From 2016, a post about necklaces! I am showing this partly because it provides useful instruction regarding necklaces, but largely to remind you that every summer JCrew sells such cute sundresses. This grey striped one is from 2015 (I think), but one cannot forget this gingham dress from 2016 or this eyelet one from 2018. Do not tarry in reviewing JCrew’s summer dresses. Now on to the original post . . .
We all agree that a bit of jewelry can add the finishing touch to an outfit.
I’ve had some difficulty over the years deciding what to buy (What will it go with? Does it make me look like a female impersonator?), but it turns out acquisition is only half the job.
Once you have jewelry, you have to remember to wear it.
This is a real problem for me.
Remember to wear. Remember to wear.
I recently acquired this Marni necklace from Vestaire Collective, so you would think I would be able to remember to wear it. In actuality, I only put this necklace on because my hand fumbled over it while looking for a watch.
I didn’t find the watch, but what a lucky pass through my jewelry drawer.
This combination could be ripped from the pages of Consuelo Constiglioni’s head!*
As a previously-owned item, the necklace cost me only a fraction of its original retail price, which seems about right, given that it is a mass-produced plastic geegaw.
The medallions (I am giving them legitimacy by using that word here) are resin strung on a nylon cord and then attached to a thin strip of black patent leather.
Does this necklace remind you of anything? Anything at all?
Remember to wear! Remember to wear!
What else could I wear this caramel geegaw with?
Many things. I wear a lot of black, white, and grey.
This necklace is 30 inches long and slips on over the head. It has no clasp and short of taking it to a leather repair shop and a jeweler, the length cannot be shortened. Unless . . .
Here is a second look for this necklace, which is well suited to a casual sundress.
By the way, I like the fact that the necklace is black and orange and not black and red. A black and red necklace with the red sandals might have been . . . wait for it . . . overkill.
I like this charming dress with the electrified, white-wall, red patent leather sandals.
The outfit can be made a little more conservative, a little more formal, with an elegant necklace. Like so.
You’ve seen this necklace before. It’s 44 inches long and closes with a toggle clasp, which means it can be doubled or, my preference, trebled.
Of all the necklaces I own, this one sits the most squarely at the intersection of distinctive and useful. With semi-precious beads in the mix, it’s much more interesting than a precious metal link necklace, but onyx — i.e., black — goes with everything.
The onyx beads have a terrific shape; they’re like torqued cubes. The silver beads, which are actually sticks, get visual interest from the cable grooving. And there is a little gold in the mix, too: tiny, spherical beads.
That’s all!
Resin Necklace: Marni; Ruffled top: Isa Arfen; Floral dress: Derek Lam 10 Crosby; Black sandals: Donald J. Pliner Fritz Sandal; Striped dress: JCrew; Onyx necklace: David Yurman Precious Beads Cable Stick Necklace; Red Sandals: Aquatalia Wanette Sandals
* I meant that botched metaphor. See The Virtues of Red Sandals. Consuelo Constiglioni is the director of Marni.
I often suspect that I got into jewelry making because the beads remind me of candy. If I can’t eat them, at least I can play with them.
Favorite line(among several strong competitors):
“Does it make me look like a female impersonator?)”
This lady can write.
You got that right!
Amen
Great eye candy