Wedding Jewelry: Pearls for Mothers - as part of the Wedding series by GeoBeats.

Mature women look best in larger pearls. So you would want the size to be about 7 to 8 mm and the length of the necklace to be about 18 to 22 inches. Another general rule to remember - you absolutely do not want the mother of the bride's jewelery to upstage the bride herself because it is the bride's special day.