Charlotte Magazine / Charlotte Magazine March 2008 / Lockets

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Lockets

While you might not have an heirloom locket of your own, like the staffer here who wore her grandmother’s gold locket on her wedding day, you can find others that look and feel vintage. Here are a few we love.

Photographs by Chris Edwards 

Soixante Neuf locket

• The chain is extra long, plus the intricate detail on the locket face is delicate and classic. 
• $128, sterling silver
• poole shop, 6800-B Phillips Place Ct., 704-553-8868
  

Kaleidoscope necklace by J.Crew

• The kaleidoscope pattern is reminiscent of your childhood years.
• $65, 12-K gold-plated brass with shiny finish
• J.Crew, SouthPark, 704-365-9355
  

Guiliani's Fine Jewelry Locket

• The nontraditional rectangle shape dazzles with subtle pave diamonds
• $1,338, 14-K white gold with .5-K in diamonds
• Guliani’s Fine Jewelry, Blakeney Village, 9816 Rea Rd., 704-542-2980
  

North Star Locket Necklace by Mary Margrill

• Yellow gold coupled with a long chain just feels vintage.  
• $1,020, 14-K yellow gold, white sapphire north star
• Neiman Marcus, SouthPark, 704-442-7900
  

Oval Fabric Locket 

• The retro fabric overlay is subtle yet colorful. 
• $48, brass, cotton 
• anthropologie, Northlake Mall, 704-494-8799