Art for All Occasions

Vintage Art (1950-1980) jewelry seems relatively under appreciated in the costume jewelry market and there are still great buys to be found if you seek them out.  I personally LOVE Art Jewelry!  Well, I love chunky jewelry of any kind, but the Art pieces that I own are chunky and whimsical.  Filled with faux amethyst, pearls, turquoise and rhinestones Art jewelry is less intimidating but ever much the statement piece as their high society sister, the Juliana.  Vintage Art pieces can be tricky to keep and wear, the stones are typically glued and over time do fall out. I store my bracelets in their own bags that way should I lose a stone I can find it later.  However I generally don't agonize over my Art bracelets, they are so nicely embellished a missing stone here and there is rarely noticed.  I worry more about a vintage bracelet falling off my wrist since over time clasps weaken.  Art pieces have a nice safety chain which makes frantic phone calls and retracing of steps unnecessary. Today I am wearing two bracelets on the same wrist; a double strand set in gold tone metal with stars and horseshoes embellished with white, blue, green & purple rhinestones and turquoise and coral colored plastic beads, and a single stand that looks like an antique slider with turquoise cabs and pink and white rhinestones.  I've paired these bracelets with my work-at-home Mom attire, jeans.