REVIEWER IN FASHION ACCESSORY 10

HISTORY OF FASHION ACCESSORY

Do you have any idea of the beginnings of fashion accessory? Well, according to the
history fashion design is generally considered to have started in the 19th century. The
manner of clothing highly represents the economic status of an individual and expression
of occasion or feeling of the wearer.
During the mid-19th century, new styles in clothing denoted middle class status.
The dark suit, in somber shades of black, grey, or brown, for men connoted authority,
responsibility, and respectability. The sailor suit became an essential uniform for middle-
class boys. Neo-classicism influenced middleclass women's styles of dress. A respectable,
middle class woman did not expose her body. They wore their hair in curls or knotted like
women in classical statues. Middle-class girls, like princesses, wore bows, ruffles, and
pastels as a symbol of their distinctiveness.

Fashion is one way of expressing oneself. It is a way of exploring yourself and

standing in front of the crowd with confidence. In reality, the reason why we want to choose
our own clothes and other stuff is to satisfy our own desire and fashion taste.

KINDS OF FASHION ACCESSORY

1. Jewelry – Fashionable items like necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and brooches have
long been used to add stylish touches to all types of outfits.

2. Footwear – While shoes and boots serve a practical function, they can also be stylish
fashion accessories for women, men and children.

3. Headwear – Berets and other types of hats are functional and fashionable items,
providing warmth while also making a fashion statement.

4. Hand coverings – Gloves are an important fashion accessory, with some styles
providing warmth and hand protection while others add elegant style to formal attire.

5. Finishing touches – Accessories like belts and buckles as well as neckties and
neckwear add critical finishing touches to many outfits.

6. Walking aids – Items like canes and walking sticks have long been used, sometimes
as an elegant accessory and other times out of medical necessity.

Jewelry is the ultimate decorative accessory. Some sort has been worn since
prehistoric man first strung beans, shells, or animal teeth and hung them around his neck.
Nowadays, men, women and children wear jewelry in many forms including bracelets,
necklaces, earrings, brooch and many more.

Classification of Jewelry

a. Fine Jewelry – refers to all pieces of jewelry made from precious metals (gold and
platinum) in combination with precious or semiprecious gems. This jewelry is generally
expensive.

b. Fashion Costume Jewelry – refers to all pieces of jewelry made from other metals,
including precious silver, or from unusual materials (wood, glass, beads, etc.) and
semiprecious or imitation gems. This jewelry is inexpensive, but excellent designing has
often boosted the prices fashion jewelry into the range of fine jewelry.

Types of Jewelries

1. Earrings – are ornament worn on the ears. They may have a backing for pierced ears, or
screws, clips, or wires. Earrings come in many shapes and sizes, including ball, button,
hoop, and drop.

2. Necklace – is an article of jewelry which is worn around the neck. Necklaces are
frequently formed from a metal jewelry chain. Others are woven or manufactured from cloth
using string or twine.

3. Ring – is a circular band worn on the finger. It can be of metal, plastic, or wood; jeweled
or plain. Some ring has special significance, like a friendship, engagement, wedding, school,
or signet ring; other are purely decorative

4. Bracelet – is an arm band of various types. A bangle is a ring that slips onto the wrist; it
may have a hinge opening. There are linked bracelets, chain bracelets, identification
bracelets, and charm bracelets.

5. Brooch – is an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck

• Headbands – are clothing accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually
to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of
elastic material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or metal. They come in
assorted shapes and sizes and are used for both fashion and practical/utilitarian
purposes.

• Belts – are flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, or knots
and worn around the waist. A belt supports trousers or other articles of clothing.

Fashion Accessories Materials

1. Metals include copper, brass, stainless, wires and aluminum, as well as alloys.

2. Plastics are solid molded pieces of transparent, translucent, or opaque plastic. Plastic
can be used to copy ivory, horn, or tortoise, or used on its own merits.

3. Paper Clay is a non-toxic modeling material that can be sculpted, molded or shaped,
and air dries to a hard finish that can be carved, or sanded.

4. Glass can be formed or moulded into any shape. In its most solid forms, it has also been
used for beads. It can be coloured by adding metallic salts and can also be painted

5. Wire is an extruded metal and is quite versatile in jewellery-making because it can hold
its shape. It comes in different thicknesses or gauges. The larger the gauge, the smaller the
diameter of the wire.

6. Polymer Clay is polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC) modeling clay that will harden, thus
making firm objects we can use for jewelry making.

7. Beads vary in types and shapes. Beads are made from a wide range of materials such as
gemstones, plastic glass, wood, stone, metal. They can also be made from natural materials
such as plant seeds, pearls, bone, ivory, wood. Even glass beads are wide ranging from lead
crystal like Swarovski to pressed glass to lamped work to fused to faceted.

8. Leather is a durable and flexible material created by the tanning of animal rawhide and
skin, often cattle hide.

9. Findings are the parts used to join jewelry components together to form a completed
article.

Indigenous Materials (Local Materials)

1. Tusks or teeth of elephants, walruses, and whales where ivory comes from. It is hard,
opaque, creamywhite. It can be carved into intricate medallions or figures.

2. Tortoise shell is the hard, mottled brown shell of some tortoises and turtles. It is
translucent. Tortoise shell is often used as an inlay material; it is also used for rings,
bracelets, earrings. It is hard and usually translucent, ranging in color from creamy tones
to pale, mottled browns.

3. Mother-of-pearl is the iridescent whitish coating inside oyster shells. It is often used for
studs, buttons, inexpensive jewelry, and carved jewelry.

4. Wood can be used alone or in combination with metals or other materials.

5. Seeds have been popular which beads can be made of.

6. Paper which is normally made from trees goes through a pulping process and become
paper. However, it can be made from many other things as well such as banana leaves,
grasses etc.

7. Coconut Shells are the common materials used as buttons as well as accessories. It
comes from the inner part of the coconut fruit.

8. Jute is a thick and stiff but makes great plant hangers.

9. Hemp is a scratchy and stiff but gets softer with wear and frequent washings.

10. Rattail is really smooth and slippery but makes up into beautiful pieces.

Tools in Fashion Accessories and Their Uses

1. Cutting Tools
A. Scissors are used for cutting paper, fabric and thread ends. Keep one sharp for cutting
fabric and another for paper as cutting paper blunt scissors. Do not use these to cut wire.

B. Cookie cutters are ideal for cutting shapes out of slabs of polymer clay.

C. Craft Knife is a type of utility knife. It has a small fixed blades or retractable, snap off
blades. It is good for cutting thin, lightweight materials with high degree of precision and
control.

2. Measuring and Sizing Tools

A. Ruler is used for measurement and for drawing straight lines. Generally, a metal one is
better than a plastic

B. Measuring tape is handy for measuring curved surfaces, like your wrist for a bracelet.
Alternatively you can use a piece of string.

3. Pliers

A. Curved chain-nose pliers are used to reach into tight places to grip components, close
jump rings, bend wire and stabilize a design while working. The bent tip allows access into
difficult areas without blocking your line of vision

Chain-nose pliers are available in both long-nose and short-nose varieties. Short-nose
pliers offer more strength and stability while long-nose pliers give more reach.

Crimping pliers are an invaluable tool for stringing beads, as they easily secure crimp
tubes to your beading wire. The jaws have two notches (when closed, one notch forms an
''O'' shape, the other a ''U'' shape).

Flush-cutters trim headpins, eye pins and beading wire, as well as fine wire used in wire
working. Flush-cutters allow a flat, even cut even in the tightest of places (hence the name),
making for less filing and clean-up time. The tiny jaws camouflage their incredible accuracy
and power.

Beading and Knotting Tools

1. Beading needles are thin wires with a sharp point at one end and a narrow eye on the
other end.

2. Tapestry needles are needles with blunt end and a large eye very useful for beading.

3. Embroidery needles have a longer eye to enable easier threading of multiple embroidery
threads and thicker yarns

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS

Tape measure Is useful in making necklaces in terms of length

 Specifically for jewelry-making to snip wire as they are easier to
Wire cutters
get close to small components than the larger wire cutters

An old scissor will suffice for fine wires. Use sharp scissors to
Scissors
cut threads and, ribbon, thong, cord and fabric

A versatile pliers have flat faces and are used to close crimps
Snipe-nose pliers
and tag ends

Round-nose pliers Used to create loops or jump rings

Used to secure crimps tightly and neatly. The crimp made with
Crimping pliers crimping pliers is more rounded than a crimp made with flat-
nose pliers

Come in handy to pick up tiny beads and for holding pieces in

Tweezers
one hand while applying glue with the other

Thread tiny beads for smaller size, thicker threads for the use of
Needles
large beads

Super Glue Used in securing the knots with a small dab

Clear Nail Varnish Suitable for gluing knots and ribbon to prevent fraying

Low-tack adhesive tape can be wrapped around the end of

Masking Tape
tigertail or to stop beads from falling off the wire

Storage Box with

Used to keep beads and other small materials and findings
compartments

MATERIALS FUNCTIONS
There are varieties of beads and pendants it can be a bit
expensive, but there are inexpensive and exotic beads. We can
Beads and Pendants recycle beads from broken or out-dated accessories. Example
are plastic beads, glass beads , seed beads, spacers or
charms
Accessories can be hung in many ways with the use of different
threads. The finer the beads, the smaller thread that we use.
Threading Material The larger the hole of the materials we can use the cords or
ribbons. Examples are Monofilament, cord, thong, ribbon
and nylon bead string.
 It comes in various thickness and materials like gold-plated,
Wire And Chain silver, surgical steel or colored wire made from coated copper
alloy. Tiger tail and chain are examples.

Used to make a collection of fashion accessories to wearable.

Findings
Examples of these are head pins, Tag ends and fastening.

CALCULATE AND PRODUCE FASHION ACCESSORY MATERIAL

The first column on the above table refers to the materials with brief
specification such as the size of the item, the color and other description for you to easily
find what you are looking for.
The second column which is the quantity serves as the indicator how many of the
specific items are to buy. However, be sure that the number of items to be listed is only
enough for the project. Provide some allowance but not too much.
The third column indicates the cost or amount per piece of an item. If you have
enough time, you may also canvass to different stores and compare the price to save money
but never comprise the quality of the products.
And the last column refers to the total amount of the specific item. Notice that
the formula is to multiply the quantity to the unit cost. After filing in the tables, add the
total amount to come up with the grand total.

A brief description an example of elements of the arts

1. LINE - A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point

2. COLOR - The visible spectrum of radiation reflected from an object

3. VALUE - The lightness or darkness of a color.

4. SHAPE - An enclosed space defined by a line or by contrast to its surroundings.

5. FORM - A three-dimensional object: a defined volume of space.

6. SPACE - The distance or area around or between elements of an artwork. The illusion of
depth created on a flat surface through the use of perspective, overlapping elements, size,
level of detail, color and value.

7. TEXTURE - The tactile sensation or feel of a surface (rough, smooth, spiky, etc.) or how
something appears to feel.

Art Principles Applied in Fashion Accessories

1. BALANCE - The distribution of interest or visual weight in a work. A smaller element can
balance out a larger one if the smaller one is farther from the center and the larger one
nearer.
2. EMPHASIS - is created by visually reinforcing something we want the viewer to pay
attention to. Focal points are areas of interest the viewer's eyes skip to.
3. CONTRAST - The difference in quality between two instances of an art element, or using
opposing qualities next to each other. For example, black and white (contrasting values),
organic/curvy and geometric/angular (contrasting lines/shapes/forms), and rough and
smooth (contrasting textures).
4. REPETITION & PATTERN -Repeating art elements in regular or cyclical fashion to
create interest, movement, and/or harmony and unity.
5. PROPORTION/SCALE - The relationship of sizes between different parts of a work
6. VARIETY - Using a range of different qualities or instances of an art element to create a
desired visual effect - e.g., a variety of shapes, colors, etc. Variety can add interest and
break the monotony of simple repetitions.
7. HARMONY/UNITY - Harmonious elements have a logical relationship or progression - in
some way they work together and complement each other.
Tips on how to choose Earrings

Description Type of Earrings

Oval shaped. Oval-shaped faces feature foreheads that are

as wide as the cheekbones. The face narrows from the Dangling Earrings
cheeks to the chin, creating the oval shape.
Round shaped. Also called circular faces, round faces are
widest at the cheekbones. The cheekbones do not taper Teardrop and Dangle Earring
down to the chin as with other face shapes.
Heart shaped. Heart shaped faces feature a forehead that
Dangle , Teardrop and
is wider than the cheeks. The cheeks further taper down to
Chandelier Earring
the chin.
Square shaped. The forehead, cheeks, and jaws are all
about the same width on a square-shaped face. Women Rounded Designs, Elongated
with square shaped faces tend to have very strong jaw ,Hoop Dangling and Earrings
lines.
Narrow shaped. Sometimes called a "rectangular" face, the
Clustered pearl earrings and
narrow face has the same general shape as a square face
Dangle Earrings
but is elongated.
Diamond shaped. On the diamond-shaped face, the
forehead and chin are narrower than the cheekbones.
Dangle and Hoop Earrings
Women with diamond-shaped faces tend to have very
strong cheekbones.
DIFFERENT TYPE OF NECKLINES AND NECKLACES THAT FITS
Great jewelry can transform an average outfit into a memorable one, and selecting
the right necklace to match with your neckline is important. One little misstep and your
neckline can look too busy. Let’s run through some different necklines and pair them with
necklace styles that complement their shape.
1. V-neckline
V-necks are popular all year round. In summer they’re great to show a peek of your
golden glow, and in winter you can use them for layering. The perfect necklace for the v-
neck is a triangle pendant. It will bring a focal point to your outfit, and weigh the chain to
mimic the angles of your neckline.
2. Boat Neckline
Boat necklines were originally designed for sailors so they could easily slip out if they
were to fall overboard. For us fashionistas, it means a simple and elegant neckline cutting
from shoulder to shoulder. The best necklace for this plain cut is a long pendant to add
length to your torso and to break up the horizontal cut of this nautical neckline.
3. Square Neckline
Square Necklines are considered a discreet way to show off cleavage without being
too flashy. This neckline lends itself well to low profile pendants. The round shape of the
necklace creates a nice contrast to the straight cuts of the square neckline.
4. Turtleneck neckline
This is a popular neckline for wintery weather. It's cozily warm, polished and classy.
Since the blouse encloses your neck, go for alternative jewelry like earrings and a cuff
bracelet. Wearing a necklace would just clutter your outfit, so stick with glamming up your
ears and wrists instead.
5. Scoop Neckline
Scoop-necks are u-shaped and elongate your neck, giving the appearance of a
slimmer physique. With exposed collarbones, a double-chain necklace fills the “blank
canvas” nicely. The second chain adds more interest and dimension.
6. Sweetheart Neckline
Sweetheart necks are popular in evening gowns and cocktail dresses. The most
appropriate necklace to accessorize with is a mid-length beaded necklace. You don’t want
anything hanging low and breaking up the interesting heart-shaped neckline, but having
some beads will add some texture and dimension to compliment it.

How to Package your Fashion Accessories?

Packaging can be practical as well as memorable, and if a customer is impressed they

are more likely to return to your shop. This makes packaging an extremely important
marketing tool; one which is often unfortunately overlooked as most people strive to keep
packaging as cheap and as minimal as possible.

How to package your product?

1. Figure out who your customer is,

2. How much you can afford to spend on packaging, and

3. Whether you want to use handmade packaging or outsource the making of it.

Why is it important to spend the extra time & money on beautiful packaging?

First impressions are everything. The way you package your product is a way of
putting your best “face” forward to a potential customer.

What are 3 tips you’d give to someone trying to figure out how to package their
product?

1) Figure out what works and what won’t work

2) Try different things out

3) Spend some time researching, looking for ideas and gathering inspiration