Bead Fashion Blog Posts
Apparel Search fashion blog — blog posts about beads, beaded jewelry and beading.
In this section you will find fashion blog posts about beads. Beads work two jobs in fashion: strung, they become jewelry — necklaces, bracelets and earrings built bead by bead — and sewn, they become beading, the embellishment that covers bodices, tops and swimwear with texture and shine. This page is the blog post index for the topic on Apparel Search: it collects the bead posts from the fashion blog, and links the jewelry guide and the bead definition at the top.
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The five posts collected here split across the two jobs. Gail Be Designs is a bead jewelry designer post. Courtney Prince Presents Doloris Petunia covers the jewelry label whose beaded and crystal bracelets also fill the bracelets index on this site. Janina Gavankar from True Blood in Reve by Khushali Kumar is a red carpet post about embellished dressing. American Designers Razzle & Dazzle with Embellishments for Spring 2015 is the beading post proper — a trend report on embellishment, where beads are sewn onto garments rather than strung. Independence Day 2014: Patriotic Bracelet Colors is the seasonal entry, red white and blue bead bracelets for the holiday.
A bead, as the definition linked above explains, is a small decorative object with a hole for stringing or sewing, made in glass, wood, stone, shell, plastic and metal. Strung beads are among the oldest jewelry forms in the world, and the technique has never left fashion: it returns whenever clothing turns decorative, which the spring 2015 embellishment post documents. Readers who want the product guides will find beaded bracelets, beaded necklaces and beaded earrings in the jewelry guide series, and beaded tops and beaded swimwear in the clothes guides, all linked in the topic block below.
Beadwork quality shows in the details a camera can catch: even sizing, clean holes, secure knots and clasps that match the weight of the strand. Seed beads — the tiny glass beads used in woven and embroidered work — sit at one end of the scale; large wooden, stone and lampwork glass beads, each one formed individually, sit at the other. Stringing material matters as much as the beads: silk cord for pearls and fine strands, coated wire for weight, elastic for the stretch bracelets that fill several posts in this index.
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What bead blog posts are collected here?
Five posts: Gail Be Designs; American Designers Razzle & Dazzle with Embellishments for Spring 2015; Independence Day 2014: Patriotic Bracelet Colors; Courtney Prince Presents Doloris Petunia; and Janina Gavankar from True Blood in Reve by Khushali Kumar.
What is the difference between beads and beading?
Beads are the individual pieces — small pierced objects of glass, wood, stone or other material. Beading is the craft of using them: stringing beads into jewelry, or sewing them onto clothing as embellishment. This index collects posts about both.
Where can I find beaded jewelry and clothing guides?
The topic block at the bottom of this page links beaded bracelet, necklace and earring guides in the jewelry section, plus women's beaded tops and beaded swimwear guides in the clothes section.
More About Beads and Beaded Fashion on Apparel Search
Beaded Jewelry Guides
- Beaded Bracelets
- Beaded Necklaces
- Beaded Earrings
- Women's Beaded Tops Guide
- Women's Beaded Swimwear Guide