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Length: 15 inches

🚀 The Shift: From 50s Neatness to 60s Boldness

The early 1960s started out similarly to the late 1950s, but as the Mod, Space Age, and Pop Art movements took over, jewelry had to scale up to compete with bolder clothing designs like the simple, geometric shift dress.

The Length: While the 1950s was the era of the high-sitting collar and choker, the 1960s embraced long opera-length chains, sautoirs, and massive pendant necklaces that hung low over the torso.

The Scale: Delicate, neat botanical repeating links were replaced by chunkier, highly stylized, and oversized statement pieces.

🎨 Materials & Aesthetics of the 1960s Trifari Look

The Heavy Gold & Silver "Mod" Link
While your 1950s necklace uses a highly delicate, feathered technique, 1960s Trifari pieces leaned into thick, heavy-looking, almost brutalist or geometric metalwork.

Chains became wider, featuring open-work filigree, interlocking abstract loops, or textured rope textures twisted together.

The iconic brushed Trifanium finish remained a signature, but the surfaces became even more deeply textured, sometimes featuring a crumpled, hammered, or deeply bark-like bark effect.

The "Jet Set" & Exotic Revivals ✈️

In the late 1960s, as international travel became a status symbol, Trifari released wildly successful, globally inspired collections (like the famous 1968 Persian Garden or L'Orient series). These featured heavy faux-gem cabochons, tassel pendants, and Etruscan or Renaissance revival styles that looked like treasures found in a Mediterranean bazaar.

Size: Womens 15

Condition: Pre-Owned Like New