Nowadays, celebrities are taking a subtler approach to their jewelry, flipping their necklaces around. Call it business in the front, diamonds in the back.
Last night, Anya Taylor-Joy attended the premiere of her film The Gorge in a strapless white Dior minidress with a pleated capelet that fanned out like wings. She accessorized her avian dress with a platinum and diamond Tiffany & Co. Archives necklace, which she wore backward so that it sat atop her collarbone and draped delicately down her back.
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Taylor-Joy hasn’t been alone in rocking the backward necklace recently. Sabrina Carpenter walked the red carpet at the 2025 Grammys in a baby blue JW Anderson dress festooned with ostrich feathers. Instead of a traditional halter, a 50-carat brilliant-cut diamond necklace from Chopard stood in for the neckline, seemingly connected to the dress itself. Ever the fan of an Old Hollywood reference, Carpenter’s look nodded to Shirley MacLaine’s character Louisa May Foster in the 1964 film What a Way to Go!
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The backward trend picked up some steam at the 2024 Venice Film Festival when Taylor Russell gave the look a try. Whereas Taylor-Joy and Carpenter both opted for jewelry that draped down their back, Russell wore a shorter Tiffany & Co. necklace (with an 11-carat pear-cut diamond pendant) which sat just below the base of her neck, serving as the perfect compliment to her white dress, accessorized with a gauzy scarf.
So next time you wear a top or dress with a low back, consider turning your jewelry around to add a sparkly surprise.
