Tatty Devine Banana Necklace

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Tatty Devine Banana Necklace! This delicious necklace originally launched back in 2011 as a fun fruity statement piece especially for summer: Harriet says, “I just had to have a Banana Necklace! When I first started designing it, it was probably something to do with the Velvet Underground. I’m a really big fan. Oh, and Andy Warhol, too.

Fruit was having a bit of a moment in fashion at the time but it was all citrus fruit like lemons and oranges. One day, I thought, “Bendy Perspex – you could open a banana with that!” I remember sitting at my desk and trying to draw lots of tiny little bumps on the banana to get the right amount and shape! I could just envisage how beautifully it would peel and the smooth curve. The quality of the Perspex often inspires a piece just like something from the real world can. We’d just got our hands on new cream Perspex that was just right for a banana – totally delicious looking!” Harriet and Rosie determinedly developed the techniques needed to perfectly replicate the banana in Perspex and it soon made its way in store and online to capture Tatty Devine fans’ hearts. Of course, you can’t ignore a life sized Banana Necklace and this tasty piece caused lots of excitement in the fashion press. It even headed to the Maldives for a very special The Daily Telegraph shoot with legendary fashion director Hilary Alexander! We headed back into our archives to find the very first photoshoot of the Banana Necklace and here it is! We do love a theme, and our model’s nails were embellished with teeny tiny fruit charms to suit the occasion:

“This fun tutti frutti number is a must have! As new research suggests…it is in fact, a banana a day that keeps the doctor away!” Stores Manager Amy: “I love the Banana Necklace! Everyone always stares when I wear it out in public. 

Tatty Devine is playful jewellery handmade in the UK.