{"id":1055,"date":"2020-05-12T15:37:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T05:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=172549"},"modified":"2020-11-13T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:45:05","slug":"connell-waldrons-chain-is-the-silver-lining-we-need-and-want","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/connell-waldrons-chain-is-the-silver-lining-we-need-and-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Connell Waldron’s Chain Is The Silver Lining We Need – And Want"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we brought you a thorough style dissection of ‘Normal People,<\/em>‘<\/a> the<\/em> most talked about book-to-television-series adaptation that ostensibly ever existed. Through the lens of fashion, Sally Rooney’s richly nuanced yet very “normal” characters were explored; Marianne’s sartorial coming-of-age – from rigid schoolyard garb to vintage-esque faded gingham minis and sun-soaked tea dresses – to Connell’s single, slinky, silver chain, which brings us to the point of this fashion tale.<\/p>\n

Like a character unto itself, Connell Waldron’s chain has become the unexpected star of the show, garnering its own Instagram page aptly entitled, @connellschain. The fan page’s first post was a very wet Connell in repose in the pool with said chain especially shiny. It read this:<\/p>\n

“We stan Connell\u2019s chain, the light in these dark times. Thirsty for more? \ud83d\udca6”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Indeed, they were. A slew of thirsty comments followed, including but not limited to: “THANK YOU for the gift of this account \ud83d\ude4c”, “this is a PORN account I am going to REPORT” and our personal fave, “Not the hero we asked for but the hero we deserve.” With 83.1 thousand followers (and growing), how did a humble silver chain become the fixation of so many “thirsty” fans?<\/p>\n

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Of course, it goes far beyond the silver links of a simple chain and comes down to the sweaty, thickset, blue-eyed Irishman wearing it, that subtle glint of silver that sends women into a proverbial panty-drop merely a metaphor for the man himself. But with fashion’s current fixation on the gold chain – both great and small, robust and delicate – how does the silver fare in a post-Connell world?<\/p>\n

Excellently, of course.<\/p>\n

According to eBay, the silver chain search is up 200%, another example of TV’s great stranglehold on the current state of fashion. Just last week we reported that since \u2018The Last Dance\u2019 aired, searches for Nike\u2019s Jordan 1 have been increasing \u2013 up 23% week-on-week. Inspired by the Neflix \/ ESPN Chicago Bulls docuseries, shoppers were also looking for basketball shorts (+12%) and tank tops (+20%), indicative of the power the silver screen holds on shopping trends.<\/a><\/p>\n

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As for Connell’s chain, every time he takes his shirt off, or lays in bed, or reads a book, or does anything “normal,” it’s there, delicately strewn across his neck asking us to love it. And that we do. Perhaps @connellschain put it best: “Love will tear us apart… but the chain will keep us together.” Amen to that.<\/p>\n

So in honor of Connell’s chain, we’ve decided to forego fashion’s favorite golden hue and give silver a go. Consider this edit of slinky silver chains below and pretend you’re about to gently clasp it around Connell’s sweaty neck. Swoon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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shop the look<\/span><\/p>\n

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String Necklace – Silver, all blues at my chameleon, $250.<\/span> shop now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Silver necklace, LOREN STEWART at net-a-porter,\u00a0$194.67<\/span>. shop now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\nMINI LINK CHAIN NECKLACE GOLD 55 CM, brie leon, $179.<\/span> shop now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nClassic Cable Chain Necklace, pandora, $49.<\/span> shop now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\nFINN CHAIN – SILVER, alix yang, $87<\/span>. shop now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1056,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nConnell Waldron's Chain Is The Silver Lining We Need - And Want - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Not the hero we asked for but the hero we deserve," how an Instagram fan page for a fictional necklace has us all hot-under-the-collar for a humble silver chain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/connell-waldrons-chain-is-the-silver-lining-we-need-and-want\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Connell Waldron's Chain Is The Silver Lining We Need - And Want\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""Not the hero we asked for but the hero we deserve," how an Instagram fan page for a fictional necklace has us all hot-under-the-collar for a humble silver chain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/connell-waldrons-chain-is-the-silver-lining-we-need-and-want\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grazia USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-13T15:45:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/05\/97049405_1176348459371137_7578005066259852592_n-Cropped.jpg?fit=892%2C501\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"892\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"501\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/connell-waldrons-chain-is-the-silver-lining-we-need-and-want\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/connell-waldrons-chain-is-the-silver-lining-we-need-and-want\/\",\"name\":\"Connell Waldron's Chain Is The Silver Lining We Need - 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