Balenciaga Wants You to Wear Zippers Around Your Neck

Balenciaga's jewelry is usually a form of playful self-expression -- check out the toy bracelet if you need any convincing -- but now the Demna Gvasalia-helmed imprint has taken a grungey turn with its new zip necklace.Served up in "Aged Silver Zamak" (that's the German acronym for zink, magnesium, aluminum, and kupfer -- the latter is also known as copper), the zip necklace is designed a bit like a choker-style link chain in that all of the links are connected. However, instead of chunky locks,...