More 1970s bling

This is becoming unofficial vintage costume jewellery week.

Here's an urban-esque shot of me wearing my latest vintage costume jewelery acquisition, picked up at the 7th annual estate sale of Toronto vintage shops Gadabout and Eclectisaurus.

I bought this 1960s-70s? necklace from dealer Angela McCool.

It isn't signed but I just love it; it's a real statement piece necklace and it has purple glass beads and faceted pieces.


Here's a closer look.

There are also tiny purple faceted pieces at the end of the gold fringe on the bottom.

The trick with a statement piece necklace is you don't want it to compete with other elements of your outfit.

The scarf may have been pushing it, but I only wore it outside as it was cool-ish the other day.


I'm not so sure this piece is 'worth' a lot but it is quite distinctive and I really do love it (have been wearing it non-stop for a few days now).

Just remember that a piece doesn't have to be 'valuable' per se for it to have value for you.

I found a couple more vintage costume jewellery pieces yesterday during a Value Village dig on my way home, and I will share them this week along with my reason for buying them - I also almost picked up something marked 'Sherman' but decided it was a fake.

Remember: vintage bling sale in Toronto this Saturday, April 24 at Leaside Memorial Gardens.