The 1980s: "The Repro Era"

This 10-part series is a journey in "Jewellery Through the Ages" beginning in the Georgian era and going all the way up to modern day. Known in the trade as the repro era, the 1980s was when the antique jewellery trade really took off for the first time as items from the Victorian period were turning 100. Matty and Alyce also talk dodgy mullets, crazy make-up and how these trends impacted on the jewellery of the time. Jewellery Icons of the 1980s are Brooke Shields and Princess Diana. Producer: Ross Hannon www.courtville.ie