Exquisite vintage jewelry
For women with far from ordinary tastes!
Notable American & European Designers
Elsa Schiaparelli, Miriam Haskell, Louis Rousselet and more...
Elegant and Unique
Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, brooches, clips and accessories
Vintage costume jewelry and accessories
From the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
Barbara's Picks: Golden Autumn
embrace the warm glow of autumn and the changing colors of the season!
How to Wear Vintage
Clever Clover
An earring adorns a ribbon choker
Good Wood
A cluster of brown beads on this Miriam Haskell brooch rustle like the fall leaves when you move
Work Life
Add some vintage earring elegance to your in-office or work-from-home workday
White Collar Worker
Skip the lapel, button up your look with this golden topaz Coro brooch to close your collar
Featured post
Tennis, Anyone? The Story of the Line Bracelet
How did a flexible, narrow, straight-line bracelet set with diamonds, known as a "line bracelet" in the 1920s, suddenly become a "tennis bracelet" in the late-1970s?
About Barbara
TruFaux Jewels founder Barbara Schwartz is a passionate collector of vintage costume jewelry, who shares her love through her collections, through her writing, and directly with the women she helps adorn. She believes jewelry is meant to be worn, not stored in a drawer or bank vault. Barbara wants every woman who buys her pieces to feel extraordinary while wearing them.
Understanding Vintage Costume Jewelry
It takes a practiced eye and solid expertise to recognize a true vintage costume jewelry piece. Barbara shares with you some essentials on the art of investigating what makes a jewel unique to an era and a maker.