Doesn’t actress and Golden Globe win­ner Julie Christie wear this dia­mond neck­lace bril­liantly? Of course being effort­lessly beau­ti­ful cer­tainly doesn’t hurt. It’s been a while since we’ve seen gems used to high­light a neck­line on the red car­pet. Until recently they’ve been rel­e­gated to the ear in the form of pen­dant ear­rings, and of course that look can be great when done with a care­ful edit in dress and wise selec­tion of orna­ment. Yet, I’m tired of the parade of bare neck­lines, long tresses and up-dos paired with face-framing glit­ter. And we all know the drill about ear­rings high­light­ing a woman’s face, ad nau­seam. Looks tire over time and the eye searches for a new, if not inno­v­a­tive, place to bring a bit of sparkle.

For pho­tog­ra­phy, there is noth­ing like the dia­mond necklace–or a good fac­sim­ile thereof (many a cz has hit the red car­pet when fine jew­els can­not be had). This par­tic­u­lar gem grabs any avail­able light and holds it for the dura­tion. It is def­i­nitely a sit-up-and-take-notice sort of item. It is also a clas­sic in that it has always held a kind of incon­tro­vert­ible cachet. Age­less, a dia­mond neck­lace suits every women, at what­ever stage of life she is cur­rently enjoying—whether it be the provoca­tive exu­ber­ance of youth or the seduc­tive ele­gance of maturity.