Yesterday I was wearing this floating pearl necklace that my grandmother gave me, and I just love wearing jewellery that someone has given to me, as it makes me think of that person throughout the day:
Floating pearl vintage necklace in grey
I did however realise that I matched their fabulous grey shades – with a grey woolen skirt from COS, a grey woolen cardigan from Noa Noa and a pair or grey tights also from COS! Good thing that I at least spiced things up with a white t-shirt from H&M.. Also just realised how Scandi-biased that outfit was!
I would love to hear what you choose to wear in the winter: do you go all black and sophisticated (yes all you lovely Swedes, I am looking at you!) or do you throw in lots of colour brighten up the dark skies? Obviously a wonderful way of bringing some subtle colour to your outfit is adding some nicely coloured jewellery!
Please excuse the selfie – it is rather impossible to take photos of jewellery without them!
On another note, I am very grateful to Coco Chanel for bringing faux pearls to life back in the 20’s, and showing how beautifully we can get all draped in strands of pearls – and faux pearls in that instance work just as well as the real stuff!
Grey floating pearl necklace – vintage of course!
If you find yourself having to determine whether a pearl is genuine or faux, there is a very simple test that you can do: scrape the pearl gently across your teeth. Faux pearls will feel smooth, whereas real pearls feel slightly gritty or abrasive, due to the crystalline structure of the outer part of the pearl, also known as the nacre.
I hope this will inspire you to wear some fabulous pearls with your outfit tomorrow or maybe at the weekend!
Decades of Elegance 