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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2845354, member: 2844"]Liz, you must have known some odd people. The thing about odd people is that you can't take what they say as necessarily true or as being the general consensus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sorry your Swedish relatives were like that, however, there is no general European social stigma attached to costume jewellery. As we explained before, Europe is the birthplace of costume jewellery, and it is generally worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for social stigmas in general, they differ from country to country. Some European countries value old class systems, and some are more egalitarian. My own country, The Netherlands, is internationally known to have one of the most, if not the most, egalitarian societies in the world. In my own family, costume and fine jewellery were mixed, most would wear gold, silver and costume all at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't have a clue where, as I never said anything about European costume, except that I wear it.</p><p>If you read what I said, it was that Europeans generally think US costume jewellery is gaudy and tasteless (compared to their appreciation of Eur cj). That has nothing to do with social anything, but everything with different traditions and perceptions of beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that Europeans generally prefer European costume jewellery to US costume, does not mean there is a social stigma attached to costume in general.</p><p>And the fact that US costume jewellery is not to the European taste in general has nothing to do with social differences. After all, they do wear European costume jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hate to break it to you, Liz, but tastes, preferences and perceptions of beauty are different from culture to culture. Calling someone a snob just because they are from a different part of the world with a different taste is very odd imo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2845354, member: 2844"]Liz, you must have known some odd people. The thing about odd people is that you can't take what they say as necessarily true or as being the general consensus. I am sorry your Swedish relatives were like that, however, there is no general European social stigma attached to costume jewellery. As we explained before, Europe is the birthplace of costume jewellery, and it is generally worn. As for social stigmas in general, they differ from country to country. Some European countries value old class systems, and some are more egalitarian. My own country, The Netherlands, is internationally known to have one of the most, if not the most, egalitarian societies in the world. In my own family, costume and fine jewellery were mixed, most would wear gold, silver and costume all at the same time. I wouldn't have a clue where, as I never said anything about European costume, except that I wear it. If you read what I said, it was that Europeans generally think US costume jewellery is gaudy and tasteless (compared to their appreciation of Eur cj). That has nothing to do with social anything, but everything with different traditions and perceptions of beauty. The fact that Europeans generally prefer European costume jewellery to US costume, does not mean there is a social stigma attached to costume in general. And the fact that US costume jewellery is not to the European taste in general has nothing to do with social differences. After all, they do wear European costume jewellery. I hate to break it to you, Liz, but tastes, preferences and perceptions of beauty are different from culture to culture. Calling someone a snob just because they are from a different part of the world with a different taste is very odd imo.[/QUOTE]
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