Who Doesn’t Love Jewelry? The Women of Politics Are Not the Exception

Every day we can see women and men wearing different types of jewelry, never stopping to think about it. However, decorative accessories serve numerous purposes, as well as metals and gems they are made of. Actually, those were ancient Egyptians, Romans and Greeks who wore jewelry first. By the VII century, jewelry became fundamental in a woman’s wardrobe. You know, a lady might not be seen in public without her earrings, for example. Later, with advances in technology more and more people could afford it. Nevertheless, only the most famous and ranked women still wear the finest expertly crafted items.

Today, women around the whole world wear various types of jewelry. We all adorn our heads with earrings; wear necklaces around the necks; beautify our wrists with bracelets and decorate our hands with rings. Some women even wear toe rings and ankle bracelets to look pretty. Among the other jewelry items are brooches, pendants, armlets, belly chains and so more. Nowadays, jewelry is usually made out of platinum, titanium, yellow/white/rose gold, silver, tungsten, rhodium and stainless steel. Also, some pieces contain diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, pearls, amethysts, citrine, jade, aquamarine, turquoise, lapis lazuli, amber, bloodstone, quartz and onyx.

5 Reasons Why Women Wear Jewelry

Why do women like and wear jewelry, and earrings in particular? The most obvious reason is to enhance their physical appearance. The right pair of earrings can make any female wearer feel more self-confident and attractive. Besides, some ladies hope to restore their physical, mental or spiritual wellbeing with the help of internal energies of gems and metals. More so, women wear jewelry for religious purposes as their faith symbol: crucifixes, purity rings, rosary beads, Islamic prayer beads, etc. Finally, jewelry items may be worn for practical use.

Top Female Politicians: Jewelry in Politics, or Politics in Jewelry?

Well, women are the same in any corner of the planet, no matter what they are, housewives or politicians. Regarding the latter, the top 5 most powerful women of this year’s Forbes are women of politics. A German Chancellor Angela Merkel is ranked the No. 1. Then comes Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff follows her. The First Lady Michelle Obama also leads forceful campaigns and runs corporations. The Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann and former VP candidate Sarah Palin are also the women of politics.

All of them have their own jewelry fever, being true ladies. However, we always hear more of сelebrities wearing the newest earrings or fashionable engagement ring, than of women-politicians. It‘s really amazing how their gold, pearl and diamond weak spots have been used in different interests for ages. For example, the heads of states and their wives were usually invited to observe the Gold Rooms of the hosting country. Speaking of the former U.S Secretary of State Madlen Allbright, she adores collecting brooches, using them as a symbol of negotiations. According to the unwritten rules, Soviet women of politics couldn’t wear eye-catching earrings, rings and chains. Perhaps, such restrictions give some peculiar charm, as well as hide the politician’s love for jewelry.

The sad truth about women in politics is they must appear the so-called ‘bog-standard’, or common and without accessories. This is true both in Britain and in France. The ‘first’ women should convince all of us that they are happy being usual. Thus, in the power game, women-politicians are forced to play a sort of dumb.

Why Do Women of Politics Wear Certain Types of Earrings?

2 Top Choices

Actually, there is a psychological reason for their wearing particular earrings. Though there are many types of ear adornment, it is demonstrated with 2 common types of earrings. No doubt, whether this is ‘politically correct’ or not, the psychology can hardly be not involved in why famous women wear certain earrings. No matter, how or where they buy them, the ladies are always thinking about what they wear.

Stud Earrings

Famous stud wearers often select a genuine diamond setting or some rare colorful stone. In most cases, such earrings will match any fashions. Well, if the stud is small, the lady has a sense of style and fashion and doesn’t need drawing much attention to herself. Opposingly, decorative larger studs identify the lady who loves being the center of attention. Her ear studs simply announce that she is a star of politics. A former French cabinet minister and now the head of the IMG, a woman-politician Christine Lagarde is very aware of her appearance. What to say, just look how she maintains herself proudly. In fact, this lady demands no attention but she definitely insists on it.

Giant Hoop Earrings

The only reason for such earrings is to draw maximum attention. This is actually the size to determine whether that attention is small or extreme. As for the expensive diamonds and precious metals in a hoop earring, they are an invitation to please the wearer’s ego. No one wears hoop earrings if not to announce seeking attention from all. In fact, this is a neon sign that means ‘Look at me and pay attention to me!’ The very owners of such earrings say it helps to emphasize their facial features, hair or ears. Michelle Obama simply loves hoop earrings. Perhaps, this is both a psychological profile and a fashion. Here is a pair of 18-carat rose gold earrings with orange sapphires and crinoline.

Well, women of politics are women, first of all. Thus, they choose jewelry concerning their own psychological characteristics, appearance correctness and personality types. The key thing here is how good politicians they are, right?

Who for you is the most elegant woman politician?

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