Watch The Birdie

Giant white bird pendants are not something you expect to see every day and yet I've come across two today already.

The first (on a very cool lady in Milan) was in a recent post from The Sartorialist's website, the second is taken from the cover of a book called Jewellery by Jack Ogden. I spotted it in the window of a second hand book store at lunchtime and the coincidence was too great. I had to go in and buy it. Turns out the gold and enamel swan lives at the British Museum and dates from 1400.

So there we are. I thought feathered jewellery might be in for ss2011, but ardent fans of the look should consider working the whole bird instead.