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On Jul 26, 5:13*am, William Black wrote:
Maren aka HiloBeads or PalmsEtc wrote: On Jul 23, 1:33 pm, William Black wrote: Ganesh wrote: What are the different types of diamond settings commonly available in the UK market? Stop being horrible to the poor chap. He's obviously out of his depth. Admittedly the depth he's out of is at the shallow end, *but that's not really the point. If he's from, *say, *India (which his name implies) and he has a retail background there then he'll only have experience of the very stereotypical jewellery you can buy there... you can probably buy other jewelry in India too g (but I think that's not what you were getting at). I spend a lot of time in India and my experience is that the precious metal jewellery made for internal consumption is beautifully made but completely pedestrian and conventional in design. There are large quantities of more fashionable jewellery (in Western terms) available but it isn't available in the retail shops. Even in Bombay (Mumbai), *the most cosmopolitan of India's cities, *you very rarely see anything made in precious metals that isn't of traditional design. -- William Black So I looked at the script It was six weeks filming in the desert. No girls, *no dialogue, *just guys with guns. They said "Do you want wages or a percentage?" It looked like a certain turkey. When they came the second time I was ready. I haven't had to work since... Eli Wallach on his roles in "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Good the Bad and The Ugly I just found something that can interest you. This article speaks about different type of Mangalsutras http://tinyurl.com/mangalsutra |
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Ganesh wrote:
On Jul 27, 9:21 am, William Black wrote: In India it is normal for a middle class woman to have a jeweller who will make her precious metal jewellery for her and costume jewellery is on sale at just about every street corner. But, and it's a big but, the social opportunities for women to wear Western style jewellery are limited. Younger women could, but can't afford it, and older women tend to wear traditional dress where Western style jewellery just disappears into the gold thread embroidered sari Traditional Ornaments often symbolize various GODs and every ornament various from place to place. If you try to research a Mangalsutra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalsutra) you will find it is made at least using 1000 different types. As is usual with articles on Wikipedia it's riddled with falsehoods. Like the bhindi, the Mangalsutra is worn by Christian and Parsee women as well as Hindu women these days -- William Black So I looked at the script It was six weeks filming in the desert. No girls, no dialogue, just guys with guns. They said "Do you want wages or a percentage?" It looked like a certain turkey. When they came the second time I was ready. I haven't had to work since... Eli Wallach on his roles in "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Good the Bad and The Ugly |
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On Jul 29, 12:23*am, William Black
wrote: Ganesh wrote: On Jul 27, 9:21 am, William Black wrote: In India it is normal for a middle class woman to have a jeweller who will make her precious metal jewellery for her and costume jewellery is on sale at just about every street corner. But, *and it's a big but, *the social opportunities for women *to wear Western style jewellery are limited. *Younger women could, *but can't afford it, *and older women tend to wear traditional dress where Western style jewellery just disappears into the gold thread embroidered *sari Traditional Ornaments often symbolize various GODs and every ornament various from place to place. If you try to research a Mangalsutra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalsutra) you will find it is made at least using 1000 different types. As is usual with articles on Wikipedia it's riddled with falsehoods. Like the bhindi, *the Mangalsutra is worn by Christian and Parsee women as well as Hindu women these days I have seen some Christians doing that. They also wear saree instead of the typical dress code. |
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Ganesh wrote:
On Jul 29, 12:23 am, William Black wrote: Ganesh wrote: On Jul 27, 9:21 am, William Black wrote: In India it is normal for a middle class woman to have a jeweller who will make her precious metal jewellery for her and costume jewellery is on sale at just about every street corner. But, and it's a big but, the social opportunities for women to wear Western style jewellery are limited. Younger women could, but can't afford it, and older women tend to wear traditional dress where Western style jewellery just disappears into the gold thread embroidered sari Traditional Ornaments often symbolize various GODs and every ornament various from place to place. If you try to research a Mangalsutra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalsutra) you will find it is made at least using 1000 different types. As is usual with articles on Wikipedia it's riddled with falsehoods. Like the bhindi, the Mangalsutra is worn by Christian and Parsee women as well as Hindu women these days I have seen some Christians doing that. They also wear saree instead of the typical dress code. What exactly is 'typical dress code' for Christian ladies in India? My experience is that they were anything they wish to wear. My experience in modern India is that ladies tend tow ear pretty much what they wish. You get Hindu ladies wearing T-shirt and jeans and Christian ladies wearing a saree. To bring it on topic, every Indian lady I know also invariably owns the appropriate jewellery for the different outfits. -- William Black The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. |
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On Aug 7, 7:02=A0am, William Black wrote:
What exactly is 'typical dress code' for Christian ladies in India? My experience is that they were anything they wish to wear. Nuns here do wear both white Saree and white veil. Though I have not seen them wearing any jewelry at all. |
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On Aug 7, 7:02am, William Black wrote:
To bring it on topic, every Indian lady I know also invariably owns the appropriate jewellery for the different outfits. That's true, but is that not everywhere? |
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Ganesh wrote:
On Aug 7, 7:02am, William Black wrote: What exactly is 'typical dress code' for Christian ladies in India? My experience is that they were anything they wish to wear. Nuns here do wear both white Saree and white veil. Though I have not seen them wearing any jewelry at all. I haven't seen a nun in a Saree in years. Those I do see seem to wear a plain grey or black habit and a simplified head dress. All wear a cross. -- William Black The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. |
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Ganesh wrote:
On Aug 7, 7:02am, William Black wrote: To bring it on topic, every Indian lady I know also invariably owns the appropriate jewellery for the different outfits. That's true, but is that not everywhere? It is not unusual for ladies in Western countries not to either own or wear any jewellery. However, unless you're related to them, jewellers tend not to meet them... -- William Black The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. |
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On Aug 9, 11:25 am, William Black wrote:
Ganesh wrote: On Aug 7, 7:02am, William Black wrote: What exactly is 'typical dress code' for Christian ladies in India? My experience is that they were anything they wish to wear. Nuns here do wear both white Saree and white veil. Though I have not seen them wearing any jewelry at all. I haven't seen a nun in a Saree in years. In the south of India, I think I have seen nuns wearing them. I think Mother Teresa used to wear one. |
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Ganesh wrote:
On Aug 9, 11:25 am, William Black wrote: Ganesh wrote: On Aug 7, 7:02am, William Black wrote: What exactly is 'typical dress code' for Christian ladies in India? My experience is that they were anything they wish to wear. Nuns here do wear both white Saree and white veil. Though I have not seen them wearing any jewelry at all. I haven't seen a nun in a Saree in years. In the south of India, I think I have seen nuns wearing them. I think Mother Teresa used to wear one. The Sisters of Charity do wear a saree, yes. However, they're not a full fledged independent order. -- William Black The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. |
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