Hip-hop jewelry has experienced a tremendous increase in popularity over the last few years, so much so that it is almost easy to forget that the phrase hip hop originated from the music scene rather than from the fashion or jewelry scene.

Bling jewelry is distinctive in its extravagant use of diamonds, and hip [...]

Men’s jewelry used to be very conservative, and restricted to watches and wedding rings, with perhaps the odd tiepin or stickpin. Then came the single earring, and it has now exploded to a whole world of hip hop and bling. Not all men’s jewelry is so flash, but a large part of it is once [...]