Pendant styling
How will an openwork pendant look against your clothes?
Try a paper cutout against two shirts to see how an openwork pendant’s outline, scale and pattern will look before you choose it.
Look through the pendant
Pick out one opening in the pendant pictured here and follow the silver around it. That opening will take on the color of whatever sits behind it. A product photograph on white shows one version of the cobblestone pattern. A navy sweater supplies a different background for every little window.
Decide which detail caught your eye first. If it was the teardrop outline, you might enjoy the piece even when the small openings blend into a print. If it was the cobblestone pattern, try it against one uninterrupted patch of color.
Make a paper silhouette at actual size
The Cobblestone Teardrop Silver Pendant measures approximately 45 mm high by 25 mm wide. Mark those dimensions on scrap paper, sketch the teardrop inside the rectangle and cut it out. Cut a few small windows inside the shape, leaving the outside edge intact. You only need enough openings to see fabric through them.
Hold the paper against a plain shirt at the point where you would wear the pendant. Look in a mirror from a few steps away. Now try a striped shirt and move the paper until a stripe crosses the center. Notice whether your eye follows the stripe, the windows or the outline. Paper gives you a sense of scale and contrast. It cannot reproduce the reflection of polished silver.
Try the spot where the neckline changes
Wear the shirt you actually have in mind. Slide the cutout slowly across the edge of the neckline so that half sits against skin and half against fabric. Then move it fully onto either background. This small shift can change how clearly the design reads without changing the pendant. Our guide to choosing a necklace for your neckline helps you compare those positions.
This particular listing includes the pendant on its own. Once you find a position you like, try it with a chain you already wear at that length. Before buying, check the pendant opening against the end of your chain. A chain that sits in the right place still needs to pass through the bail.
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