I agree with you totally, seeing in person makes huge difference, when I got mine I was head over heels in love. I still l9ve it ,special if you like texture feeling items this had nice feel to it ,if that makes sense ,I love to play with bolts move them around, it' funI wish that I would've looked at these while I was at the boutique last week. It'll be a couple of weeks until my next trip there to try it on. It seems like a style that's "meh" in photos, but gorgeous in real life. JUC is also like that for me. Love and thin Love photograph best, but in person, JUC stops me in my tracks. Maybe Ecrou is similar.