The most restrained piece here, and the one most likely to be worn to something that matters.

Faceted clear crystal makes up the body, each bead separated by a single emerald green seed bead — a detail small enough that from a distance the strand simply glitters, and only up close resolves into two colors. The ends finish in graduated freshwater pearls, largest at the bottom, which gives the drops enough weight to hang straight.

There is no clasp, so no fixed length. Knotted high it reads almost like a collar with two short drops. Left long it becomes a formal opera-length line.

This is the piece for a wedding, a gala, a milestone birthday — and equally, worn open over a black turtleneck, for a Tuesday.

Freshwater pearls are natural, so expect slight variation in shape and luster from pearl to pearl.