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PostHeaderIcon THE MEDIEVAL ERA



In the history of the world, the medieval era was the famous Dark Age. It was the period the Church dominated affairs politically, socially and otherwise. Men and women were locked up in religious traditions. Freedom of expression was locked up in the religion prisons of the era. However, in the medieval era especially in the Roman Empire, the use of jewelry products continued to have a free reign because jewelry was part and parcel of the religious make up of the era.

Here are some facts of the medieval Jewelry

Despite the fall of the Roman Empire of old, the jewelry styles remained intact in its use by the people of the following medieval era. In the era, the Barbarians who were from the archaic tribes of the Eastern Europe were very skillful artists who produced wonderful art works including the Jewelry products.
The Barbarians were very good in the metal work that saw the introduction of various jewelry products. They combined this with the ancient Roman traditional method of gold filigree in their production of the jewelry accessories.
The Barbarians produced jewelry products such as royal diadems, earrings, beaded necklaces of all kinds, solid gold rings of all shapes, bracelets and so many other products.
One of the best techniques used in the medieval jewelry production was the use of garnet slices set through the enamel system of jewelry production. Crowns and other artistic jewelry products were embedded with quality raw materials.

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PostHeaderIcon HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT PACKET SHIRT FOR YOUR SUITS


Packet shirts are very necessary in the suit fashion make up especially for the men folk. Most often, men must as a matter of fact wear nice shirts on top of their suit trousers. Hence, it is very necessary to know how best to select the appropriate packet shirts.

Here are some tips to help you discover the various kinds of packet shirts.


To know how to select the right packet shirts, you need to discover the various kinds of shirts to use. Basically there are three kinds of shirts meant for suits. These include the plain shirts, the striped shirts and the check shirts.
Use plain shirt on striped suits
Plain shirts are best used on striped suits.  For instance, if you have a well designed black striped suit that has golden parallel lines, you don’t need to use a striped shirt to wear it. All you need is to get a plain colored suit for it. The best color to use for black striped suits could be white or sky blue.

Use striped shirts on plain suits
It is always the right thing to wear striped shirts on top of plain suits. For instance, it you are having a plain black suit, you can wear it with a striped shirt. The shirts could be in white striped colors, gray or sky blue. 

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PostHeaderIcon HOW TO COMBINE THE BEST COLORS FOR YOUR SUITS


Knowledge is the way out of every ugly situation in life. When you know what to do, you are likely to have enough room to handle the situation. In the area of choosing the appropriate colors for your suits here are the basic guidelines that can be very helpful:

Desire to learn the way
The first point to bear in mind to discover the color combination is to have a thirst for it. You must have a burning desire to learn the rigors involved. Hence, you need to align your mind properly and tune it well to get ready to discover how to go about combing the right colors.


build your sense of colors
The next thing to do is to have a working knowledge of the colors. You need to build your color sense and engrave it inside your mind so that your common sense will always be at alert to pick the right color signals all the time. One way to do this is to painstakingly study about colors. For instance, it is a well known fact that black match white and vice versa.
Engage in a  fashion training color program
From time to time, so many fashion institutes engage the public in a free for all show on issues concerning fashion especially when it comes to color combination. Do well to be attending such shows when they are staged.

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PostHeaderIcon THE JEWELRY HISTORY: THE ANCIENT AFRICAN MODE



The ancient history of Jewelry cannot be complete without the worthy mentioning of the African contribution in the evolution of the Jewelry accessories. In the Ancient primitive Africa, there were traces of local jewelry used by the Africans of the ancient times. This is mainly seen today in the records available in various African museums.

Some facts about the Ancient African Jewelry



Africa has numerous gorgeous cultures in her various countries that make up the continent. Most of these countries today were then known as Empires before the arrival of the colonialist. In most of these African Empires, kings and princes reigned together with their wives and households.
These African kings and their royalties which includes their wives and their households had lots of elaborate jewelry attires that made Africa very unique. There were diverse kinds of Jewelry products locally manufactured then such as the crowns, the royal diadems, the staff, the totem, the royal beads and so on.
The African kings were known for putting on gigantic crowns of all kinds. This they used as signs of honor and authority in their various domains. They also used long staff as their official symbol of strength. The kings also wore gorgeous

jewelry neck laces mainly made with quality beads. The queens also were known for elaborate crowns and various neck jewelries which were well designed.
The basic raw materials used in the production of most of the African Jewelry products include the locally discovered gold, rubber and other local metals available.

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