Necklace-plastron. This is an unusual neck decoration. To say that it has become the trend of the new season is not entirely true. This decoration has been around for a long time, or rather, since antiquity. And in the fashionable world of jewelry, having appeared once, it has remained at all times. The plastron necklace is time-tested, has a thousand-year history, and therefore will never go out of fashion.

Among the neck decorations, plastron necklaces are the most spectacular and massive, covering most of the neckline. They resemble sumptuous collars made of precious stones, beads or sparkling rhinestones.



In 2017 jewelry brand Boucheroncelebrating the opening of his boutique in Moscow in 1897, he created the Hiver Imperal collection dedicated to the northern country - Russia. For many decades, almost all Russian nobility were clients of the jewelry house.

The source of inspiration for Hiver Imperial was the Russian winter. A plastron necklace called Baikal was dedicated to Lake Baikal. This white gold piece features a large 78.33-carat Santa Maria aquamarine, shimmering moonstones, pearls, diamonds and aquamarines. The ideas of designers always delight and surprise fans of jewelry art, and in the plastron necklace the field for designer fantasies is endless.




Researchers of ancient cultures believe that the emergence of neck jewelry began with ancient egyptian jewelry... The first plastrons can be called the Egyptian ukkhi - a collar decoration worn by both men and women of the upper class.

Uskkh symbolized the Sun, the god Ra and was made from colored stones, mainly from turquoise, lapis lazuli, carnelian, malachite, as well as from enameled gold plates. These decorations were quite heavy, the mass of the pharaoh's uskha could reach several kilograms. To make the jewelry fit well and comfortably on the chest, a textile or leather lining was attached to it.

Almost all ancient Egyptian jewelry in the modern world continues its life, transforming under the influence of designers' fantasies. So it happened with uskh.



The name "plastron" is of French origin. Many decades ago, this was the name of the upper part of a men's shirt, which was visible from under a tailcoat. Then, in the hot summer time, men began to allow themselves to wear not a shirt under a tailcoat, but only its upper part with a collar, or a bib. This part of the costume was later called plastron. But at the same time in France, women's jewelry-collars became especially popular, and they also began to be called plastrons, which were made from pearls, diamonds, silver, gold and other precious stones and noble materials.

To create modern plastrons, today not only precious or semi-precious metals and stones are used, but also feathers, leather, beads, wood, shells, bone and ceramics. All of these decorations are available for everyone, with any family budget.





Plastrons today are jewelry in different styles and with a stunning effect. They can be perfectly combined with evening and casual outfits. However, if you doubt the choice of an outfit, then you should confine yourself to the simplest silhouette and cut, calm shades, without excesses and additions of decorativeness, because you still need to take into account that the plastron necklace is a key thing in the whole image. She's so visible and attention-grabbing, so everything else should be discreet.

A plastron necklace is the easiest way to add expressiveness to your image, and the most ideal decoration to make an ordinary gray dress or jeans with a man's shirt a bright and bold outfit.