Another reason for the popularity of the key is because of the popularity of the jewel encrusted key necklaces released by Tiffany & Co. The Tiffany Keys Collection is a romantic tribute to keys from the Tiffany & Co. Archives. The 18 karat yellow or white gold, platinum with diamonds or sterling silver pendants proved to be so popular with celebrities and fashionable women around the world that Tiffany & Co. issued a second collection of key pendants inspired by the Art Deco jewelry in the Tiffany archives.
The new platinum Keys are encrusted with diamonds and black onyx in geometric shapes and suspended from gem-accented chains. The entire collection is available at select Tiffany & Co. stores worldwide or at tiffany.com.
Tiffany & Co. is not the only one to embrace the key for their jewelry these days. One San Francisco enterprising artist is setting his key pendants apart from the rest by using them to unlock doors for others.
In very early 2009, Trevor Hubbard had the idea that a key on a chain would make a great gift for a graphic artist friend of his that had been laid off. Trevor wanted to soften the blow from losing a job with a skeleton key necklace to remind his friend of the saying that “when one door closes, another opens.” Realizing that the arts community in general was suffering from lack of funding in the weak economy, Hubbard thought there were many artists who could also use a supportive lift. Two weeks later, the 823 Key Project was born.
Hubbard explains his project as “a thread that links the contribution and purchases of many to the creation of one vision. Through a series of one-of-a-kind, vintage, handmade, skeleton-key necklaces, 823KeyProject will grant musicians and writers, painters and photographers, travelers and revelers the proverbial key to showcase their unique interpretation of the world with an emphasis on authentic and community-minded work.”
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