So you’re all set to walk out the door sporting your favorite new spring top but wait—don’t forget to add the cherry on top: your necklace!
Choosing the right necklace for your top is simple and fun when you follow a few essential guidelines to ensure that your jewelry accents and amplifies your look without conflicting or overdoing it. From selecting the right necklace style to length, here’s our guide to help you find the perfect complement for your outfit and personality.
A Guide for Styling Your Necklace With Your Outfit
1. How to pick the right necklace length
Stef tip: Choose a necklace length that falls at least an inch or two above or below the neckline of your shirt or dress. Avoid a necklace that hits your chest at exactly the same place as your top’s neckline as it will tend to look busy or cluttered.
For a crew neckline that sits high (similar to a standard t-shirt) you have two necklace length options: choose either a long necklace (20-44 inches long) that drops significantly below the neckline or a shorter or choker length necklace (16-18 inches long) that sits higher than the crewneck opening, completely clearing the top of your shirt so that your necklace sits fully on your skin. Avoid a necklace that hangs exactly where your shirt’s neckline is or they will be conflicting and fighting for attention.
stick with necklaces that sit above the neckline. Your best bet is a 16-18 inch pendant necklace or a 16-18 inch simple strand . If you opt for a longer necklace, just make sure it drops far below your v-neck and aim for a long pendant necklace in lieu of a simple strand.
With a scoop neck: top you have lots of choices, go for short or long, just try to clear the top of your shirt by at least an inch in either direction.
You have a couple of options with a button down collared shirt: A simple shorter-length necklace will be perfect, especially if you are wearing the top few buttons open. Choose a 16 to 18-inch long pendant or strand necklace so that it will peek out from under your blouse. You can also go for a longer necklace that easily clears the top closed button. In this case, stick with a simple necklace design since the buttons on the shirt are adding a visual element and you don’t want to give the eye too many places to focus.
It’s fun to choose jewelry for a dress or top with a deep plunging neckline because you almost can’t go wrong. A pendant or strand necklace that falls a few inches above the neckline would be stunning, as would a long necklace that falls a few inches below. Avoid a short choker, or a long pendant necklace that falls into your cleavage, should you be lucky enough to have the latter ;) .
2. Tips to style a necklace with the color of your shirt or dress
Stef tip: Accent the color of your shirt or dress with a necklace, pairing a single color/material necklace with a patterned top or coordinating multicolored or mixed material necklaces with a solid colored top.
If your top or dress is a solid color you are free to wear any color or metal jewelry to accent it, provided the colors and tones complement one another. For example, I might wear a cute red necklace with a navy top or a piece of gold jewelry with a pink top.
When wearing a solid-colored top you are also free to wear a multicolored necklace, which can be lots of fun. Just be sure that the colors in the necklace relate to the color of your top without clashing.
If your top is a multi-colored pattern, follow these simple steps: stick to necklaces that are a single color or a single material, it can be gold, silver, pearl, or beads, but try to stick to a single color for your jewelry, one that accents the pattern in your outfit. Mixed material jewelry may be tricky with a patterned top because it can tend to get too busy.
3. Take note of the shape the necklace makes on your neckline
Stef tip: Notice the shape the necklace makes as it drapes from your neck and aims for harmony with the shape of your neckline.
A gently draping blouse will look great with a beaded necklace that hangs in a gentle curve. A long pendant necklace will look great with a high boat neck or crew neck top.
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Embrace your personal style
Stef tip: And most importantly, let your personality shine through and have fun! Think of your necklace as an opportunity to show off your own personal style. When you exude confidence and exuberance you will rock your look I promise.
Need more tips on styling and length? Learn 7 different ways to wear my 60" Trilogy necklace!
Do you have any other questions about styling a necklace for your look? Ask away in the comments!
What's more frustrating than picking out the perfect outfit? Trying to pick out the perfect jewelry to go along with it.
It's great to have choices, but too many can turn dressing into something dreadful. If this sounds familiar, don't think for a second you're alone! Women all over the world are stuck in this predicament every week––if not every day!
In fact, women spend an average of 90 minutes a week in their closets choosing what to wear.
Jewelry is the staple of the ensemble, so why not make informed decisions when you accessorize? Here's how to coordinate jewelry to the fullest:
Dangling wrist jewelry doesn't work so well when you're typing on a keyboard. If you're dressing for work (and you plan on typing a lot at work), you might want to skip the bangles and hanging bracelets.
Your choice of jewelry for church hopefully wouldn't be the same selection as an evening at the club. Make sure to consider where you're going, what you'll be doing, and how the jewelry comes off to onlookers.
There is such a thing as the wrong type of jewelry for the occasion.
Alternatively, loud and ornate jewelry can muddy a busy print, no matter how great it is. Busy prints and wild jewelry can get gaudy fast.
Consider solid bracelets, watches, and earrings instead of showy accessories.
Even the material of the outfit should be taken into consideration. If the wardrobe has heavily stitched or ruffled fabric, ornate jewelry can come off just as tacky as it is on a busy print.
Your dress game may be on point, but if you intend to make your face the star of the show, grab a pair of statement earrings. You know, the flashy, glittery ones that highlight your eyes.
Take into account the shape of your face and which pair will do the most to bring out the facial differences that make you you.
Ladies with heart-shaped faces, for example, might consider drop earrings that don't taper at the bottom. Ladies with oval faces should consider studs and triangular earrings to show off their cheekbones.
Jewelry shouldn't just go with your outfit. Women who win at accessorizing these days know how to highlight their skin tones with their jewelry.
Silver is a standard metal that illuminates most natural tones. Gold goes especially well with darker hair and matte skin.
Cooler skin tones go well with gems that are red, purple and blue. Also, white gold is an excellent choice of metal for cooler skin tones.
Warmer skin tones pair nicely with yellow, orange and green gemstones in addition to yellow metals.
Rubies, canary diamonds, and amber gems make a statement by themselves. These colors are fiery and ambitious and look great over black and white. But did you think you could pair them with their opposite colors?
Warm gemstones pair nicely with plain blue or purple material. For instance, a set of rubies on top of a royal blue top completes the look with a bold statement.
There's a science behind matching up colors in fashion. Many stylists refer to the color wheel for inspiration.
The color wheel will tell you that as warm and cool shades blend one way, they also blend in the opposite. Deep green and dark blue gemstones pop against a yellow or orange dress.
Striking the balance between cool and warm colors is basically what accessorizing is all about. Try to coordinate jewelry and outfits to be the prettiest "opposites attract" example out there.
That's not something new. Diamonds have been fixed in jewelry since they were first discovered by people thousands of years ago.
And there's a good reason they've been such popular gems for so long: the diamond goes with anything!
Unsure of how to coordinate jewelry with your outfit? Opt in for a pair of diamonds. (Cubic zirconia isn't a bad runner up, either.) The classic white diamond acts as a prism under the light, showing off all the colors that make up its composition.
Heads up, the whole spectrum's in there.
You can't quarry pearls from a rock. Instead, specialists dive for oysters or cultivate their own pearls in a simulated environment.
It should come to no shock, then, that pearls especially compliment those shades of colors found in the sea. From aqua and deep blues to greens and stormy grays, these sea gems pair best with various shades of ocean water.
Make sure to coordinate jewelry that's black or gold, simple and powerful statements in themselves, with simple and classic attire. That perfect little black cocktail dress will do well with bright gold jewelry or onyx gemstones.
A simple, plain dress (such as a flat black or white dress) showcases black gems and gold metal like an Art Deco muse. Daisy Buchanan will have nothing on you.
The bright airiness and freshness of spring and summer clothes look great with cool, natural colors. Try gemstones like blue topaz or green peridot against soft and neutral fabrics or patterns.
Turn your outfit into something inspired straight from nature by mixing naturally-paired colors together.
There's a lot of knowledge and insight required to coordinate jewelry like a star. Fortunately, now you have some real insider tips to perfect your look and shave off some of that time picking out your outfit.
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