Wardrobe malfunction

[ellarien]

I wore this necklace today, or at least this morning, and it was working pretty well with the peat-colored cords and dark red sweater until I was walking to the lunch table in the University's swankiest restaurant -- the one where the faculty are waited on by nicely-dressed students -- with my boss and a bunch of out-of-town visitors. At that point one of the crimps let go, scattering beads in all directions. I think we recovered all the important ones and quite a lot of the spacers, and it wasn't a particularly formal group, but it was still embarrassing. By the looks of it, that crimp may never have been properly squished at all. I suppose I should be thankful it didn't succumb to gravity on the bus, or in the middle of the street.