings that are |
| matter. Hoops are just a nice complementary | | | | perfect circles, and ones that are more oval |
| piece of jewelry. | | | | shaped. There are even square are rectangular |
| | | | choices that are similar to circle hoops in |
| Now, if anyone in this country knows how to | | | | style. |
| appropriately emulate a celebrity - it's the | | | | |
| NYU ( New York University, for you | | | | Fashion Jewelry Trends |
| foreigners) and FIT (Fashion Institute of | | | | |
| Technology) students. They know what's up, | | | | Fashion jewelry is popular in today's fashion |
| that's for sure. But the best part about | | | | conscious society. Women, and sometimes even |
| these youngsters is that they are | | | | men, use fashion jewelry to accent their |
| designers-in-training themselves, so they | | | | outfits. The difference between fashion |
| often take modern style and elaborate on it | | | | jewelry and fine jewelry is that fashion |
| or modify it. | | | | jewelry is affordable and crafted from less |
| | | | valuable materials than fine jewelry. It's |
| The celebrities that teenagers see in music | | | | easy to have a jewelry collection that |
| videos, television programs or movie screens | | | | features something to match every ensemble. |
| are largely responsible for dictating trends | | | | |
| in teen jewelry fashion. The oversized, | | | | Trends come and go. For example, the love |
| ostentatious accoutrements favored by rap | | | | beads and mood rings of the sixties and |
| musicians have spawned the hip-hop jewelry | | | | seventies aren't as popular today as they |
| trend, and teenagers have been patronizing | | | | used to be. Sometimes, however, trends from |
| lower-priced but accurate replicas of | | | | bygone eras make resurgence and become new |
| celebrity bling. Instead of the diamonds and | | | | again. One of the biggest trends that is |
| other precious gems used in celebrity | | | | taken from a previous decade is that of |
| jewelry, cheaper zirconia and base metals are | | | | colorful eighties style jewelry. That means |
| used for duplicates. designer pendants that | | | | jelly bracelets, giant earrings, and even |
| are imported from Israel and Brazil. These | | | | wrist cuffs in a variety of vibrant shades |
| pendants combine tradition and contemporary | | | | and patterns. |
| by mixing pearls and leather, or crystal and | | | | |