Liberty has recently seen sales of brooches rise by 26 per cent – possibly because the modern way is to cluster them in groups for maximum impact.
Now that brooches are sorted, can we tackle necklaces – not pendants, which I love but are relatively easy to slot into a wardrobe of open-necked blouses and shirt dresses and just as easily tucked out of sight when they’re not needed. I’m talking about collar-necklaces, which are more exacting, but also extremely rewarding.
Princess Margaret, or rather Vanessa Kirby who played her in The Crown, had an exemplary entourage of collar-necklaces, from plain, sinuous gold links to lavish jewel-encrusted circlets. Always precisely the length to sit neatly...