If you’re a fan of costume jewelry, take a look at Collecting CJ.
Here you’ll find:
–Information about the designers
–How jewelry is made
–How to care for and store your jewelry
–Where to do research on the Internet and in books
–How to determine the value of your pieces
–Some practical tips
–Plus a tool kit for cleaning, repairing and shopping
US Designers discussed are:
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Bellini
Benedikt
Les Bernard
Fred Block
Boucher
Cadoro
Hattie Carnegie
Castlecliff
Alice Caviness
Ciner
Claudette
Coro
Dauplaise
deLillo
Delizza & Elster
DeMario
DeNicola
DeRosa
Diamonbar
Dior
Stephen Dweck
Eisenberg
Elzac
Eugene
Jay Feinberg
Florenza
Wendy Gell
Glamour
Leo Glass
Stanley Hagler
Miriam Haskell
HAR
Hobe
Hollycraft
Jeanne
Jomaz/Mazer
Jonne
Joseff Hollywood
Alexander Korda
Kramer
Kenneth Lane (KJL)
Gerda Lynggaard for Monies
Laguna
Lisner
Matisse/Renoir
McClelland Barclay
Misc Signed
Mimi di N
Monet
Napier
Pennino
Pome
Regency
Rifas
Robert
Nettie Rosenstein
Sandor
Schiaparelli
Schreiner
Selro
Trifari
Pauline Trigere
Unsigned Glitz
Vendome
Vogue
Warner
Weiss
Whiting & Davis
Wiesner
European designers discussed are:
Great Britain:
Butler & Wilson
Atwood & Sawyer
Cooke
Fior
Liberty
Miracle
Zandra Rhodes
Monty Don
Louise Sant
Angela Hale
Ericson Beamon
Vivienne Westwood
French designers
Chanel
Schiaparelli
Dior
Schiaparelli
Karl Lagerfeld
Christian LaCroix
Givenchy
Gripoix
Rousselet
Cis
Roger Jean-Pierre
Robert Goossens
YSL Yves St Laurent
Maryse Blanchard
Balenciaga
Cilea
Zoe Coste
Dominique Aurientis
Misc French
Depose
Others to watch for
Scemama
Pierre Cardin
Balmain
Bazot
Auguste Bonaz
Isabel Canovas
Line Vautrin
Lea Stein
Woloch
Lanvin
Nina Ricci
Ungaro
Italian designers
Coppola e Toppo
Ornella
Pellini
Valentino
Gucci
Ugo Correani
Others to watch for:
Gianfraco Ferre
Bijoux Bozart
Bijoux Cascio
Bijoux Elfe
Bijoux Fiaschi
Luciana
Fratti
Canesi
LABA
MERU
Austrian Designers
langani
Leni Kuborn Grothe
