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Hip-hop Jewelry and Today’s Stars
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Watch any of the major movie, television, and music award shows on television today and one of the first things you’ll notice about the celebrities on the red carpet, aside from their extravagant (and sometimes outlandish) attire, are the amount and size of the jewelry they are wearing. Hip-hop jewelry, more commonly known as bling-bling, is definitely not understated fashion. The bigger and the flashier it is, the better. Preferred by many of today’s celebrities, hip-hop jewelry adorns the fingers, necks, arms, even the teeth of many stars.
Oversized studs and chains are the trademarks of hip-hop jewelry and are preferred by celebrities such as Sean Combs, or P. Diddy. At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, he sported a diamond ring, bracelet, and watch from Jacob and Company. Rapper 50 Cent is another celebrity who is hardly ever seen without his hip-hop jewelry. On his web site, 50 Cent offers more affordable, though just as flashy, bling-bling for those of us who do not earn the megabucks that he and his fellow celebrities rake in. There are also many other web sites that offer low-priced hip-hop jewelry inspired by popular rap artists.
Hip-hop jewelry comes in many shapes and sizes, all of them meant to catch the eye and attract attention. Heavy chains of silver or gold (or both) can oftentimes be seen on celebrities such as LL Cool J and Ja Rule in their music videos. Hip-hop jewelry web sites offer fully ‘iced-out’ bling-bling, or watches, rings, bracelets and earrings that are heavily decorated with real or faux diamonds. So-called ’spinner’ watches and rings are big best sellers in the hip-hop jewelry category. Also available are customized, removable gold, silver and platinum teeth which may be studded with jewels and gemstones, so even the pearly whites can have their share of hip-hop jewelry.
Women celebrities are keeping pace with their male counterparts when it comes to wearing hip-hop jewelry. Stars such as Beyonce, Lil’ Kim, Ashanti and Missy Elliott are regularly seen in pictures wearing large diamond jewelry items of various colors. Even young female celebrities are getting on the bling-bling bandwagon. Teen stars like Jo Jo and Hilary Duff are said to be avid hip-hop jewelry enthusiasts and count themselves among the large number of bejeweled stars today.
Large, ostentatious pieces of jewelry did not start becoming popular only because of the hip-hop cultural phenomenon (think Elvis Presley and Tom Jones), but hip-hop has altered the jewelry market in a big way. Fans see what their favorite celebrities are wearing, and there are numerous options for them to emulate their idols ? at least in terms of fashion. Jewelry has always been a part of popular culture, and today’s hip-hop jewelry and the celebrities who wear them are even more so in this age of instant information.
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read comments (0)License Plate Purse – Fashion Bags For Everyone.
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I own a junk yard and a mechanic shop, and it has at all times been to my advantage to find as many uses for used car parts as possible. Even though both are profitable businesses, there is substantial overhead, so the smaller amount of stuff I have actually store or throw away, the better that it is for me and my business. Of late, I have discovered a novel idea. Not that I thought of it, actually came from my crafty niece.
She always had the talent to make quite a cottage industry out of bags from torn blue jeans, or interesting bracelets out of scraps of things she finds around ? that kind of stuff. So it was hardly that surprising when she created a license plate purse out of a custom license plate from some old Corvette. It wasn’t until then I had realized what a great idea license plate purses would make.
So that’s how it all started, I went into business with my niece. Each morning, the two of us would meet up and make a license plate purse or two. Recently she has also figured out how to make other kinds of license plate hand bags, some of them made out of several plates carefully folded over together to create a seamless whole.
Though I am aware that I won’t make much of any money doing this ? right now we put them up for sale for about thirty bucks per license plate purse, and that too we make only a couple a day ? but for her the money from the sales are great, and sure she gets to keep what she makes. For me, it’s just a good excuse for us to spend time together. If I get to make a neat looking license plate purse or two while doing it, so much the better. Her license plate purses are a hit among her friends. In fact it seems like every other license plate purse that she makes is actually a present for a friend.
Ever since we started to work on the whole license plate purse thing, she has taken an interest into what I do, too. At first, she was not so in to cars, but she has always liked working with her hands, so I assumed that she would be a natural. Sure turns out that I was right. The fact is she is every bit as good with a muffler as with a license plate purse. Shortly I’ll start to show her the inside of an engine, and then we will be down to business. Undoubtedly this license plate purse thing has been the source of great things in my life.
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Chase.com Credit Card: An New Breed Of Cashless Shopping
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When people started using plastics as their primary source of financial disbursements when shopping, they did not yet realize its greatest potential until today.
It is only now that consumers learned how to treat credit cards with utmost care and concern as these could be one way to their success or failure.
Consequently, with the dawn of cashless shopping, many credit cards companies continue to proliferate in the market. What they are targeting right now is the world of information technology. With this, they continue to advocate the very concept of the word “convenience.” Thus, many credit card websites had incessantly created websites to cater to the growing virtual populace.
One good example is the chase.com site. It primarily provides all the credit card requirements of every consumer. What’s more they offer online services wherein their credit card holders can take advantage of digital services and wireless transactions through the site and through their chase credit cards.
The chase.com credit cards offer a variety of credit cards that will suit the customer’s specific credit needs. Chase.com credit card comes in a wide array of general purpose cards, rebate cards, entertainment cards, travel cards, and auto & gas cards. Chase.com credit cards also include retail cards, student cards, and college and university alumni cards, cards to support organizations, military cards, sports cards, and business cards.
With the wide array of credit cards chase.com provides, the consumer will have lots of choices that will certainly answer to their specific needs. There are credit cards that also cater to rewards, cash backs, points, and miles.
Moreover, choosing and applying for chase.com credit cards is relatively easy. The site offers four ways how to apply for chase.com credit cards. They can:
1. Choose by category
In this manner, customers may look through the categories of the cards that they think would serve them best. They can choose whether they want travel rewards, cash backs, auto and gas rebates and a whole lot more.
2. They can use the “help me choose” facility.
With this facility, consumers may ask the site for suggestions regarding credit cards that would provide them their needs.
3. Compare card features
Customers can select some cards and place them next to each other for comparison purposes.
4. Browse through the complete list.
This option is available for customers who really can’t decide which credit card to choose.
So, with the advent of chase.com credit card, there will surely be a better way to enjoy cashless shopping.
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