Heirloom tradition and jewellery
The tradition of pearls for graduation. In a lot of families it is tradition to pass down pearls from (grand)mother to daughter. Especially when there is a celebration like graduation and marriage. It’s an honor to receive them. But is it really a joy to wear them? Let’s be honest here: we love pearls because of their rich heirloom tradition but for the same reason we dislike wearing them: we think it is old fashioned and traditional. Although in my family the pearl tradition is not practiced I thought it would be fun to introduce this ‘new tradition’ when my twin sister Annet graduated. Graduation from the Technical university and something ‘lady like’ as pearls did not seem a perfect...