faux pearls
Costume jewelry spheres
Faux pearls are imitation pearls made from glass, plastic, or other materials rather than formed naturally in oysters or cultured in pearl farms.
They mimic the appearance of real pearls at a fraction of the cost: She wore a string of faux pearls with her cocktail dress.
The term extends to other imitation jewelry—faux diamonds, faux gold—where faux signals deliberate, acceptable imitation rather than fraud.
- costume jewelryNon-precious decorative adornments
- imitationCopy of the original
- beadsSmall pierced ornaments for stringing
- necklaceNeck-worn ornament
- strandThin fiber piece
lustrous · plastic · glass · clasp · vintage · art deco · Great Gatsby · glamour · Chanel · little black dress · cocktail party · dress up · dressing up · iridescent · baubles · paste · rhinestones · accessory
- jewelry suppliesrhinestones, glass beads, plastic beads, cubic zirconia, crystal beads
- jewelryearrings, bracelet, necklaces, necklace, rings
- trinketstrinket, trinket box, knickknack, bauble, gewgaw
- synthetic gemscubic zirconia, synthetic diamond, lab diamond, simulant
faux pearlsnatural pearls
Gems formed without cultivation
cultured pearls · freshwater pearls · nacre · the real thing