costume jewelry
noun
: jewelry designed for wear with current fashions and usually made of inexpensive materials
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For previous games, Swift has worn less-expensive costume jewelry, like the $14 ring shaped like Kelce’s Chiefs jersey from a Kansas City store.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
The result was that Hollywood sold its gems as costume jewelry, not through mercenary cynicism but because the studio potentates were no more aware of the enduring art being produced under their aegis than were critics or, for that matter, viewers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
Shopbop Shopbop’s Cyber Monday sale includes deals on bestsellers in the fine and costume jewelry departments.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
Chanel earrings minus the double-C logo—which called to mind Prince Charles and his then-mistress Camilla—and statement Butler & Wilson studs, which paved the way for others to experiment with costume jewelry in the ’80s and ’90s.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
The result was that Hollywood sold its gems as costume jewelry, not through mercenary cynicism but because the studio potentates were no more aware of the enduring art being produced under their aegis than were critics or, for that matter, viewers.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
Shopbop Shopbop’s Cyber Monday sale includes deals on bestsellers in the fine and costume jewelry departments.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
Chanel earrings minus the double-C logo—which called to mind Prince Charles and his then-mistress Camilla—and statement Butler & Wilson studs, which paved the way for others to experiment with costume jewelry in the ’80s and ’90s.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
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“Costume jewelry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costume%20jewelry. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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