Blue Sapphire Necklace Styles

For decades, the sapphire necklace has been associated with the very wealthy and respected. Especially when combined with diamonds the wearing blue sapphire jewellery has always been a statement that you "belong to the upper class." This is because for centuries sapphires were too expensive to be owned by ordinary mortals and usually ended up in the possession of eccentric movie stars. A good example was Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart, who owned the precious Star of India sapphire and wore it every day like most people wear a pair of slippers.

The design image of the blue sapphire necklace has always been a bit frumpy. This is thanks to the Queen of England who has a very staid image and boasts many of them in her crown jewels. Another person with a cooler, more dowdy personality who owned a lot of sapphires was Joan Crawford who wore her spectacular jewels to board meetings when she became chairwoman of Pepsi Cola in her later years.

However things have really changes since the first part of the 20h century when tiny little icy diamond chips glittered beside tiny marquise cut sapphires in thick chunky collar like necklaces. The design of the modern blue sapphire necklace is more likely to feature stones that are larger or a tear drop gemstone on a delicate gold or tassel like chain.

Another factor that is chipping away at the formerly staid and formal reputation of the sapphire is the fact that yellow, pink, orange and green sapphires are finding their way into every aspect of jewelry design. The blue sapphire necklace will always be more formal in its appearance. Not so with the pink or yellow sapphire necklace. It is now quite common to find sapphire necklaces that use multi colored sapphires to create bold sunflower and daisy pendants. This is good news for the more youthful set who can now wear a quality sapphire without having to save it to wear to a formal occasion.

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