Women's Classic Necklaces

A women’s classic gold necklace is a must for a complete wardrobe, just like gold earrings. Also like earrings, there are all kinds of necklaces for all kinds of occasions. There's the everyday necklace, or the women’s staple necklace. There’s also the necklace worn for formal events such as weddings, soirees at the embassy or a night at the opera. More than one necklace can be worn at a time, and tastefully and elegantly layering necklaces is also quite the fashion statement.

Another amazing thing about gold necklaces is that they can come in different types of gold. Gold doesn’t tarnish, but it needs to be alloyed with another metal to be used as jewelry. Rose gold is gold alloyed with copper. Yellow gold also uses copper but in lesser amounts to allow the gold to retain its trademark color and shine. White gold is gold alloyed with a white or silvery metal such as silver, nickel or even platinum. This means there’s a shade of gold for every type of woman’s necklace and for every type of occasion. Many types of gold necklace can also accommodate a pendant, whether it’s a large, sparkling moissanite gemstone, a gold initial, a cameo, a cross or a medallion.

The women’s chain necklace is one of the most popular types of gold necklace. There is an amazing variety of chains. Among the most popular is the women's Cuban chain. This type of gold necklace chain even has subtypes such as the flat thick chain, a thin flat chain and curb chain. Other popular chain necklaces use cable chains, the Figaro chain, the popcorn chain, the rope chain, the ball chain and the wheat chain. There's the beautiful and intricate Byzantine chain, and many women love the almost liquid sleekness of the snake chain. The infinity chain is made up of infinity symbols linked together, and the panther chain looks like tiny gold bricks linked together.

Gold necklaces also come in a variety of lengths, which allows for easy layering. They range in length from the choker, which is 14 to 16 inches long, to the princess length, 17 to 19 inches long. The princess length is also the usual length of the diamond or moissanite encrusted tennis necklace. There's the matinee necklace, 20 to 24 inches long; opera length, 28 to36 inches log. The longest necklace is the rope, or lariat, which can be 37 inches long or even longer.

There are so many kinds of gold necklaces that it’s easy to find a timeless necklace for her to suit every occasion.