I'm all I'll ever need!!
Keep in mind - the more necklaces you wear, the more indie you are
About the time when girls were bringing Caboodles makeup cases to sleepovers and wearing slap-wrap bracelets, best friends everywhere finally found the perfect avenue with which to express their devotion: the Best Friends Necklace.
Two half-heart pendants that when put together form a single heart, the best friend necklace was the elementary school equivalent of a wedding ring. It bonded you and your best pal for the entirety of that school year (at least!) and it let others know to back off - you were taken. A shy and withdrawn child ever since Steve B. pulled up my skirt in kindergarten while I was handing out snacks to the other students (you hear that, Steve? I'm publicly outing you!!), I in particular felt the sting of not having a best friend with whom to share the necklace, which in my mind was the ultimate declaration of friendship.
Based on my experience, which I'm sure was one shared by many, I would like to state here today my theory for the Next Big Thing in fashion: the resurrection of the Best Friends Necklace. Given the hipster tendency towards irony and the fact that true hipsters are traditionally characterized by a sense of alienation from society, I can see few other more perfect means for them to display not only the omnipresent love of nostalgia, but also, if you were to wear both halves of the necklace at once, the sentiment of being perfectly outside society!
Just remember, when they start selling them at Urban Outfitters, you heard it here first.
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Why do retailers have to come up with a million different ways to make little girls feel insecure? Seriously. Also, remember when these came broken in 3 pieces so you could have TWO best friends?
I saw these at a local boutique the other day. I might totally buy them and wear them both and tell people I am my own best friend and if they have a problem with it I'll punch them in the neck.
(I am feeling oddly violent today)
I completely forgot about the 3 piece best friend necklaces! I think that might have been even worse, because there was always one "best friend" that wasn't as well-liked as the others, and often for some stupid fact like her mother picked her up earlier from play dates or something so she didn't get to spend as much time with them. There was so much competition involved in the whole best friend relationship that I cannot express how thankful I am that I'm no longer in grade school.
Just so everyone knows, Lengli has been sporting the 2 BFF necklaces since she started working here. When I laughed at her, she punched me in the neck.
*may or may not be true
This necklace is not to be confused with My Breast Friend.
Renee, I asked you not to tell anyone about that!!!
You really DO have Britney Spears on the brain, Phil!
I just wish my posts got some comment love. :(
This is pretty much genius. Not only do I believe in your premonition, but I will jump on the bandwagon and purchase a BFF necklace. And then I will walk around Bedford Ave.
You are my shining star and you will rock Williamsburg!!