Yves Saint Laurent heart necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT - (Made in France) Golden metal articulated necklace centered with a heart
Yves Saint Laurent heart necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT - (Made in France) Golden metal articulated necklace centered with a heart
Vintage Gold-Plated Signed YSL Heart Necklace with Faux Pearl Accents
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Ardmore, PA
Vintage Signed Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace with Gold-Plated Multi-Strands and Faux Pearl
Pearl, Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT pendant necklace featuring a large wood and faux horn heart with black rope
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Green Heart Cabochon Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone necklace featuring textured coins alterning with heart links
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Heart Link Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone necklace featuring massive textured heart links and a heart
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Iconic Initials Hearts Stars Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone iconic necklace featuring YSL initials, hearts and stars links
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Heart Disc Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone necklace featuring textured creased discs, each with heart at
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Three Tiered Enamel Heart Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage three tiered black bead necklace embellished with clear crystal
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Heart Pendant Necklace 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in US
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche 1980s vintage choker necklace includes a silver massive heart
Base Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Iconic Initials Hearts Stars Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone iconic necklace featuring YSL initials, hearts and stars links
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Toned Zig Zag Crystal Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned articulated zig zag design necklace embellished with red and
Gilt Metal
2003 Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford Anatomical Crystal Heart Pendant Necklace
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Austin, TX
2003 Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford Anatomical Crystal Heart Pendant Necklace with velvet strap
Yves Saint Laurent Whimsical Gilded Gold Hardware "Dangling Open Heart" On Chain
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Rare Yves Saint Laurent "Limited Edition" Whimsical gilded polished gold hardware "Dangling Open
$1,498
W 2.49 in L 20.48 in
Yves Saint Laurent rhinestone Heart hanging from a double black cord, 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Very nice heart in gold with a cord edge. A silver heart is attached to it, which is filled with
Crystal
$473
W 1.66 in L 2.05 in
1980s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Resin Rose Petal Heart Pendant
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This is a vintage heart pendant designed by YSL in 1980’s. The piece is gold plated. It features
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Enamel and Rhinestone "Hearts" Pendent
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent " hearts" motif pendent, composed of four red enamel hearts, surrounding a
Other, Base Metal, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Turquoise Heart Coral Lapis Stone Marquise 3 Set
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Vintage Turquoise Blue Green Heart Coral Orange Lapis Navy
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Maltese Cross Heart Green Red Navy Shield 3 Set
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Vintage Green Red Navy Blue Enamel Maltese Cross Heart
Gold Plate
$1,498
W 2.49 in L 20.48 in
Yves Saint Laurent rhinestones heart hanging from a double black cord, 1990's
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Stuttgart, DE
YSL (Made in France) very nice heart in gold with a cord adge. A silver heartis attached to it
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Openwork Link Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Openwork Link Necklace Measurements: Height: 1.69 inches (4.3
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Ethnic Link Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Ethnic Link Necklace Measurements: Height: 2.08 inches (5.3
1980's Yves Saint Laurent Green Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, Chelsea
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Gilt Chain Green Heart Pendant Necklace. This gorgeous piece by Yves
Gold Plate, Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent multicolor glass paste hearts necklace, 1960s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT (Made in France) – Choker composed of a gilded metal chain embellished with
Gilt Metal
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Gripoix Wooden Heart Tassel Passementerie Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Gripoix Wooden Heart Tassel Passementerie Necklace Measurements: Wooden
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Robert Goossens Crystal Heart Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Robert Goossens Crystal Heart Necklace Measurements: Height: 1.37
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Tiered Gilt Bead Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Tiered Gilt Bead Necklace Measurements: Height: 4.92 inches
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Logo Cursive Pop Heart Star Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Logo Cursive Pop Heart Star Necklace Measurements: Height: 1.77
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Oversized Wood Heart Rosary Tassel Belt Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Heart Rosary Tassel Belt Necklace Measurements: Height of
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent by Robert Goossens Enamel Heart Cabochon Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent by Robert Goossens Enamel Heart Round Charm Cabochon Necklace
Yves Saint Laurent 1980s Hearts and Logos Vintage Earrings and Necklace Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wigan, GB
Fun and with delightful details, this earrings and necklace set is by Yves Saint Laurent. It dates
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Robert Goossens Rhinestone Heart Necklace
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Robert Goossens Rhinestone Heart Necklace Measurements: Height: 1 3
Vintage YVES SAIT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Heart Multi Colored Rhinestone
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAIT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Heart Multi Colored Rhinestone Choker Necklace
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Couture Heart Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic Large Yves Saint Laurent Brooche in blakc metaal and fake pearls. Light signs of use in some
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace
By Maison Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Scarce vintage Yves Saint Laurent heart-shaped pendant necklace comprised out of gilt metal "metal
Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace with Resin Cabochons, Mid-1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Golden metal articulated necklace with resin cabochons
YVES SAINT LAURENT Heart Pendant Necklace in Gilded Metal and Plexiglass
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT heart necklace in gilded metal. The heart is in colored amber plexiglass faceted
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT aymmetrical heart necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Gorgeous asymmetrical heart necklace with rhinestones and blue glass stones from Yves Saint
YVES SAINT LAURENT aymmetrical heart necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Gorgeous asymmetrical heart necklace with rhinestones and poured glass. Gilt metal. 18.5" end to
YVES SAINT LAURENT silver heart link necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Fantastic shinny silver necklace composed entirely of heart links which have been thoughtfully
YVES SAINT LAURENT poured glass floral hearts necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
stones by Yves Saint Laurent. Ca. 1990. Adjustable heart link toggle closure. Signed 'Yves Saint Laurent
1980s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Hearts Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
1980s Yves Saint Laurent gold-tone hearts necklace featuring textured irregular hearts, an
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Heart Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone link necklace featuring textured and polished hearts
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT gild sautoir necklace with heart and pearls
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Gorgeous sautoir necklace from Yves Saint Laurent with beautiful etched and antique finished heart
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Clover Heart Necklace 2 Ways
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage clover necklace featuring resin heart petals in a gold tone setting with
Yves Saint Laurent Oversized Heart Rosary
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
colored cord. Heart shaped charm with YSL wood-burned into it. Tassel hangs from the end. Necklace can be
Yves Saint Laurent 1980s Gold Heart Link Necklace and Earrings Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
A stunning set jewelry from the 1980s by Yves Saint Laurent. The links of the necklace are large
Gold Plate
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Silver Charm Heart Love Keychain Pendant
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT silver tone charm pendant featuring a small hoop with cutout heart
Yves Saint Laurent layered gilt heart necklace with polished gemstones, 1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Very dramatic layered gilt necklace with natural polished gemstones from Yves Saint Laurent dating
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Toned Logo Heart Snake Chain Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned snake chain necklace featuring a ribbed heart pendant with
1980s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Three Heart Chain Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
Laurent” Whole length: 77.5cm Chain length: 71cm Three heart length: 6.5cm ——— If you have any
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Openwork Pendant Gold Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Openwork Pendant Necklace, Gold Plated Very good
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Openwork Pendant Gold Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Openwork Pendant Necklace, Gold Plated Very good
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Openwork Chunky Gold Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Large Heart Love Openwork Chunky Necklace, Gold Plated
Gold Plate
1980s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Gold Tone Heart Pendant Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
Saint Laurent is etched on the surface in a handwritten signature style. Markings: “YSL. Made in France
Gold Plate
1980s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Red Glass Heart Pendant
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This is a gold tone red heart pendant designed by YSL in 1980’s. The piece is gold plated. It
1990s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone in Love Again Heart Pendant
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This is a gold tone heart pendant designed by YSL in 1990’s. The piece is gold plated. Has some
Gold Plate
Yves St. laurent wood heart and tassel pendent
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
wood and has a beautiful big tassel. Cord has a metal signed "Yves St. laurent" heart that slides so
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Turquoise Heart Coral Lapis Marquise Stone 3 Set
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Vintage Turquoise Blue Green Heart Coral Orange Lapis Navy
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Green Red Navy Maltese Cross Heart Shield 3 Set
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Vintage Green Red Navy Blue Enamel Maltese Cross Heart
Gold Plate
Sold
H 4.73 in W 2.76 in D 0.4 in L 19.3 in
Yves St.Laurent Paris smoky grey Heart brooch on the chain, rhinestones, 1990s
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Stuttgart, DE
An iconic designe, te heart necklace eas first created in 1962 and then included in numerous
Crystal, Rhodium
Serpent Heart Pendant On Black Velvet Cord Necklace By Robert Goossens for YSL
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in McKinney, TX
- Designed by Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent (signed on verso) - Made in France - Circa 1990s
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Heart Statement Collar 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A striking Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace. Since the 1960s, the heart has been the
YVES SAINT LAURENT enameled heart necklace on cord
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Enameled heart necklace on black cord from Yves Saint Laurent dating to the 1980's. Necklace
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Sterling Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
A double strand sterling silver heart pendant necklace by Yves Saint Laurent. Each side of the
Sterling Silver
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Heart & Star Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone link necklace featuring openwork hearts and stars. T-bar and
Gilt Metal
SAINT LAURENT Crystal Heart Clover Flower Silver Tone Choker Necklace
By Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
SAINT LAURENT antiqued silver tone choker necklace featuring clear crystal chains, a black resin
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Heart and Coin Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage heart and coin necklace. Gold tone textured link chain with
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Heart Glass Cabochon Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone heart link necklace embellished with red and fuchsia glass
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Paris Gilt Metal Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fabulous Yves Saint Laurent Paris pendant necklace. Featuring a long gilt metal link chain and
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Heart Sautoir Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE vintage gold toned chain sautoir necklace featuring two jewelled
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Heart Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone heart link necklace. Adjustable hook closure. Embossed YSL
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Glass Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
Yves Saint Laurent vintage gold toned chain necklace featuring a glass heart pendant with white
Yves Saint Laurent Rock Crystal Heart Necklace
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent Rock crystal and gilt bronze heart pendant necklace by Robert Goossens. The hand
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Iconic Initials Hearts Stars Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned iconic necklace featuring YSL initials, hearts and stars
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Massive Iconic Bejeweled Heart Brooch Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage massive iconic pendant necklace featuring a gun metal patina heart
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Iconic Bejeweled Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage iconic gun patina chain necklace embellished with grey faux pearls and
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Opium Inro Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage OPIUM inro pendant necklace. This necklace consists of a black cord, a burnt orange plastic container, a silk tassel adorned with black and gold tone bead...
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Four Leaf Clover Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone four leaf clover pendant necklace. Red rope. Slips on (no closure system). Adjustable length (sliding heart). Embossed YSL Made in France. Emb...
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1970s Ball Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT early necklace featuring faux amber and faux horn graduated resin ball beads. Created by the French parurier ROGER SCEMEMA in the 1970s. S hook closure. Embosse...
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
We are fortunate to know much of the world’s long and dazzling history of necklaces, as this type of jewelry was so treasured that it was frequently buried with its owners. Today, Van Cleef necklaces, Tiffany necklaces and Cartier necklaces are some of the most popularly searched designer necklaces on 1stDibs.
Lapis lazuli beads adorned necklaces unearthed from the royal graves at the ancient Iraqi civilization of Sumer, while the excavation of King Tut’s burial chamber revealed a sense of style that led to a frenzy of Art Deco designs, with artisans of the 1920s seeking to emulate the elegant work crafted by Ancient Egypt’s goldsmiths and jewelry makers.
In ancient times, pendant necklaces worn by royalty and nobles conferred wealth and prestige. Today, wearing jewelry is about personal expression: Luxury diamond necklaces exude confidence and can symbolize the celebratory nature of a deep romantic relationship, while paper-clip chain-link necklaces designed by the likes of goldsmith Faye Kim are firmly planted in the past as well as the present. Kim works exclusively with eco-friendly gold, and these fashionable, fun accessories owe to the design of 19th-century watch fobs.
For some, necklaces are thought of as being a solely feminine piece, but this widely loved accessory has been gender-neutral for eons. In fact, just as women rarely took to wearing a single necklace during the Renaissance, men of the era layered chains and valuable pendants atop their bejeweled clothing. In modern times, the free-spirited hippie and counterculture movements of the 1960s saw costume-jewelry designers celebrating self-expression through colorful multistrand necklaces and no shortage of beads, which were worn by anyone and everyone.
Even after all of these years, the necklace remains an irrefutable staple of any complete outfit. Although new trends in jewelry are constantly emerging, the glamour and beauty of the past continue to inform modern styles and designs. In a way, the cyclical history of the necklace differs little from its familiar looped form: The celebrated French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels found much inspiration in King Tut, and, now, their Alhambra collection is a go-to for modern royals. Vintage David Webb necklaces — whose work landed him on the cover of Vogue in 1950, two years after opening his Manhattan shop — were likely inspired by the ornamental styles of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
On 1stDibs, browse top designers like Dior, Chanel and Bulgari, or shop by your favorite style, from eye-catching choker necklaces to understated links to pearl necklaces and more.