Cartier orchid line?

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#136
Candice0985 said:
that's so interesting! I had no idea they did gold eye glasses! would you be able to post a link or a picture? I don't think I have ever seen the orchid glasses!
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Cartier offers at least a couple dozen frames/styles in 18 kt, in white, yellow, or rose gold. I think this style also came with pave sapphires or diamonds, but that was so far out of budget and lifestyle for me that I didn't even bother looking at them. Mine have a single teensy diamond in the center of the orchid. Only one person has ever noticed or recognized them, but they're beautiful and give me joy every time I put them on.

The frames are rimless, very light and delicate. They're very subtle, not nearly as gorgeous or noticeable as the necklaces in the line, but they're phenomenal, and I've not tired of them in 18 months of wear.

These are RG, and I can barely tell any difference between RG and YG in this frame. Put next to the RG Ballon Bleu, the frames really look far less rosy, for lack of a better term. Still like them, though.
 

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gga said:
Cartier offers at least a couple dozen frames/styles in 18 kt, in white, yellow, or rose gold. I think this style also came with pave sapphires or diamonds, but that was so far out of budget and lifestyle for me that I didn't even bother looking at them. Mine have a single teensy diamond in the center of the orchid. Only one person has ever noticed or recognized them, but they're beautiful and give me joy every time I put them on.

The frames are rimless, very light and delicate. They're very subtle, not nearly as gorgeous or noticeable as the necklaces in the line, but they're phenomenal, and I've not tired of them in 18 months of wear.
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wow they sounds beautiful...i'm off to search for images of these frames ;)
 
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Jen the medium pave is beautiful on you!!!!! I think that is what I'm going to have to save up for for whenever I finally get married..gives me plenty of time to save :graucho:

gga said:
Cartier offers at least a couple dozen frames/styles in 18 kt, in white, yellow, or rose gold. I think this style also came with pave sapphires or diamonds, but that was so far out of budget and lifestyle for me that I didn't even bother looking at them. Mine have a single teensy diamond in the center of the orchid. Only one person has ever noticed or recognized them, but they're beautiful and give me joy every time I put them on.

The frames are rimless, very light and delicate. They're very subtle, not nearly as gorgeous or noticeable as the necklaces in the line, but they're phenomenal, and I've not tired of them in 18 months of wear.

These are RG, and I can barely tell any difference between RG and YG in this frame. Put next to the RG Ballon Bleu, the frames really look far less rosy, for lack of a better term. Still like them, though.
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these glasses are so pretty!! very delicate and chic!
 
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gga said:
Cartier offers at least a couple dozen frames/styles in 18 kt, in white, yellow, or rose gold. I think this style also came with pave sapphires or diamonds, but that was so far out of budget and lifestyle for me that I didn't even bother looking at them. Mine have a single teensy diamond in the center of the orchid. Only one person has ever noticed or recognized them, but they're beautiful and give me joy every time I put them on.

The frames are rimless, very light and delicate. They're very subtle, not nearly as gorgeous or noticeable as the necklaces in the line, but they're phenomenal, and I've not tired of them in 18 months of wear.

These are RG, and I can barely tell any difference between RG and YG in this frame. Put next to the RG Ballon Bleu, the frames really look far less rosy, for lack of a better term. Still like them, though.
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Gosh I love this! Need new frames, going to bug my SA!
 
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periogirl28 said:
Gosh I love this! Need new frames, going to bug my SA!
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When I got these back in 2009, I had to order them sight-unseen. My local Cartier boutique only carries sunglasses, and there was only one optical shop in town that had a contract to carry the more expensive Cartier frames. They didn't have these in stock.

I asked the store owners about gold Cartier frames in general, and they said most places in my state don't stock them, that you have to order them in if you want them, if the store even has a contract in the first place.

All this blather is to say that if your SA and Cartier boutique don't have them, like mine, try Cartier-authorized optical shops, and go to the biggest one in your area. That may be your best bet to see them. After I ordered mine "blind" (so to speak), after the shop owners saw them in person, they liked them enough to keep one orchidee frame at a time in stock, just so they could at least show customers what they're ordering. The frames don't photograph nearly as nicely as they appear in person. I think the shop was more shocked than I was at how beautiful they are.

And even the solid 18kt Cartier frames are far less expensive than their popular jewelry. These are much closer in price to the small necklace than the large. At least, pre-lenses they are.
 
#144
wantitneedit said:
wow wow wow! perfect size for your neck and the right amount of bling. it looks gorgeous on, gonna be some serious enabling here. congrats on this and your upcoming new baby! does the orchid motif sit slightly off centre?
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Thanks everyone!!!

No it's perfectly centred - probably just not on my awkward self-photos! :)

OMG the earrings... what a set that would be!!!
 
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surfergirljen said:
Hey girls!! SO sorry for the looooong wait - two different cameras and a lot of pics to go through! But here she is! So excited to share with you!!! Sorry it's so hard to photograph one's own neck with a huge camera!

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Stunning !! Congrats :D
 
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Thanks everyone!!!

I pulled some screen grabs of the small, medium and large orchid pave necklace ... aprox $3900, $8900 and $15,900 respectively just for some more enabling fun! :)
 

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ps those glasses are SPECTACULAR! Must make having to wear glasses worth it!! :)

Here are the pave earrings in three sizes too (the large are $28K I think - gah!) ... and the sapphire/pave ones! (which are STUNNING!)

... and my next obsession - the multi-orchid necklace! but NOT FOR A LONG TIME! LOL... I swear!!!
 

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droool!!! so the smaller pave one you took a pic of in the store is the same as the first "small" pave that's 3900? or is there a mini (that's around 2000), small, medium, and large?
 
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sadly, I think the closest boutiques to me that carry jewelry are either Chicago or King of Prussia in Pennsylvania. Chicago has an obscene sales tax so that's unfortunate. I dream of owning this (in some crazy alternate reality where I am a millionaire :p)
 

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surfergirljen said:
Hey girls!! SO sorry for the looooong wait - two different cameras and a lot of pics to go through! But here she is! So excited to share with you!!! Sorry it's so hard to photograph one's own neck with a huge camera!

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Wow holy moly!!! I think you have the best taste ever, your orchid is divine and I spy your gorgeous ring in the mix too!!! Congrats sweetie, you did good :D
 
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