Thin or gaudy, delicate charms or over-sized trinkets, wood or stone, rock chick or girlie girl, there are so many different options when it comes to necklaces, and jewelry designer, Heather Hyde, seems to have tapped in to them all. With nine collections currently featured on the Heather Hyde website you are bound to find a piece of jewelry that fits your personal style, but its Reigning Chain collection— more notably the ‘BAUBLE-ICIOUS Necklace’— that has me swooning.
I have this dirty habit of buying extremely long necklaces, but I do have a good excuse. I’m a fiddler, so if the necklace is long, I won’t have to worry about feeling like I’m strangling myself as I nervously pull the chain. I know playing with jewelry is a bad habit, but that’s why I don’t wear rings—I’m sure I’d lose them within the first 12 hrs.
The ‘BAUBLE-ICIOUS necklace’ comes in ten different colors of textured glass pearls, and depending on the color of the glass pearls, the chain may be gold or silver. I also like how nicely these necklaces layer—considering how “in” layered necklaces happen to be. The design is very simple but still has the ability to make a strong statement, and at $110 each they better!
When it comes to fashion there are tons of things I’m afraid of: never getting the chance to wear a pair of Christian Louboutins, owning and then ruining a pair of Loubs, wearing a mini dress that is a little too mini, having platform gym shoes come back into style, bright orange fur coats, and even shorts, but one thing I definitely not scared of is a little bit of eccentricity and gauche. That’s why I’m in raptured with this necklace from Marc Jacobs.
Marc’s fall 2008 jewelry collection is primarily silver and pearl, two of my favorite things, and the over-sized pendant is not only à la mode, but the horn shape makes the pendant classic, simple, and elegant. I adore the way the cold looking silver mix with the pearl to create the perfect dichotomy of modern and vintage.
Though, I do have to say I wasn’t quite as in love with the actual collection— pastel, robe-esque coats and fluffy headbands don’t really do it for me— I do fancy almost every piece of jewelry, from the colossal necklaces to the incongruous cocktail rings.
I’m not quite sure how much this necklace costs, so I’m going to assume that its one of those ‘if you have to ask, you can’t afford it’ type of things. I do think, however, I might be able to afford one of the geometric broaches which could be parlayed into a cool hair accessory if need be.
What are your fashion fears and what jewelry trends are you looking forward to this fall?
Let’s be completely honest. The stuff all of us love buying from Forever 21 isn’t the best quality. Most of it is an exact replica of something from our favorite runways and even if it isn’t knocked-off, the clothes are sure to fall apart sooner than you want and the necklaces turn you or themselves green within a couple wears,. That, however, hasn’t stopped me from shopping there, and it definitely doesn’t keep me from loving their cheap prices and constantly updated e-commerce store. Though I am warning all that read this blog, do not to buy any metallic jewelry I highly advise you view and love this rad beaded necklace.
The ‘Zaria Beaded Necklace’ is from F21’s new shop For Love 21 (the model looks like Alicia Keys, weird!), which is currently only chock full of accessories, but I’m assuming sooner or later clothes will actually start appearing on the site too.
Beaded necklaces are the only kind of necklace I suggest buying from Forevs sheerly because there is very little metal that can tarnish. Plus, this necklace, in particular, is completely gaudy and granny’s-favorite-jewels fabulous, both traits I tend to look for in necklaces. Also some of the beads sort of look like eyes, making it a bit creepy, but again creepy in a good way!
General Rule: If you play with your necklaces, like I do, make sure to check the strength of the metal links, and if it’s a beaded necklace, check to make sure the string used to thread the beads won’t snap when yanked and tugged.
What other stores are you guilty ‘poor quality’ pleasures?
When I first fell for Your Eyes Lie, it was due to there crazy silk-screened tees you could only truly appreciate while tripping off some combination of illegal drugs. I’ve never truly been able to appreciate those damn shirts, but I am still drawn to them in an odd way.
Though those stupid, amazing tees still baffle me, YEL has expanded and are selling a variety of different items from different designers. One of these designers is Mafia, and they have created this beautiful antique looking necklace. Though I know everyone interprets art differently, just looking at the necklace makes me feel free. Perhaps its the soaring bird symbolism which I think you’ll be seeing a lot more of in the coming months (along with deer, its the new skull pattern). It also still has a little bit of a sailor feel with the tattoo-ish heart and love banner, but I’ve always been fond of things from the sea so that doesn’t bother me.
The only thing I worry about with products from Mafia is they are all in limited stock at Your Eyes Lie, so waiting to buy things may end in tragedy. FYI…Thats a great thing to remember when your significant other or parents ask you why you made such an impulse buy, “The stock was limited, and I didn’t want to come back to find it gone…”
Think of the coolest prize you’ve ever won. Now think of what you had to do to win that prize. To be honest, most time the prizes we win aren’t so rad, but the great people at Max & Chloe are celebrating the launch of their first lookbook and have come up with a totally awesome sweepstakes you could win for very little work.
What’s this unbelievable prize, you ask? The prize is a $1000 shopping spree at where else, Max & Chloe. All you have to do is go here and type in your name and email address. It sounds to good to be true right, well believe it.
In the spirit of potentially winning $1000, here are some great items you could spend that free money on. You could pick just a few pieces or all of them, because together they add up too less than $1000. Who knew you could get so much jewelry for $975!
(more…)
