Friday, November 23, 2007

Diamond Skull Jewellery

Jewellery suggests adornment, beautification and attraction. It is an embellishment that makes a statement about the wearer. It is no more a fashion accessory patronized by women. Of late it has found favour with males as well. Rings, pendants, chains, brooches, chains, bracelets, necklaces and watches have long been decorated with expensive stones and diamonds to enhance their exclusiveness and as a suggestion of finery. Gold, silver and platinum have, since long, held together gems, pearls, diamonds and other precious stones to be owned by buyers with a sense of pride and ownership. Expensive and modern pieces of jewellery do not need to shout to announce the social stature of the wearer. It is obvious.

Diamond skull jewellery is the latest entrant into the arena of fashion jewellery. It is now fashionable to have various symbols, religious and otherwise, depicted through encrusted diamonds on beautifully crafted skulls. It is thus no reason to be surprised if a diamond encrusted skull catches one’s eye while it is on someone’s finger or dangling from a chain or a brooch.

Diamond studded skulls are juxtaposed with religious symbols like the cross and the crucifix, almost like the co existence of good and evil, life and death, sadness and happiness in this world. The Christian context is overtly suggested in the twin depiction of the cross and other symbols along with the skull, a mute statement of the human experience being incomplete without the presence of evil.

Moreover, more and more celebrities from all over the world are sporting these latest pieces of diamond studded skulls thereby contributing to their popularity which results in the rage catching on. Well, there are also some who say that it doesn’t go down well with everybody and that itself contributes to its being exclusive. Not everyone can flaunt it with the same flair and confidence and yet make a style statement with a diamond studded skull.

The fashion-conscious as well as the religiously inclined endorse the latest trends in fashion oriented religious jewellery, thereby giving a fillip to new introductions in jewellery. The world community also comes together by wearing the same symbols and identifying co-brotherhood by displaying their allegiance to the same religion. These symbols can be made obvious by wearing visible and easily demarcated pieces of jewellery that catch one’s eye as well as attention.

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