Jewelry Du Jour: Good Girls, Bad Girls

While recently playing word association games with a group of friends (true, I have no life), the terms "good girl, bad girl" produced some interesting results:
Good Girl: Audrey Hepburn
Bad Girl: Blaze Starr
Good Girl: Mother Theresa
Bad Girl(s): The Slits
Good Girl (this is debatable): Martha Stewart
Bad Girl: Vivienne Westwood
There is one thing they can call claim as common ground.
Tassels.

Equally adored by burlesque queens, recent high school graduates, rosary bead-lovin' nuns and now jewelry designers, tassel earrings and necklaces are the darlings of Seventh Avenue this season whether they be made from gold, pearls, diamonds, silver or a combination of all of the above.
Vera Wang (Good Girl) uses them extensively in her clothing and accessory collections as well as her recent fine jewelry collaboration with Philip Crangi.
Martha Stewart's web site (www.marthastewart.com) shows you how to manufacture a tasteful pair of shoulder dusters from leftover curtain ties. Myriad burlesque web sites will teach you how to twirl them for a private audience (I was bored.)

Vera Wang Diamond Tassel Earrings

Martha Stewart's Curtain Tassel Earrings

It's refreshing to see tassels return as they've long been a staple of costume and fine jewelry designers for many years. See the ever-lovely Ava Gardner (Bad Girl) below.