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“18 inches sits at the collarbone” — on whose neck?
Where a necklace falls depends on your neck, not on a chart. Measure once and see exactly where every standard length lands on you.
Measure around the base of your neck, where a chain would rest. A soft tape, or a paper strip against a ruler.
Typical adult: 13–14″ (33–36 cm)
Positions are calculated from your neck measurement. Torso proportions vary by several inches between adults, so treat the body outline as a guide and the drop figures as the real answer.
| Length | Name | Drops | Lands around |
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Work backwards
The bit nobody shows you
A necklace is sold by total chain length. What you actually care about is the drop — how far it hangs below your neck. Those are different numbers, and the difference between them is your own neck:
drop = (chain length − neck) ÷ 2A 16-inch chain on a 13-inch neck drops 1.5 inches and reads as a choker. The same chain on a 15-inch neck drops half an inch and sits like a collar. Same necklace, different jewellery — which is why a length chart with no neck measurement in it can't answer the question you're actually asking.
How to use it
- 01
Measure around the base of your neck
Use a soft tape, or wrap a paper strip and measure it against a ruler. Sit it where a chain would naturally rest, at the base of the neck rather than high up under the jaw. Snug, not tight. Most adults measure 13 to 14 inches, but the whole point of this page is that yours might not.
- 02
Read where each length falls
The diagram places every standard length using your measurement, not an average. The drop figure beside each one is how far the chain hangs below the base of your neck — that number is the reliable part, and it's exact arithmetic.
- 03
Order by length, allowing for the pendant
Necklaces are sold by total chain length, so order that number. If there's a pendant, it hangs below the chain — add its height to the drop when you're deciding.
The standard lengths
Trade names describe bands rather than exact figures, so a given length can sit at the edge of two names. The landmarks assume roughly average proportions — the tool above replaces them with arithmetic from your own measurement.