2018 Trend alert: the shell necklace From primitive coins to seasonal must-haves

We hoped to get rid of it between the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s, but no: the shell necklaces are back trendier than ever.

Just surf a little 'on the net to notice: from Alexa Chung to Leandra Medine (who particularly love the Turkish brand Tohum), no one seems to be able to do without them; but is it really all fashion bloggers fault if these memories of our tragic childhood style are the must-haves of the season?

A fun facts about the model preferred by the uber-influencers is not for the puka necklace (thank God!), but for the ones made out of cowrie. These shells come from the Maldives and, it seems, have been the first international money in human history. In ancient Africa, they represented wealth and were exchanged for food, goods, and services, but in other places, it could take on different values. On the Fiji Islands they were transformed into necklaces and worn by the tribal chiefs as a symbol of power; in the Japanese tradition, the laboring woman was holding cowrie shells to help the progression of childbirth; in Pompei women wore necklaces of cowrie shells as a symbol of fertility; while elsewhere they were among the popular remedies for the "malocchio" aka. the evil eye.

But let's go back to our fashion problem.

Of course, lovers of this 2018 must-have underlines the taste of a bit of a 'naivety that tells of beach and saltiness, but if you really cannot do without it, just wear it on holiday or choose the less "nature", but cooler version created by jewelers like Aurielie Bidermann.