I bought this item 3 months ago. I love these style beach necklaces, but the string thats used for the necklace is very cheap. I wore it one time and it broke on me. The rest of the necklace I had to file down with sand paper to keep it from cutting me.. :)I went to Michaels and bought a new rope and redid the whole necklace. Alot of work, to make this item work...!!!