Right now, we can classify rhinestone according to their origin, and then it will result in Swarovski, Preciosa, DMC, Korean rhinestone and Chinese rhinestone.
Swarovski crystal which derives from the south bank of Rhine in Austria is the best crystal all over the world. Its newest product can achieve 14 facets. Preciosa crystal ranks only second to Swarovski with its origin is at the north bank of Rhine in the Czech Republic, so it is also named as Czech crystal. The main difference between them is that Swarovski crystal’s glue is celadon while Preciosa crystal’s glue is white. Most of Preciosa crystals have 8-10 facets. As a result of Preciosa crystal’s cost performance is low, it is replaced by DMC gradually.
At the beginning of 90’s, Korean enterprises start to produce rhinestone. Although Korean stone’s quality can not be compared with the quality of Swarovski crystal, its low price leads Korean stone to the dominating area.
Later, many Chinese enterprises bend themselves to produce rhinestone, but they do not pay much attention to the quality. Therefore, Chinese rhinestone’s price is very low but its quality is not good enough.
The quality of rhinestone is appraised on the basis of its brightness, section, uniformity and firmness of the glue. Recently, eco-friendly and lead free feature become one of the appraising rhinestone quality’s standard.
How to choose the rhinestone mainly depend on the price, its quality and the use. If you want to apply them on the children’s cloth, you should consider lead free rhinestone at first. If you just want to use them for adult cloth, in my opinion, Korean rhinestone is the best choice for you due to its high cost performance.
With rhinestones, you can make pretty rhinestone transfers for your garments, and this will make your garments distinctive and more fashionable.
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