French Two Toned Articulated Tassel Necklace, YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
French Two Toned Articulated Tassel Necklace, attributed to YSL. Unusual 2 toned metal design with staggered tassels in gold and silvered metal.
Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rope Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT black rope tassel necklace featuring five chunky black marbled resin pebbles. Embossed YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche. Made in France. Indicative measurements : ...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Brutalist Tassel Bundle Crystal Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Brutalist Tassel Bundle Iridescent Crystal Necklace Measurements: Height: 5.51 inches (14 cm) Wearable Length: 15.35 inches to 17.32 inches (39 cm to ...
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 Heart: 2.51 inches (6.4 cm) Width of Heart: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) Wearable Length: 37 in...
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rive Gauche Rope Tassel & Carved Wood Ball Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT rope tassel necklace featuring seven graduated dark carved wood balls. Adjustable length. Slips on. Embossed YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche. Made in France. Ind...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Gold Huge Purple Pansy Tassel Hoop Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Huge Extra Large Purple Pansy Cluster Flower Enamel Crystals Double Hoop Tassel Rope Long Necklace Belt, Gold Plated Versatile necklace, can also...
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture Iconic Heart Pearl Tassel Brooch Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Iconic Unisex Textured Relief Heart White Pearl Long Fringe Tassel Elegant Modernist Brooch Necklace, Gold Plated Versatile necklace and brooch.
Gold Plate
1980s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Massive Tassel Pendant
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This is a vintage massive tassel ornamented pendant designed by YSL in 1980’s. Signed: “YSL” Size: 18x6.5cm IMPORTANT: As a buyer, you are fully responsible for the customs duties...
NEW YSL ✿*ﾟYves Saint Laurent Copper Tassel Ex Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in KAOHSIUNG, TW
The antique gold copper metal, the handworks and the beautiful tool marks all so YSL , and its slim, sleek tassels and super long chain design gives this necklace an fashionable look...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace OPIUM perfume was first released in 1977.
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl 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 Heart: 2.51 inches (6.4 cm) Width of Heart: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) Wearable Length: 69.29...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Huge Purple Pansy Crystal Hoop Tassel Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Huge Extra Large Purple Pansy Cluster Flower Enamel Crystals Double Hoop Tassel Rope Long Necklace Belt, Gold Plated Versatile necklace, can also...
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Huge Purple Pansy Crystal Hoop Tassel Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Huge Extra Large Purple Pansy Cluster Flower Enamel Crystals Double Hoop Tassel Rope Long Necklace Belt, Gold Plated Versatile necklace, can also...
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Huge Purple Pansy Crystal Tassel Hoop Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Huge Extra Large Purple Pansy Cluster Flower Enamel Crystals Double Hoop Tassel Rope Long Necklace Belt, Gold Plated Versatile necklace, can also...
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Opium Pendant & Gold Bead Black Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This Vintage YSL Opium Tassel Necklace is beautiful and collectible.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
Marked YSL. Indicative measurements : length worn (incl. tassel) approx. 48 cm (18.90 inches).
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Tassel Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage black rope necklace featuring a black tassel topped by a gorgeous openwork gold tone cylinder.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Chunky Rope Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT rope tassel necklace featuring chunky sculpted ebony color wood and resin beads on a black passementerie rope and tassels.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Tassel Sautoir Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage sautoir necklace featuring green tassel cord and various shaped large olive green resin beads. Signed YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche Made in France. ...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace OPIUM perfume was first released in 1977.
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Onyx Tassel Russian Collection Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Onyx Tassel Russian Collection Necklace Measurements: Height: 6.10 inches (15.5 cm) top pendant to end of tassel Length: 18.11 inches (46 cm) includin...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Wood Heart Rope Tassel Extra Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT off-white rope tassel necklace featuring natural wood beads and heart.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Faux Horn, Leather and Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage rope necklace featuring graduated faux horn squares and rectangles, leather braided balls, deep red rope and tassel. Adjustable length. Marked YVES S...
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Knot and Tassel Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone knot pendant necklace embellished with a passementerie tassel.
Gilt Metal
Sold
W 0.25 in L 40 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Beige Silk Tassel Adjustable Lariat Necklace - 40", 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Tucson, AZ
From the same collection as our woven silk rope belt, listed separately. ¼” twisted silk rope necklace with 3” silk tassels on each end. 1 ¼” gold “YSL” signature lariat keeper is m...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Agate and Lapiz Lazuli Silk Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage silk rope and tassel necklace featuring large faceted agate beads and lapis lazuli chips. Handtag reads YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche Made in France. ...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Exotic Wood Heart and Tassel Necklace NWT
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage rope necklace featuring a massive sculpted exotic wood pendant and red silk tassel. Unworn condition with original tag. Adjustable length. Embosse...
1970s Yves Saint Laurent "Opium" Pendent Necklace with Tassel
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This Vintage YSL Opium Tassel Necklace is beautiful and collectable.
Vintage YSL Russian Tassel Necklace and Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This gorgeous vintage YSL accessory is twisted silk rope with tassels in a brilliant color combination of hot pink, purple, plum and red.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Black Beaded Rope and Tassel Necklace Belt, 1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
From his 1990s show, this rare black braided YSL belt was loaned to Vogue Arabia for a 2016 photoshoot where it was styled by George Cortina on model Yasmin Wijnaldum who wore it as ...
Yves Saint Laurent Black and Gold Rope Tassel Trim Necklace and Belt YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A Beautiful black and gold trim rope and tassel accessory from Yves Saint Laurent. Wear it as a necklace or a belt. 34 inches long and the tassel alone is 6 inches. Excellent condit...
Collectible YSL Early 1970s Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Austin, TX
Year: 1970 Hallmark: YSL Dimensions: chain L 27.55 in, pendant H 4.72 in Materials: base metal
Base Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Jewelled Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Chinese style YSL pendant necklace on magenta purple silk cord and tassel. Pierced medallion set with multicolored Swarovski crystals and abstract gilt motifs. Pendant 3.25" acros. ...
Gilt Metal
Vintage Wood Bead and Tassel Belt & Necklace
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A vintage wood beads adjustable necklace and belt. Excellent condition. Measurements for waist: 24-30 inches
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...
Gold Plated Serpentine Chain Tassel Necklace circa 1980s
Located in London, GB
Gold plated serpentine chain necklace, featuring a lovely five strand tassel. Measuring length 47.8 cm / 18.8 inches. The tassel is length 11.4 cm / 4.48 inches. The necklace is in v...
Gold Plate
Set of two Yves Saint Laurent necklaces
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Set of two Yves Saint Laurent necklaces. One is colored with Plum and the other necklace is red. Both are accented with gold hardware. You can wear each alone, or both together.
Elegant Italian Jeweled Tassel Lariat
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Italian Jeweled Tassel Lariat from the 1990's. High quality manufacture with tassels and spheres trimmed in colorful crystals in amythest, crystal, emerald and ruby. 52" tota...
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Chain Link Tassel Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche chain belt. Composed of rust brown braided suede, purple silk passementerie woven cord and round gilt plate round twisted links. Further decorated with...
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...
Elegant French Faux Pearl Tassel Lariat
Located in New York, NY
Elegant French Faux Pearl Tassel Lariat from the 1920's. Designed as a multistrand faux pearl necklace which ties as desired. A copy of the seed pearls lariats from the Edwardian per...
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent Twine Beaded Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent twine necklace featuring bronze colored coin beads and resin beads. Please inquire for additional images.
Yves Saint Laurent African Inspired Multi-Strand Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Geneva, CH
Very rare unusual multi strand necklace recalling certain designs of the dresses from the YSL 1967 haute couture African collection. Crafted with wood, various stones (red jasper and...
Base Metal
$395
H 27.5 in W 2 in D 1 in
Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/ritua...
Wood
Yves Saint Laurent Signature"Opium" Perfume Holder Necklace with Silk Tassle
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent signature "Opium" collection perfume holder pendant with adjustable black silk cord necklace and black silk tassel detailed with gilded gold accen...
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Glass Ball Net Tassel Pendant Necklace
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Nice, FR
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER ruthenium color metal chain necklace featuring a clear glass ball net pendant and a long black tassel. Slips on (no closure system). Embossed JEAN PAUL GAULTIER....
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche YSL Vintage Asiatic Inspired Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage Asisatic inspired necklace. This necklace features a gorgeous pendant consisting of a gold toned textured coin, a large faux coral disc and a faux Lapis l...
French Gilt Tassel Necklace
By Isabel Canovas
Located in New York, NY
Oversized gilt brass French necklace from the 1980s. Thick wheat chain similar to those used by Chanel or Isabel Canovas forms the necklace and ends at a large "spring ring" clasp su...
Brass, Gilt Metal, Gold Plate, Bronze
$6,325
H 7 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in Dm 5 in L 13.5 in
Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Toned Choker Necklace, Enamel, France
By Christian Lacroix
Located in New York, NY
CHRISTIAN LACROIX's rare, massive, ethnic tribal-inspired four-strand gold-toned choker necklace features links and rings. Both ends are made of deep red studded enamel embellished w...
Mixed Metal
Deco Flapper Beads with Ball Chain Tassel
Located in New York, NY
Unusually long flapper beads from the 1920's of orange bakelite with carved and dyed vegetable ivory (plastic). Super long in length, designed to be worn wrapped several times around...
Brass
Claire Deve Vintage Gold-Tone Beaded Rope Tassel Lariat Necklace
By Claire Deve
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Elevate your jewelry collection with the Claire Deve Circa 1980s Gold-Tone Beaded Rope Tassel Lariat Necklace, a stunning testament to the bold designs of the era, made in Paris. Thi...
$295Sale Price|20% Off
Rose Quartz and Gold Omega Chunky Choker Necklace By Alexis Kirk, 1980s
By Alexis Kirk
Located in McKinney, TX
- Vintage item - 17" length - Gold plated - Rose quartz gemstone slice - Fold over clasp - By Alexis Kirk (signed on verso) - Circa 1980s - Estate acquired - Excellent vintag...
Quartz
Yves Saint Laurent Cuff by Robert Goossens 1980 Paris
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Stunning massive cuff of Yves Saint Laurent in gold plate with greenish cabochon. Extremely rare! Signed inside YSL. Made in France .
John Galliano Pink Silk Gown
By John Galliano
Located in Water Mill, NY
A spectacular John Galliano silk gown in ombre shades of pink. The bodice has spaghetti straps and gathers onto 2 angled bands crossing at the waist. It has a 2 tier skirt, the sho...
Zushi Handpainted Red Snake Clutch
Located in New York, NY
Unusual red snake clutch with handpainted gilt floral wood frame. Signed "Zushi". Excellent condition. 1980's USA. 8" x 7" x 3"
Yves Saint Laurent Turquoise Bead Gilt Nautilus Shell Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent Turquoise Gilt Nautilus Shell Tassel Necklace for YSL Rive Gauche. Natural turquoise beads hand knotted onto a hammered gilt bronze shell pendant with celadon sil...
Turquoise, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
$8,750
H 1.5 in W 1.5 in Dm 2.63 in
Rare Elsa Schiaparelli Documented Surrealist Lady Bug Cuff Bracelet
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Schiaparelli surrealist lady bug cuff bracelet. Of gilt plate metal the bombayed hinged cuffs inset with red, orange molded pate de verre glass lady bugs, partially painted in b...
Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Artisan 18k Gold Rock Crystal Emerald Diamond Tassel Necklace, 2018
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This rock crystal Emerald and Diamond tassel is special and was made for me about 5 years ago. I wear it on a beaded Emerald Chain. This necklace enhancer consists of a Large Pearl...
Crystal, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold
SAINT LAURENT 2023 Passementerie Tassel leather braided rope tassel charm belt
By Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello
Located in Hong Kong, NT
SAINT LAURENT 2023 Passementerie Tassel black leather braided rope tassel self tie YSL charm belt Reference: CYVN/A00070 Brand: Saint Laurent Designer: Anthony Vaccarello Material: ...
$495Sale Price|61% Off
L 22.5 in
Yves Saint Laurent Lapis Lazuli Semi Precious Floral Pendant Necklace c 1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in University City, MO
Yves Saint Laurent Lapis lazuli semi-precious floral pendant necklace c 1990s The stylish necklace is designed with a large scale floral pendant embellished with lapis lazuli pedals...
Lapis Lazuli, Enamel, Stainless Steel
Art Deco Jeweled Bakelite Flapper Minaudiere
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Jeweled Bakelite Minaudiere. Black Celluloid with blue bakelite fittings and sapphire crystal inlay. Large black silk tassel conceals lipstick holder. Lid opens to reveal po...
Unusual Deco Inspired Pendant
By Monet
Located in New York, NY
Unusual deco inspired tassel pendant from a 1970's point of view. Bakelite, metal and silk. Monet 1970's. 2" x 4", cord 30" Excellent condition.
ROCHAS Parfums Vintage Byzance Tassel Miniature Bottle Necklace
By Rochas
Located in Nice, FR
ROCHAS Parfums vintage BYZANCE blue miniature bottle pendant necklace, featuring gold-tone hardware and a fuchsia pink cord strap with a tassel hanging at the bottom. The bottle sti...
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring a faux turquoise cabochon and blue shade crystals. Embossed YSL. Indicative measurements : height approx....
Gilt Metal
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.