The Tennis Necklace Is The Hottest Piece Of Jewelery You Should Be Investing In Right Now

Few pieces of jewelery make quite as strong a statement as the tennis bracelet. That single row of diamonds glistening away on someone’s wrist not only oozes timeless elegance, but also acts as the ultimate status symbol thanks to one incredibly hefty price tag – it is a string of multiple identical ultra-precious stones, after all. As such, this classic piece of jewelery has largely been reserved for old-world ladies of leisure, glitzy country-club mums and dynastic trust fund babies.

Not so, however, in the case of the tennis necklace: the bracelet’s cooler, hotter and far more desirable younger sister. It has modern-day star power without the fusty undertones, and we’ve seen it gracing the necks of everyone from Emily Ratajkowski and Hailey Bieber to Zoe Kravitz and Nicola Peltz. Even Peltz’s now-husband Brooklyn Beckham was seen getting in on the tennis necklace action, rocking a tennis necklace under an open shirt at the 2022 last Met Gala.

Atop a sleek, all-black evening look or worn casually in the day, the tennis necklace’s vibe is less ‘look at my eff-off diamonds’ and more ‘sparkles subtly poking out of my plain white tee’. Despite sometimes costing tens of thousands, it’s all about effortless cool – and today’s technological advances mean that even if the diamonds are fake, you can barely tell the difference. Brands such as Crystal Haze and Heavenly London offering particularly good-looking dupes, while those splashing out on the real deal (and if you can, we don’t blame you) should look to Shay, Hatton Labs and Vrai.

From the classic to the playful, plain to colourful, affordable to the over £60k, these are the best tennis necklaces you should buy now – and wear forever.