Beaded Pearl Designs

The finest quality natural pearls, specified by Wikipedia have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries and accordingly, the word pearl has become a metaphor for something very rare, very fine and very worthy – an object of beauty and timeless elegance.  However, not all pearls are valuable.  From the likes of Mikimoto to department store pearls and everything in between, there is no denying pearls do exude the illusion of luxury.  But that luxury changes depending on who wears the pearls and how they are worn. A four strand pearl choker, once worn by Queen Alexandra has quite a different feeling than a jumble of ropes of pearls worn with total irreverence by say, Sarah Jessica Parker in a scene from Sex in the City.  How those beaded pearl designs are worn determines the tone of the outfit.  A single strand of pearls worn on a little black dress might suggest elegant simplicity, or how about over sized faux pearls enhancing the neckline of a well tailored suit, or multi rows of pearls worn with jeans and a t-shirt.  Each description depicts a different visual of those very same pearls. How is it that one creamy orb can effectively mask itself from refined to stylish to devil-may-care?  All in how it’s worn.

Beaded pearl jewelry is all at once fashionable, classic, reserved, and innocent.  The keynote to it’s elegant design is it’s simplicity.  The complexity of the design is the subject itself – the pearl. The inescapable ever present  pearl, like gold or silver, could be worn with almost everything,  being classic, simple, adaptable and – above all – feminine.  As in fashion, like the little black dress, costume jewelry has it’s own little black dress, the essential versatile piece – the indispensable rope of pearl beads.
Beaded pearl jewelry, whether expressed as a necklace, bracelet or earrings, will effectively do the trick.  It’s not just an old wife’s tale that a strand of pearls remains your best friend.