Thursday, January 28, 2010

Costume Ring






Costume Ring

Costume jewelry

Costume jewelry (also called fashion jewelry, junk jewelry, fake jewelry, or fallalery) is the first jewelry (jewellery) manufactured as ornamentation for the masses to complement a particular fashionable garment or "costume". Costume jewelry came into being in the 1930s as a cheap, disposable accessory meant to be worn with a specific outfit. It was intended to be fashionable for a short period of time, outdate itself, and then be repurchased to fit with a new outfit or new fashion style. Its main use is in fashion, as opposed to "real" (fine) jewelry which may be regarded primarily as collectibles, keepsakes, or investments. Costume jewelry is made of less valuable materials including base metals, glass, plastic, and synthetic stones; in place of more valuable materials such as precious metals and gems.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Saki Miyanaga

Saki Miyanaga (宮永咲)Saki is a first year high school student who has the ability to break even after every round of mahjong. She decides to join the Mahjong Club in order to go to Nationals in order to see her sister Teru, who is the favorite to win that tournament. Her skills comes from reading the intangible aspects of the game, such as the opponent and flow. A mahjong move that she tends to favor is Rinshan Kaihou ("A flower that blooms on top of a mountain") because of the connection it has with her name, Saki ("to bloom").