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When you wear a heart necklace, you wear a timeless piece of art around your neck that symbolizes the most powerful emotion in the world-love! If you’ve ever wondered about the heart necklace and its origin, read on to find out some more information about it!
What is a Heart Necklace?
A heart necklace is a pendant style necklace that consists of a heart charm that sits around a length of chain.
These necklaces come in all shapes, sizes, and colors; and chains which sit upon chains in a short princess length, or a long, opera length.
What Does Wearing a Heart Necklace Mean?
Wearing a heart necklace symbolizes that you are the love of someone’s life! While love comes in all different forms, you are loved by someone, so why not show it off? The heart pendant can symbolize love between two partners, or love between a parent and a child; as well as the love that never ends between two best friends!
Some interpret wearing heart necklaces as meaning having love for one’s self. This can symbolize self-respect, self-love, and self-confidence, as well as indepence.
Regardless of who gives you a heart necklace or why you wear it, this style of necklace has meaning and is always in style!
Who Wore the First Heart Necklaces?
Have you ever wondered where the first pieces of heart shaped necklaces were from and who wore them? Dating back to the 15th century, the heart necklace made its debut in the Middle Ages.
Many centuries later, It has been said that King Edward the VIII presented a heart charm necklace to a Duchess, Wallis Simpson. Designed by Caritier, the heart pendant opened up, making it locket-style and had a special inscription written inside of it. Leaving his throne, the King left to be with Simpson and stated the “heart has its reasons.” This romantic gesture rocketed the popularity of giving loved ones a heart shaped necklace, making it a true symbol of love.
Moving forward in jewelry style and design, heart shaped earrings, bracelets, and rings started to evolve and became extremely popular. Even the shape of the heart evolved in its design. Becoming less pointy, the heart became rounded and took on an oval shape. Then, it became more pointy and slanted.
Lots of Cultural Influences
Other cultures have also embraced a heart shaped necklace over the years. The Greeks were huge on shaping metal for aesthetic and jewelry style purposes. While most of their jewelry was used to define class and serve as protection, it wasn’t unusual for women to wear a heart pendant around their neck to symbolize love or marriage, in addition to wealth and social status.
The Native Americans were another group who believed in wearing items such as jewelry in order to convey meaning and symbolize thoughts and feelings. While their necklaces weren’t always made of metal, diamonds, and other precious jewels, they experimented a lot with natural materials and fibers, as well as turquoise. Women often wore a turquoise stone heart around leather strands for special ceremonies and occasions among their tribe.
Modern Style
Heart shaped necklaces became extremely popular in the late 90’s again, after the hit movie, Titanic came to screen. Rose’s enormous heart necklace was mimicked by high and low end designers, and was the must have gift to give the one that you loved for holidays and especially Valentine’s Day, showing that the heart truly does go on!
In modern times, hearts are shaped in many unique ways to represent the personality of the wearer. Because the minimalist movement is huge right now, many modern women are wearing dainty chains with small heart cut outs, or tiny heart shaped sterling silver lockets that are easy to layer with other pendant style necklaces.
What Are Heart Necklaces Made From?
You will regularly see a sterling silver heart necklace or a gold heart necklace around the neck of others. These pretty accessories are also designed in rose gold. These metals are shiny, precious, and they complement the rest of your jewelry with ease.
The heart part of the necklace is shaped into itself using metal alone, or it is made into a metal setting which is able to hold a diamond, birthstone, or other precious gem. Sometimes pearls are also used to line the heart or fill its center.
There are tons of heart designs that you will find if you look at your favorite jewelry store or online retailer's website. You may even consider picking up a vintage style heart locket, which is always in style and ultra-sentimental.
Where Can You Wear a Heart Necklace?
A heart pendant necklace can be dressed down or up, depending on your occasion and venue. Many women wear a heart necklace as part of their normal, day to day routine work wear accessories. It pairs prettily with a button down blouse, and open style cardigan.
You can also wear it casually around your home or when shopping or running errands. It pops against a basic crew neck tee and denim jacket.
Finally, a heart necklace is perfectly acceptable to wear with formal attire. It is very appropriate to wear it to weddings where the theme is love! Your heart necklace will look amazing against a little black dress, especially if it is designed and decorated with dazzling diamonds.
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Regardless of the style or kind of heart pendant necklace you prefer, be sure you select something that is strong, durable, and one of a kind. When you choose jewelry from a renowned designer, you maximize your investment and end up with a beautiful piece that you can wear for years and even pass down to other generations.
Heart necklaces are heirloom items. Always in style, these evergreen items make great gifts and keepsakes. Appreciate its value and meaning, as well as its intent from the gift giver, so that you not only look great when wearing one, but you feel great as well.
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