Saturday, September 17, 2011

Dear ESB: Should I skip the necklace?


I'm stuck on wedding day jewelry.

I have the dress, which looks like this, except I think I'm going to take off that shoulder and the train during alterations. It should be noted that I look nothing like that girl - I'm 5'1, pale, brunette, and about a size 18.

I'm already wearing these, which I love, but I feel like there needs to be something else going on here. I'd love to wear a necklace, but I'm allergic to some kind of unidentified metal (technically I shouldn't be wearing those earrings, but my ears don't react anywhere near as badly as my neck does). So the necklace would either have to be 14k gold or higher, which I don't have the money for, or not metal.

Can you think of anything that would work? Or should I just skip the necklace entirely and go for a bracelet and something fabulous on my head?

*****

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED ME THIS QUESTION.

You don't need a necklace, lady.

I saw a perfectly gorgeous bride on a wedding blog recently -- I won't call her out -- but her necklace was TOO MUCH. It distracted from the neckline of her dress and her, um, décolletage (what a douchey word).

Anyhoo. I bet you have a GREAT décolletage.
Posted by esb at 1:47 PM
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8 comments:

  1. ShaynaSeptember 17, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    AGREED. Love the dress and you picked the perfect earrings. Skip the necklace.

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  2. MelissaSeptember 17, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    I totally agree! The neckline of my dress is similar, and while I really wanted to wear a necklace (just bc they are my go-to accessory and I only wanted to buy stuff I would be able to wear often) it just didn't work. Plus, If you're shorter, a necklace will likely cut off your neckline. A bracelet and fabulous head thing sounds perfect.

    Great earrings by the way!

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  3. laurenSeptember 17, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    agree w/ESB, and i bet your allergy is to nickel; it's very common (i'm allergic to nickel, much to my dismay, as costume jewelry is fun) and reactions are as you describe.

    on non-wedding jewelry, have you tried stainless steel or niobium (the least reactive metal jewelers use)? different look, of course, but hypoallergenic.

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  4. ElissaSeptember 17, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    @lauren: Yes! The dodgy jewellery in those accessories shops is so much more interesting than "real" jewellery. Given the number of women with nickel allergies, I'm sure there's a market for someone to make that fun jewellery with good metal. I'd buy it.

    Also, earrings are the bomb. No-one will miss the necklace, especially if your earrings are awesome.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    The earrings are nothing short of fabulous. Makes me wish my ears would take to piercing. And you definitely don't need a necklace, the dress and earrings are special enough.

    But if you really wanted a necklace, you could try something in the small pearl or glass bead family?

    -Hannah

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  6. DawnSeptember 18, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    You don't have to do a necklace, but you could do a bracelet. I wore a vintage brooch pinned to a ribbon tied around my wrist like a cuff. If it were only ribbon touching your skin you shouldn't have a reaction. I don't know if you really need anything else though, your dress has some pretty details so it's already got a lot going on. Agreed that the earrings are gorge.

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  7. anna and the ringSeptember 19, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    I didn't wear a necklace or bracelet. Maybe I should have worn more but I didn't feel like I needed it.

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  8. lizSeptember 19, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    i think i know EXACTLY which necklace in which blog you're talking about, esb. i remember clicking through photos thinking, "what a gorgeous wed... HOLY NECKLACE."

    skip the necklace.

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