I believe size 16 would fit you better and more comfortably..
Cartier Love Bracelet Sizing Thread!
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I am probably a true size 17, but I also own a size 18. Few times I thought about trading my 18 to 17 then I can wear both of them together. However these days with the new trend of wearing a larger size LOVE, I found myself feeling good in my 18 as well, and decided to keep it. I wear my 18 with leather bracelet, cartier cord bracelet, matching it with "soft" bracelets and its added different taste to me. Enjoy your LOVE
Thank you!! If and when I purchase the LOVE, I am thinking of the 16 as well.
Hi! Im a guy and I just got the YG love bracelet in size 18. I also tried on the 19 but the SA recommend the 18. The 18 is definitely a more snug fit compared to the 19 but it can still move about 2 inches up my arm from my wrist bone. I have a bony wrist bone so it doesn’t really fall past my bone unless I pull it over but then it’s even more snug, it doesn’t really restrict any motion much just feels even more snug and uncomfortable once past the wrist bone. So it naturally lays right above my wrist bone which at first I thought I liked cause I thought it might get annoying constantly falling down. The 19 fell past my wrist bone very easy and into the base of my palm. It fell 3-4 inches down my arm from the wrist bone. The SA recommend the 18 and said it looked better on me, that the 19 was too big. Said 18 was a perfect fit. I noticed when I turn my wrist upward the bracelet doesn’t turn evenly with my wrist as much some, but I think that might just be because of the shape of the bracelet? I can rotate the bracelet around my wrist just by a hair but it defiantly doesn’t rotate on it’s own. Now that I have the 18 on and have been wearing it I’m sort of torn. Would do you guys think? Does it look too small? I’m out of my 30 days of purchase so I would have to look at selling and buying the 19.
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Personally, I think the tight fit looks better for men.
In your case, I think the SA is correct. I think the 19 will be too loose. From my perspective, it already looks like it’s on looser side from your pics.
What is your wrist bone size? I like to do the math to figure out sizing difference. I think this is one of the easiest and simplest ways to figure out correct sizing.
If you really want peace of mind, go try on the 19 again or you can do this by using the Cartier bracelet sizer and printing to scale and placing it at 19 cm, but it doesn’t look like it’s too tight to me especially with how far it travels down your arm.
It may even be the perfect size for you, just as the SA said!
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Thanks for your reply!! My wrist is around 17 cm! I think the main reason that was making me second guess the sizing was because it doesn’t fall below my wrist bone at rest and sometimes when I turn my wrist in an upward motion there is some restriction-it’s like the side of the bracelet turns into my wrist instead or the bracelet turning with my wrist, and I feel the need to reposition it. But I was thinking that’s maybe due to the shape of the bracelet, and if it were bigger maybe I would experience that even more(attaching a pic for example). As long as it look aesthetically appealing though thats all I care about. Lol! Also Attaching a pic with both 18 and 19 on together and a pic of the 19 but it’s not up close. The SA said the 19 moved around way too much.
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If your measurements are correct, then I think 1 cm difference is the perfect “tight fit” if you are comfortable with it.
I don’t quite understand what you mean by “not falling past the wrist bone at rest” as it looks like it is falling past the wrist bone in pic #4 (last pic). Also, at rest like that, it is not always comfortable at times for anyone if you bend your wrist because it can get stuck in an awkward position, which does feel constricted if you know what I mean! But many times, that is when I would push the bracelet up my arm, where it’s rather comfortable.
As for pic #3, I can see how that’s uncomfortable as it would also be for me when the bracelet is not flush up against the skin. When it’s in that position, I would turn the bracelet and push it flush up my arm as far as it will go if I wanted it out of the way for typing, etc to avoid scratches.
Hope that helps! I think it looks GREAT on you!
Pic number 4 is the size 19 that I tried on in the store! Yea SA said the same thing that it can be annoying constantly falling down to your hand which is also why I leaned more towards the 18 at purchase.
Thank you so much!!
I had similar feelings between the 16 and 17 and I know exactly what you mean about when you rotate your wrist the bracelet kind of digs in and you have to reposition it. The salesman at Cartier told me I was a 16 and it did look neater but the digging in when I turned my wrist for me was a no because it felt really uncomfortable and restricted and I hated having to keep repositioning it. The 16 did look neater and smarter on me but I ended up going for the 17 and I’m really happy that I did. I think your bracelet looks lovely on you, ultimately it’s down to how comfortable you are. If it’s causing you any pain or irritation you may need to size up but if it isn’t then keep it.
As suggested it might be worth going back to try on the 19 for peace of mind. I hope you can come to a happy solution, it is really hard picking the size as I think a lot of us fall between 2.
So here is the 16 on me...I love it except when I walk and it hangs down onto my palm. This is why my SA said I needed the 15. The 15 definitely looks better.
I still think it looks great! I did the more fitted look and was questioning about sizing up. I think I’ve come to the conclusion it’s easy to second guess and play the size game forever ! Curious since I’m thinking about sizing up- Does it get annoying constantly going down to your palm? How does it move or feel when your turn your wrist upward- does it stay in sync with your wrist? Overall, I think it looks great on you. From what I can tell with most people, it comes down to comfortability.
I tend wedge it up my arm so it doesn’t hang and move around at all. I am only borrowing it for a day. Until I decide 15 or 16, I have not been wearing the 15. The 16 is definitely less noticeable and I don’t seem to fuss with it as much so far. Work tomorrow may be more telling at my desk.
Yes the sizing game can go on forever. My husband joked to just keep one in each size. Lol.
Here’s the 15....definitely more fitted but it fits....
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I think they both look great on you. I like the 15 maybe a little bit better. But I don’t think you can go wrong either way. My SA recommend the more fitted because apparently if its lose the screws are more likely to become undone for some reaso. I say go with which ever you feel the most comfortable.