Today I want to share some research on jewelry by Fossil. The few pieces I own are beautiful and interesting.
The Fossil Group, Inc., founded by Tom Kartsotis in 1984, is based in Richardson, Texas. Mostly known for watches and leather accessories, in 2007 Fossil launched a jewelry line sold in department stores.
Fossil is inspired by American creativity and ingenuity. Bringing new life into the watch and leathers industry by making quality, fashionable accessories that were both fun and accessible.
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The watch styles were highly decorative with interesting features including automatic self-winding and chronograph designs. The bands are either stainless steel or high-quality leather.
The following Fossil watch has a decorative “skeleton” face simulating vintage time pieces that showed the watch works. This watch dates to 1993 and is in its original Fossil metal tin.
Most of the Fossil jewelry is made from stainless steel with silver, gold, or rose gold plating. The designs often feature charms including leaf, star, sun, and coin charms. Many jewelry designs have leather components incorporated in the design.
In addition to the women’s line, Fossil produces a fashionable line of men’s jewelry.
The jewelry designs today are mostly delicate designs in keeping with the current fashion trends. However, some of the past collections included bold, wide bracelets and eye-catching cast metal pieces.
Fossil designed an owl clamper bracelet, a large leaf bracelet, and a butterfly bracelet. Wide leather bracelets, that are sometimes adjustable to fit many wrists, were decorated with modern metal designs.
The following Fossil necklace and bracelet set features large flowers hung from a substantial chain.
The point of central focus is the large 2 3/4″ center bloom. It is a heavy element cast in metal and decorated with five crystal rhinestones. The three-dimensional floral is slightly asymmetrical but comfortable for the jewelry “eye”. Smaller 2 1/2″ florals of the same distinctive design flank the central element.
The construction is solid and interesting. The three heavy blooms are linked together by a hook and chain. Then the center trio is suspended from a sturdy chain. The necklace lays flat on the neck and sits right at the collar bone.
The clamper bracelet features two smaller versions of the central floral element. However, there are only two blooms, so the overall design is asymmetrical. The bracelet opens where the blooms meet. The design beautifully conceals the opening.
The leaf-shape Fossil earrings shown below feature both gold plating with beautiful crystal rhinestones.
The Fossil Group today owns Fossil, Relic, Zodiac, Michele and Skagen. They are licensed to produce Armani Exchange, Diesel, DKNY, Emporia Armani, Kate Spade New York, Michael Kors, Puma and Tory Burch.
Fossil Group, Inc. produces watches, leather accessories including handbags, and jewelry. Fossil products are made in Biel Switzerland, China, and soon in India. The distribution centers are in Dallas, Asia, and Germany.