Marie Antoinette inspired the “Royal Blue” choker designed and presented here. The inspiration she offered for this beaded jewelry design initially came from her genuine warmth and caring attitude toward others. She challenged aristocracy’s rigidity and formality, and adhered to her own moral values, including barring aristocrats involved in adulterous affairs.

Inspired by her character, I conducted a little further research discovering just how controversial her life was, and I was further inspired by her love of the fine arts, dance, and fashion. A great deal can be said about her wardrobe and her sense of aesthetics, however, the most interesting fact is that her genuineness had a simplicity to it that brought a greater degree of modesty to the elaborate fashions of France toward the end of the 1700’s.

Seeing this impact upon fashion in that era, I found myself compelled to focus on precision and simplicity, rather than adding more detailed embellishments upon this beaded choker jewelry. Ribbons were a significant visual trademark of the Marie Antoinette icon as image upon image are viewed. Adding the ribbon as a main feature at the back of the choker created an amazing result.

Creating the stitching, strength, and curve loopholes for the ribbon were a fun variation. The results when worn are out
of this world. The texture and comfort of the ribbon is sensuous and pleasing, while dressing up the view from the back very beautifully. Properly fastening and tying the ribbon allows the choker to be worn very easily and comfortably, and can be done with different colored ribbons, various styles of dress, and even use other fasteners.

The “Royal Blue” Marie Antoinette choker is easily one of the most comfortable chokers ever worn. The pattern’s repitition and the high-quality beads used gives the jewelry a ‘crisp’ look that is clean and consistent with the influence Marie Antoinette had on fashion in the late 1700’s. Historical images and presentations also indicate the colors chosen as favorites; the royal blue crystal, paired with yellow.

You can find this Choker, the “Royal Blue”, at my Etsy Store. I’ve entered this beaded jewelery into the Etsy’s Beadweavers AugustChallenge, “First Lady”, and your vote would be tremendouslyappreciated. You can visit from August 9th to August 15th to place your vote.

Special thanks to Lee Down for editing this post.