The meaning of junk in American English is'useless'.

They realised that pizza etc are harmful to the healthand hence they termed such as 'junk food'. The same meaning appliesto junk jewellery too. As prices of precious metals sore high everyday, the fashion designers found good money in junk jewelleries.These were mainly designed for the fashion crazy new era younggirls. But now it has been welcomed by the elder women too.
Today's fashion is of matching. Everything should be matched withthe dress - purse, sandal, ornaments etc. Earlier the women used towear any dress and as far as ornaments are concerned, golden andsilver jewelleries were there to match any dress. No one would haveraised an eyebrow wearing gold jewelleries with black or any otherdress. Because whatever be the dress, gold jewellery would matchwith them. According to the new fashion the jewellery should matchto the dress.
The problem is that you cannot buy a lot of very costly ornamentsto match the dress. The junk jewellery's role is to help you inthis situation. Junk jewelleries are made of any thing - iron,brass, wood, plastic, glass, pearls or colourful beads. It is veryattractive in two ways - there are several designs available andthe price is economical.
The junk jewellery is available to match any colour of sari, suit,skirt etc. You can wear light weight or heavy weight jewelleries,according to your choice and taste. They are considered amevergreen fashion and suits women of any age. Another advantage isless expense and high appreciation.
Health wise these jewelleries make no bad effect on your body.Since it is economical you can buy a lot of them to suit thesituation. If the design has become outdated you can easily buy thelatest fashion jewellery. That is why modern college girls, workingwomen and housewives prefer junk jewelleries.
Namita Gupta who was buying junk jewellery at New Market said'comparing to gold jewelleries this is very economical. That is notall. This increases your beauty. Archana, who was also buying itsaid that she like these very much that she used to buy at leastone set every month.
Asha, a student of Sarojini Naidu College said 'I like them becausethey are economical. Moreover, it gives a new look to the woman whowear it. There is one more advantage. No gold chain snatcher wouldtouch it', she added.