Did You Realize?

Below is a list of  "Did You Realize" facts.

Did You Realize...

1. Stick pins were advertised to men as a scarf accessory in the 1800's? These very same stick pins were also used on ties. They evolved into the three piece set as well. Stick pin and cufflinks.

2. Woman originally wore their dress clip in the V of their dress?

3. Some mourning jewelry was made from a deceased  loved ones hair in memory?

4. Fur clips have two needle like prongs while dress clips have pointed "teeth".

5. Men's vintage tie clips with chains are worn with the clip inside the shirt, or underside of the tie, while the chain was the only part that was supposed to show on the tie itself.

6. Jet is decayed wood under pressure that has not quite yet become coal. French Jet is made of glass that is made to imitate real Jet. Both were commonly associated with "Mourning" jewelry.

7. The first Borealis stone appeared in the 1950's and was a "golden" colour. More colourful forms that we know as "Aurora Borealis" stones were produced in the 1960's and beyond.

8. Eyeball jewelry was originally worn to ward off the "Evil Eye" curse?