| Clothing or jewelry worn around the neck: this is | | | | The way a woman wears a necklace is |
| the basic dictionary definition for a necklace; yet, | | | | completely different from the way a man does; |
| there used to be much more to it than a simple | | | | this is basically relevant for the fact that for the |
| fashionable accessory that completes a trendy | | | | latter, the necklace is a way of drawing attention |
| casual or elegant dress. To the ancient people, a | | | | to the cleavage. A necklace doesn't suggest |
| necklace meant a lot more than a mere | | | | sexuality, it only accents femininity, charm, |
| decorative item: first of all, the manufacturing | | | | elegance and the fine curves of a delicate neck. |
| process was a lot more difficult than it is today, | | | | Men on the other hand wear some choke-type |
| and jewels as such were plainly used to suggest | | | | necklace models that have a mere decorative |
| some form of differentiation or belonging to a | | | | function; yet they still send a clear message about |
| group or a class. Wood, rocks, plant beads, shells, | | | | the wearer: he is interested in good looks, trendy |
| gems and so on, were all used in the design of | | | | in style and therefore, a man of his times. |
| neck jewelry. | | | | Offering a necklace as a gift is more than |
| Past symbolism has partly survived in the special | | | | common nowadays, and we often have the |
| nature of a certain type of necklace: many | | | | tendency of attaching some form of emotional |
| Christians now wear a cross or a crucifix as a | | | | value to it. People come to associate a piece of |
| faith epitome. Such a necklace is considered to | | | | jewelry with the dear one that presented it to |
| protect and help the wearer in difficulty by its | | | | them, and this is how mothers leave their |
| direct connection with Jesus Christ, His Love and | | | | necklaces to their daughters and so on. Even the |
| Sacrifice for humanity. Nevertheless, there are | | | | most common necklace could mean a fortune for |
| some who wear the cross necklace out of sheer | | | | someone when it is about more than mere good |
| decorative pleasure, without attaching any hidden | | | | looks. Except for such unique cases, wearing a |
| meaning to it; such cases would definitely explain | | | | necklace is now part of the daily routine that |
| the wide variety of cross-like jewelry that is | | | | requires us to look nice and trendy both for |
| presently available on the market. | | | | ourselves and for the others. |