This stunning, understated 17" necklace of highly polished woven stainless steel with an 18KT gold clasp is made in Germany. Kerns has been told that their customers are 'conservative in their tastes' but they don't think that conservative is the right word. Kerns believes that people here are also style conscious, they know when a piece of jewelry or clothing has a short lifespan in fashion, and tend to avoid it. Kerns also tries to avoid pieces like that. And according to Kerns, classic doesn't have to be boring. You have to be able to separate design excellence from what is just trendy. This necklace exemplifies design excellence, elegantly.