Open Heart Splurgery
August 26th 2008 12:55
No pun intended, but something that has always been very close to my heart is the locket. I think it might appeal to the secretive side of my nature - the closed treasure holding the image of a mystery lover or a secret friend. Soldiers took them to war, opening them in private moments in the trenches to gaze at loved ones.
Traditonally, they were oval or rectangular but it is the heart shaped locket that always take my eye. I remember the little rose gold heart lockets with bluebirds on the front, worn by some lucky girls at school that I secretly coveted. So now that I am a big girl, I can have my own, and what a choice there is.
This one is part of a charm bracelet called Dedication and you can find it here.
Botanical Bird has made this silver raven locket, if like me, you have a soft spot for birds and lockets.
Neiman Marcus is selling these ball lockets if you are not a tradionalist, but love the idea.
From a fashion perspective, the way to wear lockets right now, is dangled on the end of a long chain sitting just below the ribs, and not always as a solitary piece but part of a collection of other charms. If you walk into any Diva store right now, you will find a huge selection of quite large lockets on very long chains. (I don't have much luck with Diva however, because the few things I have purchased from them have quickly fallen apart - I think price has a lot to do with it - fast fashion, fast jewellery).
For something really special, go hunting on ebay and search 'vintage lockets' - you will be amazed how reasonable it can be to pick up a genuine original. I love this Moose locket that is on US ebay right now.
I hope this post prompts you to go sorting through your old jewellery box to unearth your forgotten locket so it can spend some time being part of the 2008 locket resurgence.
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