If your arts and crafts business is in the fashion crafts, you should be following the televised awards shows to see what garments, jewelry and accessories the celebrities are wearing. Doing so gives you a good idea of what new styles you should add to your product line.
The most interesting jewelry of the evening was the Cartier vintage sautoir neck chain (necklace going backwards) worn by Kate Hudson. Any jewelry-making business that doesn't hop on this design style is going to miss out on some killer sales this year. Sautoir ( pronounced soh-twahr) is a French term which roughly translates to neck chain.
While the sautoir neck chain Kate Hudson wore at the Screen Actors Guild Awards show is adorned with a diamond pendant ball and tassels, this neck chain is incredible easy and inexpensive to make using sterling silver chain and a big (15mm or larger) bead set with simulated pearls or crystals.
For a simple version, no soldering would be required, merely basic wire-wrapping and jump ring skills.
