Statement Necklaces

by DYS — Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 1:44 am

in Accessories, Trends and tagged with Necklace, Statement Necklace

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(Source: whowhatweardaily.com)

Accessories play a major role this season, from hair clips, belt buckles, bangles, oversized clutches to necklaces. They’re big, oversized, whimsical and definitely making a statement to your whole look. With the latest influences of eclectic art, hippie revival and tribal trend, among a few, have somehow contributed to this whole accessory trend. One of the key pieces of this trend is necklace. Over the top necklaces have been seen on the runways since last Fall 2007 and we keep on seeing them on the latest runways of Spring and Fall 08, from Marni, Missoni, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Philip Lim to Dries Van Noten. So what to expect from this statement necklace trend? They definitely look great on the catwalks and magazine editorials, but what about the real way?

(Source: fashionverbatim.net)

These past few seasons, we’ve seen enough of charm jewelries, chunky bead/stone necklaces, big chains, layered necklaces, chandelier earrings, victorian cameo brooches, vintage/herloom/costume jewelries, cocktail rings, chunky bangles, the 80’s and 60’s MOD accessory revival, and many..many.. more. Honestly, I got tired of them. Don’t get me wrong, I was quite excited when they first came out and was constantly chasing them everywhere. But after seeing all these jewelries around, I couldn’t stand them anymore. I was overwhelmed, it was too much! And I started to only wear simple and plain necklaces with small pendant, and no earrings, or no jewelries at all…

SADLY, it didn’t last that long. Realizing how statement necklaces are becoming the season’s-it-piece, I went over my jewelry box to find something that I would be able to recycle and rework them again. My chunky bead necklaces could go with the tribal/safari look but they’re just too ethnic, my charm and cameo jewelries are still cute but they’re too victorian and don’t fit into the latest romantic floral look, my dangling and chandelier earrings could give that bohemian/hippie revival feeling but I don’t see myself wearing those earrings anymore, they look too Bollywood… I couldn’t find anything that I thought would work again, I felt the same with my vintage brooches and everything inside my jewelry box.

(Source: Elle accessories, elle.com)

Until one day I visited the MOMA Store in Soho. I had a glance to their beautiful accessory collection and discovered Frank Lloyd Wright collection for MOMA (umbrellas, scarves, etc). I instantly felt in love with the geometrical print and color combination on his scarf, and started to remember the big Art Deco influence in the runways of Fall 07 which seem to reappear on the Spring 08 runways.

(top: Marc Jacobs F/W 07 art-deco inspired accessories, source: style.com, confashions.blogspot.com, bottom: Missoni Spring 08 RTW, source: style.com)

(Art deco-inspired jewelries from Forever 21, courtesy of threadtrend.com)

They’re bold and fresh, and I certainly love their color blocks and geometrical shapes. Aha.. they would make a great statement necklace! I’ve always been a fan of the Art Deco period, the architecture, the fonts /typhography, the artists.. Frank Lloyd Wright, Tamara de Lempicka, Bernhard Fashion, .. and now implementing them into fashion would definitely be a joy! Since then, I’ve been hunting for more. I found some of them at Loehmann’s. And Forever 21 seems to have an affordable collection of Art-deco inspired necklaces. My husband calls them “the Pimp necklace”, and I still can’t get enough of them yet *I may get bored of them one day for sure just like the rest of my jewelry collection.. =D They add a touch to a simple look. Simply pair it with a plain basic top or dress, and you’re all set. If you’re brave enough, you could mix it with a printed top/dress, or even with anything that have embellishments, intricate details around the neck etc.

(left pic: statement necklace with bold print dress, source: elle.com, right pic: a classic black turtleneck with an art-deco style necklace from Marc Jacobs F/W 07, source: style.com)

Sources & images courtesy of: elle.com, whowhatweardaily.com, fashionverbatim.net, style.com, threadtrend.com, momastore.org, confashions.blogspot.com, fonts.com, goodart.org, char.txa.cornell.edu

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21 comments for this entry

Lorelai

GGAAAHHHRHHH!!!

I am so much going to wear my enormous necklaces this summer!

DYS.. itu foto terakhir yg paling kiri bagus banget deh kombinasinya! NGILER berat gw. Gw suka kombinasi warna2 kontras. Maklumlah manusia norak.. Pengen potong rambut jadi cepak atau pendek kayak cewe itu juga…

April 15, 2008 at 4:56 am
candrakirana

mauuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

gue setuju thie. yang terakhir kombinasinya oks banget

April 15, 2008 at 6:58 am
DYS

Lorelai & candrakirana: heuhe.. kita sama2 norak dongs.. iya niy gw jg suka diejekin suami gw kalo make kalung itu, dibilang make kalung pimp or Mr.T haha iya foto yg itu gw jg suka.. nyarinya jg mayan browsing sana sini, tulisannya uda lama mau dipublish di blog ga sempet2 krn blm ktemu foto2 yg pas, maklum deh gw suka bangets masang foto sejibun2.. lbh byk dr tulisan kalo bisa ;D kalo mau liat model rambut nya ke elle.com aja biar lbh jelas.. wahh iya niy time for a new haircut yahh uda anget gini cuacanya skrg, uda pas timing nya.. elo cocok pasti deh =)

April 15, 2008 at 10:54 am
rully7apr

wa….necklacesnya bikin ngiler…

April 15, 2008 at 11:44 am
LiesSupriyanto

wahhhh keren sekali …terutama yang art deco…mantabbbb

April 15, 2008 at 5:53 pm
wLn

huuuu me likey banget soal kalung ini, DYS
Lagi suka yg rustic gitu, kaya yg dibeli di H&M di NY kemarin, dhis!

April 15, 2008 at 9:27 pm
lovemybags

gua suka banget ma kalung :p
tp gua sukanya yg tassels atau chain layers soalnya badan ku kecil kalo pake kalug gede keliatannya kayak lagi ngalungin medali LOL

April 16, 2008 at 1:17 am
DYS

lovemybags: heuhe bener bangets.. ga usah badan kecil, yg gede jg kalo make kalung ginian emang bakalan kaya atlet menang medali haha ;D

wLn: iyaa bagus bgt kalung yg lo beli di h&m kmaren itu.. very rustic jd keinget ama tas yg kaya camera bag itu di sana, nyesel deh ga beli ;(

rully7apr & LiesSupriyanto: iya gw jg sama masi ngiler ama kalung ginian, dasar eik korban mode ;P..esp yg art deco2xan.. paling ntar lama2 bosen jg kaya yg lain

April 16, 2008 at 9:50 am
candrakirana

[b]DYS[/b]: semboyan gue buat aksesoris… the bigger the better

April 16, 2008 at 10:40 am
dunia_dandan

Gue tergila2 sama statement necklaces! GAWD! They are so effing cool!

April 18, 2008 at 9:29 am
polkadot

keren banget!! seneng deh mulai ngetrend kalung2 gede, soalnya dr dulu emang gw udah suka…

April 19, 2008 at 11:36 pm
chelinx

kalau gue malah naksir yg dibawa debbie tempo hari waktu gath di beautika…

April 24, 2008 at 12:28 am
CintaSepatu

duh kalung2nya pada bikin ngiler nih…gmana dapetinnya yah soalnya gue udah jauh dari peradaban nih…hiks…hiks…somebody help me…

May 30, 2008 at 6:29 pm
DYS

CintaSepatu: maaf br reply skrg.. kmaren br dibawain majalah bazaar indonesia, di jkt ada aksesoris esp kalung lucu2 dr SHILL *if im not mistaken itu nama label nya* kalung nya sgt inovatif.. lucu2..
dan biyan jg byk ngeluarin kalung2 besar.. di Bali kalo ga salah ada jg, tp gw lupa nama tokonya.. paling debenhams yg di plz indonesia *masi ada ga ya skrg? dan metro uda ngeluarin jg hope that helps yah

June 12, 2008 at 4:48 am
dsply

desainnya kerennnnnn…….

apalagi warnanya netral,, jadi gampang nyocokinnya ma tas+sepatunya hehehe (o’-'o)

June 27, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Mens Necklaces

I just love that necklace, I actually have something similar to that and I’m interested to find the stylish men’s necklace.

December 31, 2008 at 6:23 pm
shill

dys, thank you so very much for noticing you can always check out the latest of shill’s accessories at http://www.loveshill.blogspot.com

January 1, 2009 at 1:23 pm
DYS

shill: awww… thx for dropping us a line…i was blown away with ur jewelries, after seeing the spreads that my friend styled on indonesian bazaar! do u also sell your collection at etsy??

January 1, 2009 at 10:54 pm
DYS

mens necklaces: pretty interesting that you actually own a statement necklace.. wondering how it looks, and how big it is? i really wanna see it.. pls keep checking our blog, we may feature the latest update in mens accessories in the future =)

January 1, 2009 at 10:57 pm
shill

Dys, you’re too kind dear for now, my ready to wear pieces are available in jade boutique,senayan city…apart from that, its mainly made to order
Your friend, whoever he or she is…they are all amazing stylist in that magazine,aren’t they???I can’t thank them enough

January 2, 2009 at 12:27 am

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