The popularity of gold fashion jewelry waned for several years as trends leaned more toward the more versatile silver tones. Gold fashion jewelry has made a very strong comeback as women have begun to seek out more interesting and original pieces for their collections. Also, warmer gold and gem colors have made a big appearance this year in the fashion world creating more of a demand for gold fashion jewelry to wear with the latest trends. A significant amount of the world’s gold fashion jewelry comes out of China where it is easier to find and less expensive to make due to local resources. This has allowed for the price of gold fashion jewelry to remain pocketbook friendly even as the value of gold has increased over the last few years of rough economic times. In efforts to make this jewelry even more affordable it is not uncommon to see the jewelry plated in gold or for the gold to be merely used as an accent to enamel polish or set crystal. This mixes the look and price point by allowing just a splash of the gold color to be present in the design