Pile on the charms: this season’s best necklaces

Jewellery is one of the easiest and (sometimes) cheapest ways to give your look a new-season style overhaul.

Last year was all about the huge statement pieces (knuckle duster, anyone?) but this spring, jewellery, like knitwear, should be delicate on their own or layered up to knock-out effect. Mix silver and gold, jewels and pendants, and kitschy costume pieces with your grandmother’s pearls for your own take on eclectic neckwear.

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has also had a huge impact on accessories, with teapots, top hats and pocket watches cropping up in designs by Stella McCartney and Tom Binns.

To start you off, here’s a gallery of the cutest pendants we’ve found. Marilyn may have sung about diamonds, but take a look at these and we think you’ll agree that a girl’s best friend can be a bicycle… or a birdhouse… or a boat.