Fashion Jewelry
The word jewelry is derived from the Latin word 'jocale' meaning plaything. Fashion jewelry is an inexpensive jewelry such as a necklace, ring or bracelet, made up of semi-precious or simulated stones, metals and other materials like bones, glass, ivory, steel, wood, plastic, etc ,designed to wear with current fashions. Fashion jewelry can be categorised on the basis of the material it is made of like glass, bone, horn, steel, wood etc and also on the basis of the products.
The material used in making fashion jewelry is usually cost effective and trendy. Some of the examples of fashion jewelry are aluminum jewelry, leather jewelry, silver plated jewelry, beads jewelry, lac jewelry, plastic jewelry, pearl jewelry, brass jewelry, terracotta jewelry, platinum jewelry, stone jewelry etc.
Fashion jewelry is made in all sorts of styles from Victorian inspired brooches to imitation pearl necklaces. It can also be classified on the basis of the products available in the market for example anklets, bangles, belts, bracelets, brooch, choker, earrings, finger rings, necklace, nose ring, toe rings, etc. Fashion jewelry is vary much in demand because it is stylish and trendy, is available in affordable prices and beautiful designs.
Fashion Jewelry accessories are those items, which are either used to place jewelry safely or in an organized manner. The different types of fashion jewelry accessories are jewelry box, jewelry organizer, silver ring holder and key chain. Jewelry boxes and organizers are available in many shapes and beautiful designs. Ring holders are items used to keep rings safe and prevent them from falling while doing work. These items are made of wood, porcelain, celluloid, swarovski crystal, silver plastic or other metals.
Eight countries around the world constitute three fourths of the total sales of fashion jewelry. Among them USA had the largest share of 31%, followed by China and Middle East each having 8.9% of the total share. The other big markets are India, Japan, Italy, U.K and Turkey.
The major manufacturing hubs of fashion jewelry, imitation jewelry and costume jewelry are China and India having a share of 23% and 21% respectively in total manufacturing. The other leading manufacturers of jewelry are Thailand, USA, Italy and Turkey. Recently, the men fashion jewelry industry is emerging as a potential market due to the increased demand. An exhaustive list of the jewelry manufacturers, jewelry stores and jewelry suppliers of a wide range of jewelry products such as rings, necklace, bracelet, aluminum jewelry, ivory, wood, silver, platinum jewelry etc, is presented in this section.
