Monika Chiang Crystal Leaf Cascade Collar: Go Chasing Waterfalls

Hot new designer Monika Chiang has an unusually keen way with softness and strength. She loves spikes, leather, holey sweaters, and high, high heels, but nothing in her line, whether it's ready-to-wear, handbags, or yes, jewels, lacks in femininity. Actually, it all drips with it. And this gorgeous necklace will leave you literally dripping with bling.

Ever since Kelly raved about the Crystal Leaf collar, I've been coveting it. I love cascading necklace-styles. Not only is it a most luxurious feeling for your jewels to delicately pour down your bodice, necklaces with trickle and far-reaching movement are flattering. A jewel that reaches far past your collarbones will effortlessly elongate the body (the longest strand here measures one foot!).

Monika's collar boasts her studied balance of hard and soft. A jet-finished and brass-plated looped choker brings the edge, grounding the rest with sufficient weight. Dainty tendrils, with leaf-shaped Swarovski crystals sparkling, stream from it and down your torso. It doesn't get much more alluring than that. At Monika Chiang for $295.

Pair with: Pick up on the sparkle with Monika's envelope clutch, matte-gray crocodile-embossed leather finished with a light-handed sprinkling of Swarovski crystals. The details will pick up on your jeweled centerpiece, not overwhelm it. At Monika Chiang for $795.