1.   Accessories include delicate jewelry, whether chokers or chandelier earrings featuring precious or semiprecious stones, and a bevy of large, jeweled brooches.

2.   Chandelier earrings, an opulent homage to Edwardian charm, are a spring must-have.

3.   If the temperature remains hot in October and November, tie the cardigan at your neck, tennis-club style, and add black jet chandelier earrings.

4.   Pearls are iffy, and those gaudy chandelier earrings are totally out.

5.   So are designer logos, gem-encrusted chandelier earrings and jeans by Jordache, Gloria Vanderbilt and Sergio Valente.

6.   The same idea follows with shoulder-dusting chandelier earrings, Carmack said, earrings that look like Venetian glass.