 Definitive, comprehensive overview of costume jewellery

 Follows the evolution of costume jewellery from bourgeois France to the present day

 Lavishly illustrated reference book - a must-buy for jewellery enthusiasts and fashion historians

 Includes a remarkable range of designers including Lalique, Fouquet, Dior, Balenciaga, Versace and many more

Costume jewellery is commonly understood to mean fashionable yet affordable adornments made from non-precious material. Originating in in mid-1700s France with the rise of the bourgeoise, the earliest 'costume jewellery' mimicked fine jewellery styles. Since then, costume jewellery has always been evolving. From Victorian sentimentalism to the mass-produced ornaments available today, costume jewellery has developed into an artform in its own right. An encyclopaedic study of its history is long overdue.

Flush with expert information, identification tips and historical anecdotes, Adorning Fashion explores the development of costume jewellery across the past four centuries. The styles of each era - Victorian, Edwardian, Arts & Crafts, Jugenstil, Art Nouveau, and each decade of the twentieth century - are given individual attention. Production methods are also explained in depth. Alloys and gilded electroplating can mimic silver and gold, while the refraction index of treated glass can, to the untrained eye, be mistaken for diamond.

Adorning Fashion discusses the contributions of a remarkable roster of designers and innovators, including Kokichi Mikimoto, Arthur L. Liberty, Carlo Giuliano, René Lalique, Elizabeth Bonté, the Castellani brothers, Jean Fouquet, Jean Després, Fulco di Verdura, Jean Schlumberger, Salvador Dalí, Miriam Haskell, Lina Baretti, Countess Cissy Zoltowska, Line Vautrin, Kenneth Jay Lane, Francisco Rebajes, Diane Love, Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Paco Rabanne, Yves Saint Laurent, Napier, Haskell, Trifari, Brania, Bulgari, Versace and more.

对服饰珠宝的权威，全面概述

介绍了从中产阶级的法国到今天的服饰珠宝的演变

插图丰富的参考书——珠宝爱好者和时尚历史学家必买的书

包括了众多杰出的设计师，包括拉利克（Lalique），富凯（Fouquet），迪奥（Dior），巴黎世家（Balenciaga），范思哲（Versace）等

《装饰时尚》探索了过去四百年服饰珠宝的发展，里面充满了专业信息，识别技巧和历史轶事。每个时代的风格——维多利亚时代，爱德华时代，美术工艺运动时期，Jugenstil时期，新艺术运动时期，以及二十世纪的每个十年——都分别给予了关注。书中对生产方法页进行了详细解释。

《装饰时尚》讨论了一批杰出设计师和创新者的贡献，包括：Kokichi Mikimoto, Arthur L. Liberty, Carlo Giuliano, René Lalique, Elizabeth Bonté, the Castellani brothers, Jean Fouquet, Jean Després, Fulco di Verdura, Jean Schlumberger, Salvador Dalí, Miriam Haskell, Lina Baretti, Countess Cissy Zoltowska, Line Vautrin, Kenneth Jay Lane, Francisco Rebajes, Diane Love, Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Paco Rabanne, Yves Saint Laurent, Napier, Haskell, Trifari, Brania, Bulgari, Versace等。