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What’s Costume Jewelry?

If fine jewelry made of precious metals and gems are too expensive for you to fit a new outfit or fashion style, then you should really consider costume jewelry. Also, as costume jewelry is normally offered at extremely low prices, if you want to save on shipping fee, we would suggest you buy wholesale costume jewelry for a single order from a China wholesale marketplace like Lightinthebox.

Then, what’s costume jewelry? If you do not know about the definition about costume jewelry, you are not alone. And it’s completely fine as you will become well aware of what a piece of costume jewelry refers to and its values after you read this article.

It was in the 1930s that costume jewelry was born in the world. As a replacement for “real” jewelry, costume jewelry is also commonly called as fake jewelry, junk jewelry, cheap jewelry or fashion jewelry. Unlike precious jewelry, costume jewelry works mainly as ornamentation for ladies to complement a particular fashionable garment or “costume”. From the very beginning, costume jewelry was intended to be fashionable for a short time only. That is to say, a piece of costume jewelry usually lasts its fashion life for a very limited time and becomes outdated soon. But it does not mean that the outdated costume jewelry leaves the fashion stage for ever. Soon it will become unprecedentedly trendy pairing with a new trendy style or outfit. In essence, though costume jewelry is a cheap and disposable accessory used for adorning a specific fashionable garment, it is gaining more and more popularity among the masses for its unique, beautiful and extremely fashionable styles as well as its high affordability. For example, on Lightinthebox.com, you can get a gorgeous CZ costume jewelry set for just $9.99!

Originally, costume or fashion jewelry was all made of cheap simulated gemstones. But on the modern days, a wider range of better materials are used to make costume jewelry including high-end crystals, cubic zirconia simulated diamonds (referred to as CZ for short), sterling silver and semi-precious stones. That explains why some of the great costume jewelry looks no difference from fine jewelry by a simple glance. And today, online stores offering wholesale costume jewelry to global buyers are everywhere. Among all types of costume jewelry, silver jewelry and bridal jewelry including rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and tiara are the most widely sought-after. Continue reading Wholesale Costume Jewelry: Affordable Fashion Accessories for Ladies

Quality V.S. Pricing

The quality of TS dresses and other TS apparel receives lots of compliments based on Lightinthebox real customer reviews. It seems people tend to particularly satisfied with the great quality when compared to the pricing. I myself believe deeply that fashion brand of Lightinthebox.com (read the detailed review) deserves being trusted. After discovering their Chinese domestic online stores, I decide to buy a few TS dresses and TS blouses for my 2013 summer wardrobe. Currently I am still looking for my favorite styles and comparing prices for the target ones. I prefer elegant, modest or vintage dresses and TS is definitely my cup of tea. What’s more importantly, their pricing won’t embarrass my wallet.

Pricing Ranges for Chinese Domestic Market & International Market

Be fair, the high-end dresses from the TS brand are reasonably priced. They are highly affordable among common Chinese consumers like me. In China, we have to pay around $30-$300 for a quality formal or casual dress from a better known fashion brand. TS dresses are priced at $12-$80 only. The brand is also worn by many Chinese celebrities including popular movie or TV soap opera stars and TV anchormen or anchorwomen. As you can see, the low prices do not make them a cheap brand anyway.

As for the international pricing, TS clothing ranges from $10 to $100 at their official international shopping channel Lightinthebox.com. Most of the styles are offered at between $30 and $50. As high-end dresses coming in high quality and trendy styles, they are very competitive compared to those from better known fashion brands around the world.

For international buyers, you are encouraged to take advantage of their promotions in order to get the best deals on TS clothing. In particular, you can check out their Weekly Deals or Today’s Sales zone regularly so that you may discover a great discount for the TS style you love.

Comparisons between Chinese Prices and Global Prices

I tried to compare the prices between international stores and Chinese domestic stores (including their own site and their official stores at other shopping sites) for TS clothing. I found that it is hard to say which site offers the best prices for TS. The Chinese prices and the international prices differ significantly or slightly for the same styles but not all lower priced ones are offered by the same store.

Continue reading How is the competiveness of TS clothing pricing?

I hadn’t done any serious research on the TS (Three Seasons) clothing brand until one day I suddenly realized that it must be in close relationship with Lightinthebox.com (read the detaile review) otherwise the famous Chinese international shopping site won’t give such an important exposure rate to it. In addition to highlighting the Chinese apparel brand in the menu of the “Fashion” category as well as the homepage featured categories zone, Lightinthebox also frequently launches sales for the brand. In particular, you can see TS clothing deals released in their Today’s Sales page quite regularly.

I though TS is simply a famed Chinese fashion brand that works closely with Lightinthebox.com and uses the site to promote their products to buyers around the world, just like many other powerful clothing brands or manufacturers do. For instance, at the well-known Chinese shopping sites like Aliexpress.com, Dinodirect.com or Milanoo.com, we can find a good number of Chinese clothing brands selling their products there.

Continue reading TS Brand Story: A Famous Chinese Fashion Brand Backed by Lightinthebox.com