L-A: So, ever since I first saw the glossy ad for these babies, I have been coveting them:
The Tiffany’s keys. So pretty. I’m a bit delighted/dismayed to see it appear in Gossip Girl:
Delighted because I am in love with those necklaces. Dismayed because it means by the time I get my hands on one, everyone and their dog will be wearing keys as jewelry. They’re not that prohibitively expensive. They start at $175 for a simple silver key and then go all the way up to “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it”. Marc Jacobs has also done a key necklace, but I’m not planning a trip to LA anytime soon and I’m not about to stress out on ebay for it (seriously. ebay bidding gives me ulcers):
I figured that these necklaces would start some kind trend on etsy, but I’ve actually had a hard time finding key necklaces on there that I really love. Come on, etsy jewellers! Polish me up a skeleton key! In the meantime, there were some etsy finds worth sharing. Most were a bit too much – like, just because you can add feathers and beads and shit to your necklace, doesn’t mean you should. I’m not going to show you the ones I hated because I don’t want to snark on Etsy folk. They aren’t big time designers, most are just people making stuff out of their living rooms. Michael Kors will never know if I say I hate what he does, so it feels less mean. Moving on. The keys!
Really teeny key from CosmicFirefly. A bit too small for me, but it is under $10.
A little bit closer to the Tiffany style and the person selling is going for that. Kudos to them for jumping on that bandwagon. I would be if I made jewelry and sold it on etsy. (p.s. This seller is Canadian).
And another.
You get the point. Key necklaces on etsy. Not too difficult to find and cheaper than Tiffany’s. But I will continue to covet the pretties from Tiffany’s. Partly for the box it comes in. Seriously kids. My parents gave me a Tiffany bean bracelet last Christmas and I’m pretty sure I swooned when I saw that box (swooned even more when I saw the bracelet. It’s très adorable. My parents are the bestest).
The second one is actually the box for the Tiffany bean necklace that a group of friends gave to J.Lau for her 30th. I didn’t stop to try to take a picture of my own box. There is photographic evidence, but it is all highly unflattering Christmas morning shots. ugh.
