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Beach jewellery is having a moment. We called it last summer, noting the rise of surfer-girl beaded necklaces, shell earrings and cord pendants. The tropical mood continues this year with the boom of spiral necklaces, the 90s counterculture classic once favoured by Carrie Bradshaw. Here we round up our favourites.
Spiral necklaces have been around a very long time. Bronze Age metalwork artisans hammered copper, bronze and gold wire into continuous coils, making it one of the earliest ever jewellery designs. Today, IT STILL HAS SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM, representing the cycle of life and personal transformation. Now resurrected by the fashion crowd, it offers a BOHEMIAN LAIDBACK ENERGY PERFECT FOR BEACH HOLIDAYS. Lyst reports that demand doubled in July. There are different ways you can go – the classic cord or beaded styles as seen at Missoma, or the more STATEMENT-MAKING, abstract designs as seen at Ralph Lauren, Simuero and Desigual.Â
The most obvious way to style spiral necklaces are on holiday, with little more than swimwear, sunglasses and a pareo. If the most tropical situation you’ll be in this summer is the local park, then they’ll bring a hippy, travel-infused aesthetic to your look. No one needs to know it wasn’t sourced from a market stall abroad. Â
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Lead image: Missoma
Ella Alexander is Citizen Femme’s fashion features editor. She started her career at the Evening Standard, and has since held senior editorial roles at Vogue, The Independent and Harper’s Bazaar, where she remains a contributing editor. She also writes for The Telegraph, Sunday Times Style, Service95 and CNN. She is an author, having co-written Dame Zandra Rhodes’ memoir, Iconic: My Life In Fashion In 50 Objects, published by Transworld in July 2024. Her favourite travel destination is Catania, Sicily’s second city.
