Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. & Synthetic Stones
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The Madame Of Fashion Visits America
September 11, 2014The Sleeveless Dress
The sleeveless dress, deemed the “little nothing dress,” of the early sixties called for jewelry to adorn the arms and ears of women. Both tailored and glittery jewelry fashions were presented in the collections of Coro, Trifari and Napier.
The Fingerless Glove
Napier Cocktail Ring
Ever wonder why you have a pair of evening gloves with the fingers cut away? Fingerless gloves, called a “Mini,” were all the rage in the end of the sixties. The trend was inspired by large costume jewelry cocktail rings–impossible to pull a glove over. The workaround–a fingerless glove!
Jewelry historian, Melinda Lewis is co-founder of Costume Jewelry Collectors Int’l (CJCI) and author of The Napier Co.: Defining 20th Century American Costume Jewelry.
March 26, 2025
