#pendantandring

Went to the mall the other day, which is something we rarely do. I was surprised by how things change and how people stay the same. We saw so many people in all their genders and shades; families, shy couples, nervous singles, groups of bold college kids, and bolder teenagers leaning casually and milling about. We saw clothes and bags and shoes and sparkling jewelry. Cookies and coffees and the occasional tea. It could have been any year in any market or bazaar anywhere in the world. We also saw new offerings from Prada, Gucci, Armani, Guess, Levi's, The Gap, and smaller less popular brands too. We saw wide-legged acid jeans and tight-rolled indigo jeans. We saw so much that is "now" that we were unmistakably in the 2020s. 2023 to be exact, with an abundance of corona-inspired athleisure slowly being replaced with nostalgia for past preppy decades.

The 5 most iconic jewelry pieces from 0 to 500 CE: Ancient Rome to the Lombardic era in Jewelry history.

Listen to this article by clicking play. Jewelry History is a giant topic that would take years to cover in its entirety. This post is an oversimplification of jewelry history and necessarily truncated to one region. There are so many beautiful pieces to choose from and so many active regions to explore. To do the topic justice we will revisit these centuries from different angles including…