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 "Men grow cold

As girls grow old

And we all lose our charms in the end

But square-cut or pear-shaped

These rocks don't lose their shape

Diamonds are a girl's best friend"

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When Jewelry is shown in fiction, it's to pretty up a scene. Pretty much like Real Life, since wearing jewelry is almost always to enhance appearance and/or to show off wealth.

Sparkly jewelry also makes a great MacGuffin; a Mineral MacGuffin, even.

Sub Tropes include:

A Sister Trope to Pretty in Mink, Gold Makes Everything Shiny.

Compare Everything's Better with Sparkles, Pimped-Out Dress, Conspicuous Consumption (which this trope almost always is).

Examples of Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry include:


Anime and Manga[]

  • Rose of Versailles not only has MANY Gorgeous Period Dresses, but also features the Diamond Necklace Afair mentioned below.
  • Naru Osaka's mother in Sailor Moon is a widow who owns a jewelry store, and the first episode of the anime features it.
    • Of course we also have the Silver Crystal aka the Ginzishou, which takes the form of a diamond. And then all of Usagi's Transformation Trinkets are basically shiny lockets whee she keeps her magical crystals, Ginzishou included.

Film[]

Literature[]

  • Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels: Myra Rutledge has a pearl necklace that she tends to play with out of habit. In Home Free, she apparently pulled on her necklace too hard, breaking it, causing pearls to spill on the floor, and she had to go shopping for a new necklace chain.

Live Action TV[]

  • Several times in Sex and the City, the girls have reacted with near orgasmic glee when given fancy jewelry by their beaus. Miranda being the exception, she's the only one who hates grand romantic gestures.
  • In Merlin Lady Morgana is usually decked out with elaborate jewelry to denote her wealth and status, in direct contrast with Guinevere, who usually ornates herself with flowers.

Music[]

  • The Jennifer Lopez song "Jenny From the Block" has the line "Don't be fooled by these rocks", although the video and her lifestyle did make the line seem empty.

Newspaper Comics[]

  • Jeremy in Zits is trying to ask a girl advice for what to give his mom for her birthday, and before he can complete his sentences the girl keeps interrupting "Jewelry. Yep, definitely jewelry." On another occasion, he bought his girlfriend Sara one earring with an I.O.U (a very tiny one that fit where the earring would go in the box) for the other one when he can afford it. Sara was nonetheless touched by the gesture.

Real Life[]

Theatre[]

  • The song Glitter and be Gay from Candide is (almost) all about how much the character loves her flashy wardrobe, especially the jewels.

Toys[]

Video Games[]

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 (handsome voice) "Nothing says 'love' like a lump of carbon mined by wage slaves in Angola."

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Western Animation[]