What Was the Jewelry Fashion Back in the 70s?
The 1970s revival is gaining pace this season with maxi-dresses, kaftans, and frizzy hair gracing the catwalks in Milan, London and New York. If you want to join the trend but aren't ready to don flares and burn your bra, retro jewelry is a low-key way to channel a 70s vibe. Does this Spark an idea?
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Chokers
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Only the 70s could champion a necklace that sounds like a medieval torture machine. Necklaces were often worn close to the collar bone or tied around the neck and made of velvet, metal or macrame. Pendants like flowers, peace symbols, cameos, dolphins or opals were optional extras.
Turquoise
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The 70s fascination with all things Native American created a trend for chunky turquoise jewelry set into silver. Delicacy is not the aim here. The bigger the chunk of turquoise and the broader the silver setting, the better.
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The Hippie Look
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There was a time when all a high schooler wanted for Christmas was beach debris. Yes, the puka shell necklace was the height of fashion and worn by men and women. The anti-consumerism of the hippie movement also meant that homemade jewelry was on trend--leather bands or braids worn as bracelets, home-made bead necklaces and even daisy chains.
Mood Rings
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The mood ring was invented in 1975 when a designer saw a doctor taking a child's temperature using a color-changing thermometer. He began setting circles of thermometer material inside a glass bubble set into a silver ring. To get a real 70s look, your mood ring should be large and oval shaped.
Sunglasses
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Sunglasses should be worn big, angular and tinted black, brown, blue or pink. Frames can be plastic or metal. Modular sunglass kits, with changeable lenses, where a 70s craze.
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- Photo Credit Colored beautiful necklace image by Olga Khopshanosova from Fotolia.com
