Travel back in time to the 1920s. Pick up a few rings, a necklace or two, a pair of earrings and a bracelet.

Enlarge, coil or paint these pieces gold and they will reappear, carbon copies of today’s jewelry trends.

Over the summer, sales clerks across the country strung up golden necklaces, bracelets and rings graced with oversized ornamental charms, beads, trinkets and assorted odds-and-ends.

Urban Outfitters, located at Southpoint Mall in Durham, sells long necklaces decorated with trinkets such as birds, feathers, leaves, wolves and even pocket watches. With these charms, students can easily spice up a lackluster outfit, show off their school spirit or relate the time to a friend.

Stores such as Target and Handpicked — a jewelry store located in Cameron Village — feature in their accessories section long, gold necklaces; rings of twisted wire and glittering stones; large, beaded necklaces and bracelets; and intricately designed earrings.

One trend, the spoon ring, has returned from its 30-year hiatus and has been re-inducted into this season’s fashion. Handmade and sold mainly through local vendors at fairs and street markets, spoon rings attempt to deceive no one with their name. Craftsmen fashion the rings from the spoon’s handle only, melding the ends together to create the ultimate fashion statement.

Monogrammed rings and bracelets, a fashion staple, have recently made an appearance on campus. Like key chains, a ring emblazoned with an initial can add a bit of identity and personality to an outfit.

Gold and bronze-colored jewelry has replaced silver as this season’s new material. Around campus, golden earrings, charm bracelets and lockets illuminate summer tans and provide a segue from summer to fall fashion.

This fall’s top trends in jewelry and accessories have spanned the jewelry box — rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings have evolved to resemble the jewelry of a more polished and elegant era. With a few twists, turns and trinkets, yesterday’s fashion has presented itself back into today’s vogue.

So head over to the Fairgrounds this weekend and pick up some antique costume jewelry. It’s in style, it’s cheap and it has proven itself to exist through the malleable, frenzied and constantly changing world that is fashion.