Guirlande d'Amour Necklace

The French have a word for a garland of flowers given as a token of love. They also have a long history of understanding that the most beautiful things draw blood if you're not careful.

A heart-shaped garland formed from pewter rose stems and leaves, centred on a black resin rose, it's the kind of dark aesthetic jewellery that quotes the language of romance and then twists it somewhere more interesting. The verse it carries, "I am your rose, but my love is dark, forsake me not, lest my thorns do harm," isn't asking nicely. For anyone whose gothic or alternative fashion instincts run toward the literary and the lush, this is the piece that earns its price.

Pendant: heart-shaped garland of pewter rose stems and leaves with black resin rose detail. Chain length and full dimensions to be confirmed.