These Under-$100 Jewelry Finds Will Have People Thinking You Won $1.25 Bil
With a serious '80s comeback on the horizon (scratch that—it's already here), costume jewelry has rejoined the chat. For years, the fashion world stayed loyal to chunky gold hoop earrings and understated pendant necklaces, rarely straying into anything too showy. But that's no longer the look the cool crowd is leaning toward. Instead, oversize studs, cuff bracelets, and chokers are all experiencing a high right now, thanks to brands like Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, and Alaïa.
There's only one problem. While the above brands might be designing pieces that look like what we'd call "costume jewelry," they certainly aren't pricing them like the costume earrings and bracelets my grandmother always had in her jewelry box. Luckily, they aren't the only brands who think this retro trend is worth getting in on. In fact, the stores I hear named most often when I ask fashion people what jewelry they're wearing aren't expensive at all. Nine times out of ten, they name Zara, J.Crew, or Anthropologie, though you'd never know it by looking at the pricey-looking jewels.
See why so many budget-friendly style experts are buying their baubles for less than $100 at the above three retailers to cosplay as the lotto winner by scrolling down.
Hailey Bieber has a pair of Saint Laurent earrings that look just like these.
The perfect silver earring if your outfit is simple and needs a level-up.
Tory Burch had bracelets just like this one in her S/S 2023 show and they really made every look pop.
I've been eyeing this beauty for months, and now that it's on sale, I might just have to pounce.
Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.
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