Star Necklaces

The star necklace, the easiest motif to read

Some shapes you decode, others you simply recognise. The star belongs to the second group: five points, and your mind has finished before your eye has.

That instant clarity has a practical consequence. A star necklace works at a very small size, where a more complex motif would become unreadable. On a fine chain, a star of just a few millimetres stays perfectly recognisable, which makes it one of the few motifs you can wear every single day.

The other thing about the star is that it doesn't say anything specific. It isn't tied to any belief, it doesn't signal belonging to anything, it doesn't tell a set story. It suggests the sky, the night, a sense of direction, and everyone reads into it what they like.

Star and starfish: two motifs, not one

In French, one word covers both, and they're often searched for together. In English they are two different things, and it's worth being clear.

The star in the celestial sense has five or six fine points, usually symmetrical and sharp. It belongs to the family of sky motifs, alongside the moon and the sun.

The starfish is a sea creature. Its five arms are thick, rounded at the tips, often textured. It belongs to a completely different family, our beach and ocean necklaces, where you'll find the full range, and it speaks of summer rather than night.

They're not the same jewellery. This page gathers the stars of the sky; the starfish live with our beach necklaces, and you'll tell them apart at first glance.

Moon, sun and star: the celestial family

For those who love it, the star is rarely worn alone. It belongs to a trio, and it's as a trio that it's most interesting.

The sun brings warmth and radiance, often shown as a medallion or an enamelled charm. The moon brings the crescent, the curve, the night. The star slips in between and links the two, which is why the star and moon necklace and the celestial necklace are so often looked for together.

Our charm necklaces let you bring them together on one chain, charm by charm: sun, moon and star together, or just one of the three depending on the day.

Gold or silver: the star changes its sky

A gold star necklace suggests warmth, a setting sun, old gold. It's the most classic finish and the softest.

In silver, the star returns to its natural setting: night, cold, the metallic sparkle of a clear sky. Set with diamanté, it catches the light with every movement, and it's in silver that the effect looks most right. Prefer warmth? Browse our gold necklaces.

Most of our stars come in both colours. You choose on the product page, with the colour swatch.

How to wear it

Close to the face. It's the simplest rule for a small motif: the lower it falls, the less it reads.

Our star necklaces mostly fall just below the collarbone, the height that goes with everything, under a shirt collar as well as over a fine jumper. A few pieces sit higher, among our choker necklaces, and one drops down as a long necklace for those who like to see it from a distance.

A star pendant necklace layers very well, better than most motifs: its light shape doesn't compete with anything. A short star with a longer, plain chain necklace creates two heights without muddling the look.

Giving it without getting it wrong

The star is one of the easiest motifs to give, precisely because it doesn't say anything specific. It doesn't assume any conviction or any feeling, it doesn't signal belonging: whoever receives it reads into it what she likes.

That's what makes it right when you don't know someone's taste very well, or when you want to mark a milestone without overdoing it: an achievement, a farewell, a big birthday. It also fits naturally among our necklace gifts for her.

Material and care

Our star necklaces are made from stainless steel: it won't tarnish on the skin and leaves no green mark. Some pieces carry 14ct gold plating, listed in the details of their product page.

Take it off before the shower, the pool and the gym. Put your perfume on before your necklace, never after: alcohol damages the finish and dulls the diamanté. Store it somewhere dry, in its gift box, away from your other jewellery so nothing rubs.

Every necklace is sent in its gift box, ready to give just as it is.