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Pair it with natural or metallic accessories to complete the look.

The vicissitudes of the Hundred Years' War, the occupation of Paris by the English, and the arrival of the Italian Renaissance in northern Europe, for example, influenced clothing styles

Wear it with some matching black heels for a look that feels impossibly chic (and not at all costume-y)

Now back in a brown swirl print

The Court Jeweller describes them as featuring round diamond studs, from which are suspended round- and baguette-cut diamonds in an arrangement typical of the late 1940s. The pearls used in the earrings were gifted to Queen Elizabeth by the Hakim of Bahrain (hence the name) on her wedding day

Woman hiding a hip flask tucked in her garter belt during Prohibition, late 1920s