Say hello to the season’s latest drip — a Celine rhinestone necklace as worn above by Park Bo Gum.
If you’re a Gen Z-er, millenial, or someone who has an internet addiction, you’d notice that we’re living in a wild, wild world of menswear jewellery. And we’re not talking about the new classics like iced-out tennis bracelets or handmade beaded chokers. We’re talking about things that are as fluid as they are animated — the complete destruction of the line that used to separate the traditionally feminine and the staunchly masculine.
Park Bo Gum’s Celine necklace above is an example of the current context of what industry insiders call costume jewellery: bling that has the cache of its higher-end siblings without the price. Dipping his way into the nineties, Hedi Slimane is profoundly aware that the flex of jewellery isn’t measured in carat size. It is measured in novelty, imagination, and originality. And like whatever he has done for the House, it’s all about the grabbing of references from different subcultures to craft your own look.
Celine Men’s Summer 2023 telegraphed everything Hedi Slimane wanted to say with the collection: a new exciting way to dress up for night.
While Park Bo Gum himself is styled in a classic Celine way — the tailored coat, the Rive Gauche-esque turtleneck, and leather pants — we’d like to remind you again of the magic that Slimane makes for Celine. The look could telegraph left bank chic as it could Kpop star or a gallerist who has taste versus an ordinary dude who just really loves clothing. And that is a fashion proposition we can get behind regardless of our own paparazzi-free lives.
In the meantime, however, before the necklace above drops in-store or online, the jewellery section of Celine has a really great option to tide you over. It’s called the Teen Knight Poem Chain Necklace.
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