PEARLS, BY THE BUNCH

Give whatever you’re wearing a dash of Victorian elegance with pearls, lots of them. (Pictured: Necklace, $58, at Black House / White Market.) “The more, the merrier,’’ says Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing. “It’s about multiple strands and layers at a time.’’ Mix faux pearls and real pearls, á la Coco Chanel. Or add a bit of fun by mixing pearl and chain or chain links and pearl on the same necklace, suggests Lesia Stanchak, owner of Brookline boutique Zia.