Erstwhile Necklace

When pleasant pretension meets nostalgia, we have the erstwhile necklace. 

Erstwhile = formerly

Perhaps the snootiest adverb necklace in our collection, this word comes from the Old English word aer which meant early and hwil which is a cognate for present day while.

Erstwhile enemies we are now planning a life together complete with a small coop of gentle chickens. 

Erstwhile lovers we are now enemies, and planning to destroy each other's small coops of gentle chickens.

Erstwhile friends were are now licensed therapists and supervising one another's cognitive therapy. 

Erstwhile vegan, I have now opened up a cattle ranch complete with tattoo parlor. 

In search of times past?

Adorn yourself with the "Erstwhile" necklace, a vintage-inspired piece that evokes a sense of nostalgia and longing for times drifted by. This necklace is for the day-dream believer who views the world through a filter of sepia-toned chiffon.

Of course, used in modern times, you will sound delightfully obscure, as if you were wearing a monocle or carrying a parasol.

You prefer faded photographs, turtle soup, and a gin martini on the davenport.

The necklace is a nod to our ancestors, and to the vintage parts of ourselves that remember the times when a pen and paper was all we had.

We may have missed the crushed silk, hat pins and orchid corsages of times past, but we can keep these periods alive in the words that we speak as we live our lives.

Wear the "Erstwhile" necklace not as a symbol of your appreciation for bygone eras but to bring those eras from the hereafter and into the here and now.