What Jewelry Do You Wear to the Office?

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What jewelry do you wear to the office (and beyond) on a regular basis? (Please share links if you've bought any recently!) What jewelry do you have to stop yourself from reaching for it yet again because you wear it maybe TOO often? (Which pricy jewelry pieces have you bought are getting enough wear to justify the price — and which jewelry pieces in your collection do you already have your money's worth on?)

For my $.02, I keep buying Alexis Bittar jewelry because those are the necklaces I wear the most — to me it's an easy way to add color near my face since I tend to wear so many dark neutrals. Some of my most worn items are this blue pendant and this neon yellow pendant (which is a total surprise to me; I wouldn't have thought neon yellow was my thing). I can't find either for sale at the moment, but the necklace above is similar to my blue pendant, although mine is slightly simpler. (But now I'll be keeping an eye on the one above, too, ha.)

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I'm always happy to pull out the Stephen Dweck Galactical earrings my husband bought for me (well, bought off my list of asked-for jewelry) — they're pretty and interesting without being too blingy, and the misty pink ones I have look nice against my dark hair. On the flip side, I still love but almost never wear my Monica Vinader Siren earrings because they're rose gold with light blue stones, and I don't have many other pieces of rose gold to pair them with. (You can mix metals if you want to, but for my $.02 it needs to be a bit more intentional than wearing one piece in gold and one piece in rose gold…. but maybe that's me.)

{related: how to build a jewelry collection for work}

One piece I'm not sure I appreciate enough is my Ippolita necklace. I like the one I bought, and I stalked a lot of them, for a long period (6-12 months) to see what I wanted to buy… but I just don't like it $300 worth. (I just checked – I paid $396 at Last Call for it; this eBay option looks very similar to mine.)

I wear almost zero of the fine jewelry I bought at Macy's-like department stores — I have tons of onyx, garnet, pearl, and other necklaces and rings that I barely wear. I have a tiny sapphire pendant shaped like a diamond that I still wear, and a humorously large gold cocktail ring in a purplish/green semi-precious gem that I forget the name of at the moment (I think it's mystic topaz).

For special occasions I still wear my blingy, Art Deco-y diamond earrings and right-hand diamond ring — they both still feel fancy and I'm happy to pull them out. (They truly were shopping category killers for me!)

Readers, how about you — what jewelry do you wear to the office? Which are your favorite pieces on repeat, and which pieces do you think you should wear more?

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Stock photos via Stencil (blonde woman wearing a bracelet and multiple necklaces and rings).

17 Comments

  1. For those of you who are jewelry-crafty, where do you get your supplies? I want to make some new earrings, dangle type, prefer a mix of pearls and natural stones. I’m reasonably proficient at wire wrapping. My fussy ear holes prefer 14k (not filled, not played) or surgical steel. Sometimes sterling, sometimes not.

  2. none! It’s my secret way to find other stealth Quakers.

    I do have a freshwater pearl necklace I bought from someone on this s*te years ago. It’s definitely adornment, but I think it’s so pretty.

    1. I had no idea I could identify quakers in the wild bh their lack of jewelry!! Though I do remember reading historical fiction where a woman’s dress buttons were considered adornment and got her in hot water….

      1. and don’t even get me started on zippers! I don’t think many Quakers now dress in idiosyncratic ways but there are full communities in the midwest that look like they stepped out of historical fiction.

      1. I can’t remember! her etsy shop was Gewgaws and Gimcracks, I think. And she was in Colorado.

          1. I’m so sad her Etsy store is closed. I hope she’s ok! I was stalking a necklace of hers and finally went to buy and her store is down.

  3. As I’ve been working from home for two years I have not been wearing necklaces much at all, mainly wearing larger/dangly earrings. I get mine from Kojima Pearl – it’s what I ask for for all gift occasions so I have built up a collection. I have pale skin and dark hair, so the lightness and luster of pearls (white, golden south sea, pinkish japan kasumi) show up well against my hair and on zoom.

    Just the earrings and my wedding rings and I’m all set.

    I have never liked shorter necklaces up around my neck and the trend of wearing a bunch of them together would drive me crazy (I don’t know how you guys deal with the tangling). I think they look cute on other people but they’re not for me.

    I have lots of pearl and mixed-with-pearl strands that are 30” or longer, but those were office wear for me, and I haven’t been wearing them for WFH.

    1. Love Kojima Pearl! They have beautiful things. A kasumi pendant is on my wish list.

      1. Sarah the proprietoress is just a lovely person. I’ve been so pleased with everything.

  4. I wear small drop earrings, my fitbit watch, and my wedding rings most days. I have a ton of necklaces, bracelets, etc. but always end up taking them off about an hour into the day because they annoy me. It’s usually about the time my hair goes into a ponytail.

  5. I wore only studs while we were masked. Since then I have been wearing my usual mix of jewelry, with my biggest earrings getting more wear due to Zoom.

  6. I like these Alexis Bittar designs but they seem to be only in yellow gold whereas I need cooler (silver/white gold) tones. Any suggestions for a similar look?

  7. Antique jewelry is my (expensive!) hobby, so I have a small but beloved collection of pieces that I switch up every day. It’s a mix of Georgian, Victorian, Art Deco and Retro era pieces, mostly yellow gold but some white gold. The only thing I wear every day are four tiny gold hoops – those just never come off. The rest of the rings, brooches, earrings and necklaces come out to play on a rotating basis (I have two sets of engagement/wedding bands that I swap between).

    1. I’m glad we don’t compete but we have the same interests (i don’t do yellow gold because blonde)

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