There's a reason the pendant has outlasted every other jewelry trend: it does the work of a whole outfit in a single gesture. On a fine chain it slips quietly into a neckline; on a heavier link it becomes the entire look. We went through the contemporary floor and the fine jewelry cases alike, pulling everyday gold from the likes of Jenny Bird and Lié Studio, a few sculptural one-offs, and the sort of heirloom pieces you buy once and keep forever. Consider every one of them Phia-approved. Scroll on to shop the picks ahead.
The Best Pendant Necklaces
From jasper orbs to gold medallions, shop our favorites.
Sterling silver pendant necklace
Phoebe Philo
$1,050
Reverie 18kt gold pendant necklace with diamonds and topaz
FoundRae
$3,100
Shima Pendant Necklace
Charlotte Chesnais
$1,020
Keefe 18kt gold-plated pendant necklace
Khaite
$980
14K Yellow Gold Lab Grown Diamond Marquis Half Bezel Solitaire Pendant Necklace, 16-18"
Moon & Meadow
$1,080
14-karat recycled gold diamond necklace
Melissa Joy Manning
$750
Séléné 18-karat gold diamond necklace
Persée
$680
Evil Eye 18-karat gold diamond necklace
Diane Kordas
$845
Scarab silver onyx necklace
Sophie Buhai
$795
Bolo gold-pendant sterling-silver necklace
Loren Stewart
$585
Julia Long Pendant Necklace
Heaven Mayhem
$130
Flower Child 14-karat gold chrome diopside necklace
Stone And Strand
$585
Monogram Pendant Necklace
Jenny Bird
$98
The Key of the Night gold-plated necklace
Alighieri
$305
The Julia gold-plated and mookaite pendant necklace
Lié Studio
$300
Dior Silver Crystal Trotter Pendant Necklace
Dior
$525
Enero gold-plated and garnet pendant necklace
Simuero
$270
Aleksa Orb-detailed pearl-effect silver-tone necklace
Vivienne Westwood
$230
Oval Texture Drop Pendant Necklace
Kenneth Jay Lane
$150
Clamshell Pendant Necklace
Clare V.
$225
The Double Drop Cubic Pendant Necklace
Roxanne Assoulin
$165
