Why Pearls Never Go Out of Style

The pearl has been reinvented every twenty years for a century. Here is why it keeps surviving.

Every generation declares the pearl finished, then quietly returns to it. The reason is simple: no other material sits so comfortably against skin.

Modern pearls are worn asymmetrically, mixed with gold, and rarely matched. The formality has gone; the softness has stayed.

A strand inherited from a grandmother and a single baroque drop bought last month belong to the same conversation. That continuity is the point.