Exhibitions

The term "costume jewelry" refers to jewelry made of various materials including not gemstones and precious metals but things like glass, beads, and resin. In the 1920s, Paris-based haute-couture designers such as Chanel, Dior, and Schiaparelli began to incorporate costume jewelry into their works, enabling them to create more freely without being restricled to a given material. In time, this led to the rise of specialized costume jewelry workshops in Europe, where highly skilled artisans helped designers realize their works. After World War 11, particularly in the U.S., costume jewelry grew prevalenti n tandemw ith mass-producedfa shion.T his exhibition,t he first ever held in Japant o focus on the history and allure of costume jewelry, is drawn from the Chisako Kotaki Collection, one of the world's finest collections of costume jewelry.