costume jewelry
noun
: jewelry designed for wear with current fashions and usually made of inexpensive materials
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In one photo, a woman named Denise pairs a tiger-print bikini with costume jewelry and pink acrylic nails.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024
Among the Italian companies, special attention was given to Coppola e Toppo, a costume jewelry brand founded in 1948 and known for serving post-war couturiers like Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Cristobal Balenciaga, Valentino and Capucci, now revived by Sicilian entrepreneur Paolo Longhitano.
—Cristina Manfredi, WWD, 21 June 2024
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.
—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
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024
Among the Italian companies, special attention was given to Coppola e Toppo, a costume jewelry brand founded in 1948 and known for serving post-war couturiers like Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Cristobal Balenciaga, Valentino and Capucci, now revived by Sicilian entrepreneur Paolo Longhitano.
—Cristina Manfredi, WWD, 21 June 2024
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.
—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
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