What Necklace Length Should I Buy?
Necklace length decides more than style: it decides whether a piece is worn or left in a box. These are the lengths we make and where each one falls.
The lengths, and where they sit
40 cm (16 inches) sits at the base of the neck, close to the skin. It suits an open neckline and reads as a single clean line.
45 cm (18 inches) falls just below the collarbone. It is the length most women buy first because it works with almost every neckline.
50 cm (20 inches) rests on the chest. It carries a pendant well and layers neatly over a 45 cm chain.
55 cm (22 inches) sits below the collarbone on a man and on the chest on a woman. For men this is the usual everyday length.
60 cm (24 inches) rests on the chest and works over a shirt or a knit. Taller or broader wearers usually prefer this.
How to measure without guessing
Take a piece of string, hold it where you want the chain to fall, and measure it against a tape. That number is your length. If you are between two, go longer: a chain can be shortened far more easily than it can be made longer.
Layering
Two chains layer cleanly when there is at least 5 cm between them. Three want 5 cm between each. Mix gauges rather than matching them, so the eye reads three chains and not one thick one.
How we make and mark it
Every piece here is made for ONLYWAY JEWELRY in London and, where the law requires it, hallmarked at the London Assay Office. The hallmark is not decoration: it is an independent test of the metal, struck by an assay office rather than by the maker. What the marks mean.
The price on the page is the price you pay. Delivery within the United Kingdom is tracked and included, and you have thirty days to send a piece back. Delivery and returns.
