[Jewelry making - Article 00543] - Re: [Orchid] CZ-synthetic

[Barbara Claiborne]

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    I'm not a fine jeweler, my work is very nontraditional, and I work
    in other media too. I feel lucky to have the artists life, but it
    doesn't give me the cash flow to afford diamonds. So I buy CZs in
    good settings for that prosperous well groomed look- and I think I
    look great in "diamonds". And I do go places where I need to look
    like the other docters wives ;D. Add to that the horrible muggings
    several prosperous freinds have had for their big rocks, and I feel
    safer in good quality CZ jewelry. Silly of me, I know I could still
    get jumped for it, but it wouldn't be the loss the real thing would
    be. I have some family peices in a bank box, and the insurance
    premiums to take it out and wear it are absurd. 

    I have no problem paying for good settings and design and quality
    work, I just don't see it as practical to buy weeny little diamonds
    when I can have effective CZs and still afford the other things I
    like, such as big chunky semi precious arty peices. I would like to
    find more CZ in say, 14k settings that are well designed but most of
    the settings are junk, sterling you can't clean properly, or vermeil
    that will wear off in no time. Or the ones that look like the
    Something-Mart rip off jewelry counter. Think of it as a better class
    of paste, not really costume jewelry but still a bit of subterfuge. I
    bet there's a bigger market than anyone thinks. 

Lizzy Claiborne


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