Bling from the Past

Have you ever noticed how you would never get caught strolling through town in a crinoline from the 19th century, a bird-decorated white wig from the rococo period or a palla from imperial Rome, yet the only fashion pieces that have withstood the millennia is jewelry?

They are all still relevant, they are still solid, and they still bedazzle. Talk about smart investments.

Eastern Roman empire, undated (upper); Roman, undated (lower)

Eastern Mediterranean, 10-12th century AD

Phoenician, 6th-2nd century BC

Middle Ages, undated

Greek, 1st century BC

Egyptian, 50 BC

Byzantine, 600 AD