Styling a Statement Necklace

IF YOU’VE BEEN READING MY BLOG FOR A WHILE NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT I DON’T WEAR A LOT OF JEWELLERY.

It’s not a deliberate choice: I mean, it’s not like I intentionally shun the stuff, obviously, it’s just that… well, I’m pretty lazy, really. And I’m almost always running late – so I’ll throw on my outfit, run a comb through my hair… then look at my jewellery box, picture the tangled mess of necklaces and bracelets lying inside (How do they do it? Seriously, I always hang them on the little hooks provided, but as soon as I open the box, there they’ll be, all balled up together, and looking at me as if to say, “HA! Good luck sorting THIS one out in a hurry!” Do they have a party in there when I’m not looking or something?), and think, “OK: the simple look it is!”

Anyway, because I don’t wear a lot of jewellery, when I’m sent something to style, as I was this week, I do what any self-respecting fashion blogger would do: I head straight to Pinterest for, er, “inspiration”. In this case, the piece of jewellery is this beauty by Eternal Collection (Who, by the way, are also well-known for their clip-on earrings – very handy for people like me who somehow never got around to having their ears pierced…)

Isn’t it gorgeous? When it arrived, I was all, “I’m totally going to be a Jewellery Person from now on. Yes I am. I will wear this necklace every day, possibly even to bed, because THAT’S how beautiful it is.”

Then I thought, “Wait: I’ve picked out a sparkly, special-occasion kind of necklace… but I don’t have a sparkly, special occasion to wear it to. And no, the Post Office doesn’t count.” So I hit up Pinterest, and that’s where this outfit was born: because Pinterest, as you possibly know, is just full of women wearing chambray shirts with statement necklaces, and although I’m admittedly pretty late to the bandwagon with this one, that’s never stopped me before, has it? I just really like the way that this kind of combination allows you to get the best of both worlds, really: the shirt dresses down the necklace, but the necklace dresses up the shirt, so they both end up being a little bit easier to wear. The necklace, of course, would obviously also lend itself particularly well to eveningwear, but, funnily enough, invitations to fancy events have been a little thin on the ground lately, so it’s probably going to be a while before I can put that to the test.

Oh, and if you’re thinking I’ve lost my mind and bought ANOTHER trenchcoat, worry not: the first part of that statement may or may not be true, but the jacket’s actually an older one: see what I mean about how you can’t have too many, though?

WEARING:

  Topshop shirt; The Fifth Label skirt, Christian Louboutin shoes; BT London trench; Kate Spade bag*; necklace c/o Eternal Collection  

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