Vintage Jewelry
Don't Fear the Clip
Love vintage earrings? If you have browsed Madge's shop, you have probably noticed that most of her selections are clip earrings. You are probably saying to the computer right now, "Wait Madge, I have pierced ears." Well my vintage-loving friends I have one...
When someone mentions vintage costume jewelry, probably what comes to mind for many of us are the fabulous rhinestone laden pieces of the 1950s. One of the foremost names in this classic jewelry style was Kramer.
Kramer JewelryLouis Kramer founded Kramer Jewelry Creat...
Throughout the centuries earring design concentrated on fashion, not comfort. From the primitive stick-through-the-ear beginnings to those pinching screw-backs of the 20th century, women were at the mercy of the painful earring clip. In the 1940s, one woman, Judith McCann, set out to cha...
The Fabulous FakerIt’s not often you find a designer hawking his jewelry on QVC while at the same time showing his pieces in the jewelry department of Neiman Marcus, but then there has never been a designer quite like Kenneth Jay Lane (KJL).Famous (or infamous) for copying the styles of both fine an...
You see them piled up at estate sales and garage sales, unloved and unwanted. But before you walk away take a good look. These little pieces of jewelry pack a big design punch for the money. These are vintage cluster bead earrings.
With seemingly an unlimited amount of variations, these...
This is the story of a lucky bamboo brooch.A New BeginningA young woman in her 30s begins the long journey from Ft. Worth, Texas to Okinawa, Japan. It’s the early 60s and she is on her way to join her new husband, a Marine, who is stationed there. Life has been a rough go so far with a difficult f...
