Pick the kind and the length, check the chain comes with it, and ask for a piece first
Pick the kind first, then the length. Nearly every new necklace here is made for her, and 18 inches, resting on the collarbone, is the length offered most. Make sure the listing is a necklace or a set, since a small cross titled as a pendant may come alone. Take 14K for daily wear. For a necklace not online yet, write to the live chat, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.
What lands: new necklaces for women, from hearts to Stars of David
New necklaces come in runs. One week brings a family of Star of David and hamsa designs, another a few small gold crosses or gold bead necklaces strung with stones, so the top of the page keeps changing. Further down sit the regular kinds: hearts, diamond drops on a fine chain, butterflies and flowers, initials, and tennis chains with diamonds all the way around. The tennis chains and bead necklaces are offered to men too. Shop by kind on women's heart necklaces or women's tennis necklaces.
Length: 16, 18 or 20 inch necklace, and whether a chain comes with it
Take 18 inches if you are unsure. It rests on the collarbone. A 16 inch necklace sits higher, at the base of the neck, where a choker or a small diamond drop belongs. Many pieces offer 18 through 24 inches, and the tennis chains run longer, mostly 20 or 22. A few 18K diamond necklaces hang on an adjustable chain. A necklace or a set arrives on its chain, but a piece titled as a pendant, like the small gold crosses, may come alone. Where no length is printed, ask us.
The gold: 14K, 18K or .925 silver for a new necklace
14K is the gold for a necklace worn every day. Most of the gold here is 14K, firm enough to keep a clasp and a small bail tight. The 18K pieces lean toward diamond drops, baguette hearts and butterflies, a deeper yellow that scuffs a little sooner. Silver turns up as well, from a lariat to pendant sets. On most gold pieces you pick yellow, white or rose, to match what she wears. Read the metal line on any bead necklace, because not every strand is gold.
Diamonds: lab-grown or natural diamond necklaces
Read the title first. Most diamond necklaces here are natural, and the lab-grown ones name it in the title. A few 18K drops pair a lab-grown center with natural side diamonds. Grown or mined, the stone is diamond, cut and graded the same way, and the mined one is scarcer. Black diamonds show up on the bead chains. For color, look to pink and red sapphire, opal, ruby and turquoise. If a listing leaves it unnamed, ask the desk.
Before it is listed: how to ask for a new necklace
Ask the desk before the website catches up. If you saw a necklace in a post and cannot find it here, describe the one you want on the live chat, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET. A photo, the style and her length are enough to begin. Some pieces are made after you order, which can take two or three weeks, so ask when yours would ship. A name necklace, an engraved heart or a chain cut down for her is made for one person and is final sale.