costume or fashion jewelry, as opposed to “real” (fine) jewelry, which is more expensive and may be primarily considered as investments, keepsakes, or collectibles, comprises a variety of ornamental items worn for personal adornment that are manufactured as less expensive ornamentation to complement a particular fashionable outfit or garmen. Costume jewelry, sometimes referred to as fashion jewelry, initially followed the fashions of its more expensive, fine counterparts.

Terminology
It is also referred to as fallalery, fashion jewelry, junk jewelry, imitation jewelry, artificial jewelry, and trinkets.

Meaning and Origin
Costume jewelry has been around since the early 1900s. It illustrates how the term “costume” was once used to describe what is now referred to as a “