lavalieres

noun

variants also lavallieres
plural of lavaliere
as in pendants
an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist gave his girlfriend a golden lavaliere engraved with his name

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  1. pendants
  2. charms
Noun
  • The pendants by Apparatus hang over custom nightstands flanking the bed.
    — Rembert Browne, Architectural Digest, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Designed as modern-day good-luck charms, the rose-gold pendants feature a circle surrounding a square, an ancient symbol of harmony between heaven and earth, fortune and stability.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of pendants
Noun
  • The facade of 30 Montaigne and Bobby, Monsieur Dior’s dog, appear on knitwear and leather goods while bag charms come in the shape of gingerbread men and nutcrackers.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Fit Check of the Week Tim Burton, iconoclast filmmaker extraordinaire, has a new capsule with Loewe, which has recreated characters and vignettes from The Nightmare Before Christmas as bags and charms.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of charms
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