TLE9 Lesson 2 Kinds of Fahion Accessories

Jewelry

Fashionable items like necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and brooches have long been used to add stylish touches to all types of outfits .

Foot Wear

Serve as protection for our feet and can also be used as a stylish fashion accessories for women, men, and children.

Head Wear

Refers to any type of clothing or accessories worn on the head.

Hand Covering

Provides warmth and hand protection while others add elegant style to formal attire.

Finishing Touches

Minor details that can make a great impact in the overall appearance of an outfit. These are frequently the things that bring attention to an outfit.

Walking Aids

Sometimes as an elegant accessory and other times out of medical necessity.

Fine Jewelry

Comes from precious and semi-precious metals and is also sometimes mixed with gemstones.

Fashion Costume

Refers to all pieces of jewelry made from other metals, including precious silver, or from unusual materials (wood, glass, beads, etc.) and semiprecious or imitation gems.

Earrings

Ornaments worn on the ears.

Stud Earrings

Simplest of all earrings.

Hoop Earrings

Classic type of earrings that never seem to go out of fashion.

Drop Earrings

Lovely earrings, which dangle off the ear. These earrings usually hang off a fish hook, or they dangle down from a lever back.

Fish hook

Curved like a hook, that goes through the ear. It’s long enough that it normally doesn’t have a backing.

Screw Back

A more secure stud earring backing, as compared to the one that just slides on the post.

Lever Back

The back is curved like a fish hook with an enclosure that latches behind the ear.

French Back

Has a post that goes through a loop in the back,

also sometimes called the Omega Back

Latch Back

A hinged backing, usually on hoops that the post

goes through.

Push Back

Most common earring backing

Necklace

An article of jewelry which is worn around the neck.

Ring

A cicular band worn on the finger.

Birthstone Ring

Usually a slender, simple ring, set with the wearer's birthstone, or the birthstone of the wearer's spouse

Toe Ring

Ring made out of various metals and non-metals

worn on any of the toes.

Wedding Ring

Presented at the time of marriage to signify espousal and marital commitment.

Mourning Ring

Memorial rings used to commemorate a deceased relative, close friend or an historical figure.

Mood Ring

Was invented by Joshua Reynolds. It was enjoyed fad popularity in the 1970s and are still around today.

Bracelet

An arm band of various types.

Chain

There are differet types of this; the metal can vary from different karats of yellow or white gold, platinum, and sterling silver.

Pearl

Made out of Pearls

Bangle

Sometimes they are thin, and sometimes they are thick, but they normally don’t close all the way and they are stiff rather than loose and free moving like a regular bracelet.

Charm

Small decorative pendants made in a variety of shapes, colors, and designs, and they often signify a special event or relationship.

Brooch

An ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck.

Cameo Brooch

Often called a portrait brooch.

Gemstone-encrusted brooch

For glamorous events and black tie parties

Stick pin Brooch

A long, thin piece of metal with a sharp point at the bottom end and a fancy bauble at the top

Annular Brooch

One of the oldest types of brooches.

Head Bands

Clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes.

Coronet

A jeweled band worn around the head; a small crown.

Tiarra

A jeweled headpiece similar to a crown; a coronet.

Crown

A jeweled and ornament head covering; often just a

circlet.

Barette

A woman’s hair clasp; may be made as a costume or

fine jewelry hair ornament.

Belt

Flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, or knots and worn around the waist.