If you want to talk costume jewelry I am definitely the one to talk about it. In my other spare time I ballroom dance. I teach and compete and I have been doing this for years. One thing I can say is that when it comes to costume jewelry no other sport or culture (save for maybe Hollywood) elaborates as much and as expensively as the world of ballroom dance.
Just a few months ago I had a necklace made by the same designers that did all the costumes on DWTS. Because they're based locally where I live I can just drive down to their shop and order whatever I want. Now, when it came to this costume jewelry I wanted to order a Cleopatra-esque necklace that was turquoise and gold, as well as having some browns and darker colors. In total with an additional snake armband piece of rhinestones the entire set cost me about four hundred dollars! But it was all well worth it because they only used the most top quality rhinestones and it looked even better than any "real" jewelry I could have gotten.
