Suppose for a moment that France 3 has the sudden urge to organize a “Questions for a champion” entirely devoted to fashion. When the theme of jewelry came up, to the question “which artist is known to have worn several necklaces at the same time”, the row of onions of participants would certainly melt on his buzzer, to deliver the correct answer: Madonna!
The accumulation of chains and the heap of jewels as in certain pagan rites or around the neck of processionary statues refers without an ounce of hesitation to the American artist. With the help of her stylist Marie-Paule Subie, better known throughout the world under the name of Maripol, the interpreter of Like a Virgin and the heroine of Desperately looking for Susan has developed with a mortuary of bad girl a trashy, provocative and proud look, a Christmas tree look – or Prisunic punk, some would say.
This easy-to-reproduce outfit at home (that’s the idea) will make teenagers of the early 1980s dream day and night. From Cyndi Lauper to Mister T. (the burly Barracuda from the series The All-Risks Agency), passing through the treasure chest of the first rappers, the stacking of chains and necklaces is particularly popular with anyone who chews his gum with his mouth open, obeys only himself and rubs himself in the danger of displeasing . Radical, in a transparent nightie and jumble of necklaces, Rihanna, several months pregnant, was able to see it during the last Parisian fashion week, triggering a shock wave among her cohort of fans.
Seditious and bold
Seditious and sexy, the gesture is doubly so for all the rules of harmony and uniformity that it sends out to graze. The accumulation of signs and symbols, the mixture of metals and meshes indeed make the coherence of the whole difficult to define. The exercise is alluring with the set of lengths of the necklaces which draw the gaze towards the chest… Audacious, finally, because it also runs the risk of getting your hair caught in the links, which can hurt and require a little disentangling work. But when we are one bad girl, this is the kind of glitch you have to know how to manage.
Ball, horse, marine, figaro, convict or chain link, religious medallion, necklace marking an important event, family jewel, travel souvenir, lucky charm, talisman, necklace of a lifetime, fancy chain, the accumulation places all the dimensions of life on the same plane, without apparent hierarchy. Accommodating, from choker to long necklace, classic, punk, ethnic, baroque, bling, it goes with all styles, at all times. Including that of the legendary France 3 game show.
