Who needs the Second Ave. subway? This trendy jewelry designer already links the upper East Side and lower East Side. Miriam Carothers has managed to win over downtown’s cool girls and uptown… ...

Everything designer Susan Alexandra uses to make DIY beaded jewelry, including 7mm Double-Sided Alphabet Beads, Multicolored Acrylic Double Cone Beads, Hot Dog Plastic Fast Food Charms, Powercord ...

In May, Milton's beads will be packaged in Louisiana and sold through an online market at a higher price, 93 cents to $2 per necklace, than the average plastic bead but less than Kato's algae ...

Dedicated maximalists will be happy to learn that summer 2025’s jewelry trends are rooted in whimsy. While many fashion brands still favor classic staples—like sleek gold hoops, delicate pearl ...

In the 1920s, one of the parade Krewes, which we'll explain in a moment, started throwing glass Czech beads, which led to the plastic bead necklaces we know and love today.

Plastic beads used as Carnival throws entered the market in the early 1950s in New Orleans, ... more durable plastic necklaces from Hong Kong, then elsewhere in the People’s Republic of China.

At just one parade last year, says Skowyra, they collected 10,000 cans, 2,000 plastic bottles and 1.25 tons of beads that would have otherwise ended up on the street.

The cost to produce this particular type of bead is substantially more expensive than ordinary plastic beads. According to NOLA.com, the price of "algae" beads sits at $5 per necklace.

Come May, Milton's beads will be packaged in Louisiana and sold through an online market at a higher price, 93 cents to $2 per necklace, than the average plastic bead but less than Kato's algae ...