Taylor Swift stunned the crowd during her Eras Tour concert at the Hard Rock Stadium at the Miami Gardens in Florida. She also made quite the statement with her choice of jewellery, wearing Vivienne Westwood’s Orb choker.
The Vivienne Westwood design has become an internet phenomenon in recent years, so much so that it has been re-named the TikTok necklace. The design worn by Swift is a three-strand pearl choker set with Westwood’s Swarovski crystal-encrusted Orb logo at its centre.
The original design launched in the 1980s as part of Westwood’s Harris Tweed Fall 1987 runway collection with a single pearl strand. It was later updated to a triple-strand for Westwood’s Portrait collection in 1990. Today, the TikTok Necklace is a go to piece of jewellery for influencers and the A-list, including Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Katy Perry, who previously wore the Orb choker at King Charles III’s coronation.
The ‘Fortnight’ singer also made a sweet nod to her boyfriend, football star Travis Kelce, with one of her favourite hoop earrings. On stage, Swift opted for the ‘T’ Mini Hoop from Los Angeles jeweller Jacquie Aiche – the ‘T’ a reference to Travis, or her own name, Taylor.
This isn’t the first time Swift has used ‘T’ jewellery to reference her love, either. In the past, she has worn a TNT bracelet and a 87 ring – 87 is his football jersey number. Swift and Kelce were first linked in July 2023 when the Kansas City Chiefs tight end shared he attempted to ask Swift out after attending her Eras Tour.
Jacquie Aiche, the jeweller behind Swift’s sentimental ‘T’ hoop earring, is a favourite with musical A-listers such as Rihanna and Usher, and is best known for her bohemian-inspired designs set with diamonds, healing crystals and ornamental stones.
Speaking to Something About Rocks in 2022, Aiche unravelled her journey into jewellery making, “Jewellery found me. I was the rebel of my family and I had to support myself. I was working in retail, and while I was there, there was no fun in jewellery for me. It was all traditional: Cartier and Chanel necklaces, Tiffany Link bracelets. I was always drawn to more mystical pieces. My father is Egyptian, so growing up, my grandmother was always adorned in gold coins and little totems and all different types of talismans. So, I started to make some fun stuff for myself. And when I was in the shop, clients were asking, “what are you wearing? What is that necklace?” And I would just sell the pieces off my body.
I was anonymous for many years. I’m usually a behind-the-scenes kind of girl so nobody really knew it was me until clients were coming in like, “we want to meet this designer. We love her pieces.” So, I finally had to come clean and let them know that it was me. And slowly but surely the jewellery just took over, and I came back home. It was about 2008 when I closed my shop.”
Explaining the development of her signature look, she added, “I come from retail and I was dressing women for 15 years, it was more about having the woman feel uniquely beautiful. And, even though she was coming in for her outfits, she still didn’t feel as special as she did when she wore the necklace that I would make for her. And that’s why I dress all ages. So my signature look, I guess, would be the body jewels. I’m known as the Crystal Queen.”
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