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Cindy’s TrendTracker: Bar fun
Bar none, the simple line necklace--straight across or curved into a “smile”--has leapt to the top of the fashion trends.
PHOTO Lika Behar created this 24-karat gold and oxidized silver bar necklace with 0.23 carats of diamonds. It retails for $880.LikaBehar.com
PHOTO This 24-karat gold and oxidized sterling “smile” necklace, also by Lika Behar, has 0.25 carats of diamonds. It retails for $990.
LikaBehar.com
LikaBehar.com
PHOTO Phyne by Paige Novick offers this “Sasha” small flat bar necklace in white, rose or yellow 14-karat gold with white diamonds. It retails for $1,200.
PaigeNovick.com
PaigeNovick.com
PHOTO Kismet by Milka’s “Smile” necklace of little bars in 14-karat gold with black diamonds offers a slight variation on the theme. It retails for $1,280.
KismetByMilka.com
KismetByMilka.com
PHOTO Lika Behar created this 24-karat gold and oxidized silver bar necklace with 0.23 carats of diamonds. It retails for $880.
LikaBehar.com
LikaBehar.com
PHOTO Megan Thorne gives the bar a sweet interpretation with her "Buttercup 5" flower bar necklace in 18-karat yellow gold with diamonds ($935).
MeganThorne.com
MeganThorne.com
PHOTO Sorellina’s “Otto Doppia” bar necklace boasts 0.29 total carats of diamonds set in blackened silver on an 18-karat yellow gold chain. It retails for $1,500.
SorellinaNewYork.com
SorellinaNewYork.com
PHOTO Designer Zoe Chicco has been doing the bar necklace for a decade now, offering choices like this 14-karat white gold curved bar necklace with half black and half white pave diamonds (0.4 carats total weight). It retails for $2,100.
ZoeChicco.com
ZoeChicco.com
PHOTO Mizuki’s 14-karat yellow gold and diamond “smile” necklace offers a delicate turn on the trend. This retails for $2,260.
MizukiJewelry.com
MizukiJewelry.com
PHOTO This horizontal baguette diamond bar necklace by Sethi Couture is set in 18-karat rose gold. It retails for $2,675.
SethiCouture.com
SethiCouture.com
PHOTO Jacquie Aiche offers a full smile of bling with diamonds in a 14-karat curved gold necklace. It retails for $3,940.
JacquieAiche.com
JacquieAiche.com
PHOTO Sorellina also has this “Victoria Sorriso” necklace featuring 0.78 carats of diamonds set in blackened silver on an 18-karat yellow gold snake “smile.” It retails for $4,500.
SorellinaNewYork.com
SorellinaNewYork.com
PHOTO Melissa Kaye's blackened gold bar necklaces with white and black diamonds in a horizontal setting retail for $8,800.
MelissaKayeJewelry.com
MelissaKayeJewelry.com
PHOTO Melissa Kaye also created these white and black diamond bars in 18-karat blackened gold. They retail for $9,240.
MelissaKayeJewelry.com
MelissaKayeJewelry.com
Bar none, the simple line necklace--straight across or curved into a “smile”--has leapt to the top of the fashion trends. And it’s a trend with staying power; some designers have been doing it for years while others just jumped into the fray this year.
For consumers there’s a bar necklace for every taste and style, from posies in a line to bejeweled snakes and every shape in between. They’re simple and luxurious, and easy to give or get for the holiday season. Show them to men who come into the store and don’t know what to get their significant others--tell them to smile and relax, the bar’s got them covered.
Click through this slideshow to see 13 necklaces raising the bar on this trend.
Lika Behar created this 24-karat gold and oxidized silver bar necklace with 0.23 carats of diamonds. It retails for $880.
LikaBehar.com
LikaBehar.com
Megan Thorne gives the bar a sweet interpretation with her "Buttercup 5" flower bar necklace in 18-karat yellow gold with diamonds ($935).
MeganThorne.com
MeganThorne.com
This 24-karat gold and oxidized sterling “smile” necklace, also by Lika Behar, has 0.25 carats of diamonds. It retails for $990.
LikaBehar.com
LikaBehar.com
Phyne by Paige Novick offers this “Sasha” small flat bar necklace in white, rose or yellow 14-karat gold with white diamonds. It retails for $1,200.
PaigeNovick.com
PaigeNovick.com
Kismet by Milka’s “Smile” necklace of little bars in 14-karat gold with black diamonds offers a slight variation on the theme. It retails for $1,280.
KismetByMilka.com
KismetByMilka.com
Sorellina’s “Otto Doppia” bar necklace boasts 0.29 total carats of diamonds set in blackened silver on an 18-karat yellow gold chain. It retails for $1,500.
SorellinaNewYork.com
SorellinaNewYork.com
Designer Zoe Chicco has been doing the bar necklace for a decade now, offering choices like this 14-karat white gold curved bar necklace with half black and half white pave diamonds (0.4 carats total weight). It retails for $2,100.
ZoeChicco.com
ZoeChicco.com
Mizuki’s 14-karat yellow gold and diamond “smile” necklace offers a delicate turn on the trend. This retails for $2,260.
MizukiJewelry.com
MizukiJewelry.com
This horizontal baguette diamond bar necklace by Sethi Couture is set in 18-karat rose gold. It retails for $2,675.
SethiCouture.com
SethiCouture.com
Jacquie Aiche offers a full smile of bling with diamonds in a 14-karat curved gold necklace. It retails for $3,940.
JacquieAiche.com
JacquieAiche.com
Sorellina also has this “Victoria Sorriso” necklace featuring 0.78 carats of diamonds set in blackened silver on an 18-karat yellow gold snake “smile.” It retails for $4,500.
SorellinaNewYork.com
SorellinaNewYork.com
Melissa Kaye
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Melissa Kaye also created these white and black diamond bars in 18-karat blackened gold. They retail for $9,240.
MelissaKayeJewelry.com
MelissaKayeJewelry.com
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