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2. Who are the major contributors?
   1. largest market is North America followed by Europe
   2. raw materials mostly sourced from Australia, Africa, Russia. Canada
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   3. manufacturing takes place in China, India, Italy, and Turkey
3. How is it produced?
   1. mass production methods
      1. cast metal by melting it and then pouring it into molds to harden.
      2. designs are applied to hardened metal by painting it with enamel or embossing by machine
      3. electroplating--> process that coats inexpensive base materials with a thin coat of silver and gold
4. When/How did it begin?
   1. 1920s
   2. Coco Chanel introduced long, large, and fake pearls
5. What materials are used?
   1. wood
   2. glass
   3. base metals: brass, aluminum, copper, tin, and lead
6. What influences designs?
   1. apparel trends
   2. time period
   3. religion
7. How big is the industry?
   1. over 150 billion dollar industry
8. What is costume jewelry?
   1. fashion jewelry that is mass produced
   2. also called fashion jewelry
   3. Costume jewelry (also known as fashion jewellery, trinkets, junk jewelry, fake jewelry and fallalery) is a jewelry made of less valuable materials as compared with valuable materials such as gold, diamond, platinum and other precious metals and gem.
9. How does this hurt fine jewelry?
   1. You can make faux fine jewelry so you don't have to buy fine jewelry to wear it
   2. cheaper alternative
   3. buy different/more jewelry
10. Target Market
    1. 20's and younger mostly costume jewelry
    2. 30's mostly a mix of costume jewelry and fine jewelry
    3. 40's and above mostly fine jewelry
11. Major Players in industry
    1. Cartier
    2. Chanel
    3. Louis Vuitton
    4. Yurman Design
    5. Versace