Baguette Necklaces: Styles and How to Choose One

Short answer: A baguette necklace is a necklace that uses rectangular baguette diamonds. The most loved designs are: a slim bar necklace made of baguettes, the baguette tennis necklace in which baguettes circle the neck in a row, a solitaire necklace with a single large baguette or emerald-cut stone, and designs that mix baguette and round stones. It gives a clean, calm, modern light.

Baguette necklace designs

Bar necklace

A horizontal bar of baguettes set side by side, at the centre of a fine chain. Simple, modern and wearable every day; it creates a graceful line of light at the collarbone.

Baguette tennis necklace

A necklace in which baguettes circle the neck in an unbroken row. A cleaner, more architectural take on the classic tennis necklace; the modern choice for evening events. Tennis necklace.

Baguette solitaire necklace

A single large baguette or emerald-cut stone on a fine chain. For those who love the calm light of the step cut. Emerald cut.

Mixed arrangement

Necklaces in which baguette and round stones alternate; the clean light of the baguette and the sparkle of the round together.

Why a baguette necklace?

• Modern: geometric, clean lines; especially chic with simple clothes.
• A different light: the step cut gives broad, mirror-like reflections instead of sparkle. The baguette cut.
• Set harmony: it speaks the same language as a baguette ring and baguette earrings. Baguette earrings · diamond sets.

What to check when choosing

Chain length

For bar and solitaire necklaces, 40–45 cm is the most popular. A short chain sits above the collarbone, a long one a little below. Chains with an extra ring make it easy to adjust the length. How to choose a necklace.

Stone matching and clarity

Because baguettes are set side by side, their length, width and colour must be the same. The step cut shows the inside of the stone more openly, so clarity matters a little more. The clarity scale.

Setting

Baguettes are usually held in a channel setting or by prongs at their corners. A channel setting protects the stones’ edges and stops the necklace catching on clothes.

Baguette necklaces with lab-grown diamonds

When a baguette necklace has many stones, lab-grown diamonds ease the budget; the same money buys whiter stones that match each other better. The necklaces made in our workshop are in the gallery; category: necklaces.

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