gold chains

Neck bling links

Gold chains are necklaces made of linked gold, worn as jewelry or status symbols.

In hip-hop culture especially, thick gold chains became iconic markers of success and wealth: He wore heavy gold chains over his tracksuit.

The style originated in the 1980s and remains associated with rap artists and street fashion, sometimes worn ironically or as costume jewelry.

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Opposites
ostentation and display

gold chainsunadorned

Lacking decoration or ornament

minimalist jewelry

material value

gold chainsplastic beads

Synthetic spheres for jewelry

costume jewelry · leather cord · string of shells · friendship bracelet · rubber bands

cultural signification

gold chainswooden beads

Perforated timber spheres

vow of poverty

Family

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Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G