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Diamonds have always brought sparkle to a woman's eye but the latest trend toward bling is bring dazzle to the jewelry industry.

‘Bling’ originated in the early part of this century with hip-hop performers, those arbiters of cool and practitioners of conspicuous consumption. ‘Bling’ was reserved for jewelry, decorative wheel rims or gold teeth, all of it excessively flashy and expensive as per sources said.

‘Bling’ has been overused by every two-bit jeweler selling cubic zirconium. It has been worn out by virtually all fashion publicists, who for the last five months have been chirping, Bling in the New Year. Use of the word has became common, as persistence of dry cough and annoying as old people who say "phat" and "You go, girl!"

If the word ‘bling’ is never again uttered by any aging cultural observer, some well-meaning baby boomer or a mainstream news organization proud to have incorporated "edgy" lingo into its coverage then 2006 will be a fine year.

Folks exuberantly embrace the word, from the beginning. It quickly entered the mass communication, the pages of weekly magazines and newspaper headlines. It was applied to anything, as their was little concern for it.

Still, for a while, it was tough to argue with the overuse. It seemed to be called for everything, coming down to the runway, squeezes it into overcrowded department stores or sold from the back of a panel van. If the word didn't apply to any single garment, it certainly be applied to the overall fashion of the times.

Designers such as Miuccia Prada were at the forefront in celebrating elaborate glitz during the daylight hours, in the last few years. Prada embellished grandpa cardigans and heavy cable-knit pullovers. She decorated tweed shoes, leather handbags, camisoles and dresses.

Jacob the Jeweler established his reputation by cramming as many diamonds as possible onto a timepiece. Mary J. Blige practically invented ghetto fabulous, a look that evoked a nouveau riche street style founded on diamonds, furs and designer labels.

Fashion and hip-hop had changed by 2005. Where there was beaded everything on the runways, there is now black and white. This fall, 50% attended a Giorgio Armani fashion show wearing clothes that barely whispered. Blige has scaled down her focus on chinchilla and carats further found the Lord and a stylist who understands the meaning of discreet.

Last week, Elton John, pop music's master showman, opted for a sober black suit for his wedding to David Furnish in Windsor. John had a diamond stud in his ear at his wedding. Rappers still like their watches encrusted with jewels and their cross charms visible from 20 paces.

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