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What's your unpopular jewelry opinion?
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My own opinions:
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Lots of "new and modern" jewelry brands have sprung up over the last 4 to 5 years, offering "ethical" / "affordable" / etc jewelry, like semi precious gems or lower grade precious gems at the 2k to 5k range. I really detest these because their real margins aren't too far off from retail stores. It's a ripoff imo.
There are newer ones like aurate which focus more on simpler gold jewelry and seem more transparent, and you can calculate the cost of their labour and design.
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Bluenile all the way for very simple gold and silver jewelry. Or your trusted jeweler. At the end of the day, its still the same element you're buying.
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Happy to have an estate / pre-owned ring as my E-ring.
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Lots of "new and modern" jewelry brands have sprung up over the last 4 to 5 years, offering "ethical" / "affordable" / etc jewelry, like semi precious gems or lower grade precious gems at the 2k to 5k range. I really detest these because their real margins aren't too far off from retail stores. It's a ripoff imo.
There are newer ones like aurate which focus more on simpler gold jewelry and seem more transparent, and you can calculate the cost of their labour and design.
2.
Bluenile all the way for very simple gold and silver jewelry. Or your trusted jeweler. At the end of the day, its still the same element you're buying.
3.
Happy to have an estate / pre-owned ring as my E-ring.
I love Dior's Rose des Vents. I have the earrings, bracelet, ring and small necklace in white gold and diamonds. I'm also thinking of buying the large necklace in white gold and diamonds, but it might be too much, I don't know.
ooh your collection sounds fab! Dyou have any pictures of it?
I’m actually not sure what the large necklace looks like, there seems to be several different types - ie. multi layered chokers, etc. Dyou have a link of it?
personally I love the malachite, but white gold is probably the most classic style and the easiest to wear with anything
Jewelry doesn't hold it's value unless it is important, so it's better to buy it pre-owned.
I remember when the Cartier Love bracelet cost $600 and didn’t seem worth it then!
Ooh , I also love big watches! You must post in the wristwatch thread!
I agree... and I have both kinds. My workplace is fairly formal so the (pearl only, no money for the diamonds) studs go there, though I wear the bigger, dramatic ones in casual / smart casual settings too.
Love hoops outside of work - they can also be a uniform I feel. hoops + silk cami + jeans
“I just think they're either really rich or really stupid or both (sorry lol).“
Perhaps you should look at getting rid of that giant chip on your shoulder instead of insulting others on a public forum, when you know full well that a very high percentage of people who will read your post fall into the category you have described of wearing recognisable pieces from luxury brands such as VCA, Cartier etc.
You can state you dislike something without calling someone stupid or making assumptions about their financial status. Honestly, it just makes you sound really unpleasant and envious and neither are nice traits.
Variety is the spice of life...wear what you love and to hell with what people think!
Opinions include judgements. This thread is already titled unpopular jewelry opinions. Do you see me posting in a Cartier thread that I think the Love Collection is ugly? No, so get off my back.
I guess I could use euphemisms and say that I believe that it shows either “lack ofsense” and / or “abundance of financial resources”, but my opinion doesn’t change.
Also, if you bother reading to the end of my post, you can see that my opinion was directed specifically at the Love collection. And that I like VCA and Dior Rose des Vents. So, no, it isn’t insulting the vast majority of people in this forum, or even this sub forum, and it doesn’t indicate a dislike of people who want to / can buy expensive jewelry. There’s a lot more to the expensive jewelry world than those brands mentioned anyway.
You’re entitled to your opinion that my comments reflect that I’m not a nice person and that I’m unpleasant or envious (although for the record, I am not envious of anyone with the Love collection. I’m more than happy to have not spent money there)
and I’m in turn entitled to think that you’re out of control when you feel personally attacked by a stranger’s opinion on a piece of your jewelry, on the Internet.
if you like it then buy it, wear it, post about it, whatever. My opinion shouldn’t affect you like that.
So why call anyone “really stupid”? You can attempt to justify your comments as much as you like but the fact is that they were/are very rude. You can ‘vent’ your dislike of the Love or any other collection as much as you like given the title of the thread, but throwing insults around just makes you look childish - and yes, smacks of envy. I don’t particularly like Rolex watches but wouldn’t call anyone “really stupid” for buying one. I would just state that they are not to my taste and I would rather spend the same money on something different. Ditto a few other watch or jewellery brands that aren’t to my personal liking.
And I couldn’t give a toss as to whether you like my jewellery, be it Cartier or any other brand/non brand! I don’t even know you! I just think its in really bad taste to call people stupid or wasteful with their money for buying something that you don’t like. Everyone else that has commented on this thread was able to do so in a polite way so why can’t you?
just looked up suzanne belperron...wow!!! new obsession
personally, I'm not the biggest fan of the cartier love for me, but i think on other people it can look fabulous!! i love vca as well, including alhambra, but i do want to expand more into their other less-known collections like the rose de noel or lotus. jewelry is just jewelry, i wouldn't judge someone's character on it.
RDV so pretty. I laughed with the OP. It's her opinion. I take no stand.
I thought VCA Alhambra was old fashioned and wouldn't touch it, until I tried it on in person. I love the bracelets and longer chains on me.
I need to marry a prince - with money!
I thought VCA Alhambra was old fashioned and wouldn't touch it, until I tried it on in person. I love the bracelets and longer chains on me.
I need to marry a prince - with money!
You chose a thread that has been marked for a discussion that isn't going to be about things people like. And - based on your replies to posts by other users in this thread - you are policing it based on how you think people should be allowed to express their opinions.
I particularly dislike the Love collection because it is virtually just a series of markings on a plain gold band. There is no real workmanship, no design, etc, in my opinion, that justifies a very obvious multiple of 10x+. It's all about having the brand's markings. And if someone buys that, then to me, they're either rich enough to afford paying that (great for them), or they have poor sense. I'm blunt, so I use the term stupid, which is not vulgar
Just like to you, saying that someone has poor sense for making a certain buying decision is in bad taste.
I don't like Rolexes either and I wouldn't call anyone lacking in sense for buying one, because it's so much more than just markings on a plain gold band. So I disagree that I'm being childish - I'm not saying things are s***y just because I don't like them.
I actually like Rose des Vents and VCA jewelry, but I'm not slamming those, am I? So I disagree with you that my posts indicate that I'm envious of owners of the Love collection (and I think the word you are looking for is spiteful, not envious)
Even if I wanted to be envious or spiteful of people who owned jewelry, the Love collection doesn't quite cut it in terms of rarity or beauty or value.
I'll concede that I'm being judgmental and possibly a little supercilious, but so are you, just that you feel you have the moral high ground to make assumptions on my character or reasons for making certain statements (oh, she must be envious / spiteful because she's saying that people are stupid for buying it!). If anything, you're taking this personally and making it personal
Feel free to continue to do so but I've explained my reasoning and won't be replying to you further as it's just going to keep going in circles.