What
is common between US’s first lady Michelle Obama, Sex and the City star Sarah
Jessica Parker, and others like Gwyneth Paltrow, Katherine Heigl and Demi Moore?
Here’s a hint, it’s something to do with jewellery. Still can’t figure out?
Okay!
Their
love for beaded jewellery is what is common between these gorgeous ladies. They
all have been captured wearing several strings of colourful pearl bead
necklaces. Whether it was a red carpet event or a conference, these beautiful
women have adorned themselves with beaded jewellery to make a striking style
statement.
This
type of jewellery is playful, classic, stylish and versatile. Beads differ
in sizes from millimetre to over a centimetre or several centimetres in
diameter. The typical materials used for making these affordable beads are glass,
plastic and stone. But you will also find beads made from bone, horn, ivory,
metal, shell, synthetic minerals, wood, ceramic, fibre, paper, seeds, coral,
polymer clay, metal clay, and resin. And if you are willing to spend a bit more
money on bead jewellery then you can get pearl, gemstone or precious metal bead
jewellery also.
By the way, can you believe beads existed 100,000 years ago? Yes, a
pair of beads made from Nassarius
sea snail shells, roughly 100,000 years old, is regarded as the earliest known
examples of jewellery. So there you have! Women even in those old times used to
love beads.
The reason behind this jewellery’s popularity could be its
simplicity. It is very simple to make and elegant to look at. All you need is
some beads and pieces of strings like a thread or a wire. So 100,000 years ago
when there were no jewellery makers around, you can easily imagine women
gathering naturally available beads and beading it with the help of a thread to
make themselves beautiful pieces of necklaces and bracelets.
So much for the love of jewellery!
