Thank you all for such wonderful comments and generous votes. Delighted to have a top ten!
This gorgeous woman is Sydney Curtis, who creates timeless jewelry, including everything she's wearing. So although the title is also that of a musical group, it actually refers to the cluster of pearls around her neck.
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I guess I am not familiar enough with pearl jam (the musicians) to get the connection. That's not a fault of the photograph, though. The dark face is a bit problematical for me as I would have liked to see a few more features. Overall, though, it is an interesting presentation.
Nicely composed and I like the top and bottom vignette. I can't decide if the cut off elbow is a problem or not. For this narrow format, you had to keep the body centered and that works very well. It's all that "training' that tells me not to cut off body parts. :-)