Elsa Peretti Bone Cuff Decision/Discussion Thread

[neenabengal]

I love this design and would love to own one too but sadly I dont have enough arms! I wear my LOVE on my right and my watch on my left and feel that the cuff should be worn alone for impact (and also because I would be scared of it bashing my bracelet or watch).

Darkangel, which arm would you wear it on and would you wear it with other bracelets or a watch? I seem to recall you have/ had a love bracelet?

Its a lovely piece and cant wait to see pics if you get it!

 

[faintlymacabre]

Faintly and Skyqueen, these look stunning on you! Sadly I was not blessed with long thin arms so can only admire on others

LOL. I am a 5'2" shrimp and definitely do not have beautiful long arms like Skyqueen!

 

[jaceNYC]

HI

I recvd the silver bone cuff over 10yrs ago & i can say that it is by far my most treasured piece..sorry i havent taken a photo...not wearing it today. I dont recall it having a size but i imagine the reason you dont need it sized is because it opens/closes to fit with a pull/push of your hand making it a perfect fit every time

i have a VERY small wrist & it looks GREAT! like others have said, it pulls the most mundane outfit into the chic stratosphere & most often ppl become fixated on it once you walk in a room lol

so in short... DO IT! itll be your best purchase & a great gift to pass down to a loved one...you can even lend it to nieces, cousins as something borrowed (depending on how modern they are) for their wedding

good luck!

 

[lanasyogamama]

Darkangel, will you wear it with your Love?

 

[darkangel07760]

I love this design and would love to own one too but sadly I dont have enough arms! I wear my LOVE on my right and my watch on my left and feel that the cuff should be worn alone for impact (and also because I would be scared of it bashing my bracelet or watch).

Darkangel, which arm would you wear it on and would you wear it with other bracelets or a watch? I seem to recall you have/ had a love bracelet?

Its a lovely piece and cant wait to see pics if you get it!

I am not a watch kind of gal, so I think I will be able to pull this off. I agree, I think the cuff should be worn alone for impact. I will most likely wear it on my right, since my Love is on my left!

HI

I recvd the silver bone cuff over 10yrs ago & i can say that it is by far my most treasured piece..sorry i havent taken a photo...not wearing it today. I dont recall it having a size but i imagine the reason you dont need it sized is because it opens/closes to fit with a pull/push of your hand making it a perfect fit every time

i have a VERY small wrist & it looks GREAT! like others have said, it pulls the most mundane outfit into the chic stratosphere & most often ppl become fixated on it once you walk in a room lol

so in short... DO IT! itll be your best purchase & a great gift to pass down to a loved one...you can even lend it to nieces, cousins as something borrowed (depending on how modern they are) for their wedding

good luck!

Thanks for the green light! It is pretty awesome. Please post a pic if you think of it next time you are wearing it, I would love to see it!

Darkangel, will you wear it with your Love?

I think I am going to wear it on my right wrist, I don't think it would go well with my love, because when I tried the few they had at my local Tiffany's, it seems to take up alot of space, and it fits very closely to the edge where the wrist meets the hand. I feel it would look best on its own, which means I will be wearing it on my right.

 

[POODLGRL]

I *love* this in gold! Isn't this something Jackie O wore? Very classic indeed!

She wore the Van Cleef & Arpels gold hammered cuff. Diana Vreeland wore two Verdura cuffs-they were matching and each had a Malteese cross. Cuffs are iconic, and I think the bone cuff is fabulous.

 

[POODLGRL]

For reference, here is what I could find on the Tiffany website:

The small bone cuff in sterling silver:
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...+1-p+2-c+-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+bone+&search=1

The medium bone cuff:
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...+1-p+2-c+-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+bone+&search=1

The large bone cuff (they also have this in small and medium), in carbon:
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...s+1-p+3-c+-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+bone&search=1

I did see a ruthenium one, but now it doesn't seem to be on here.
Anyways, these are the cuffs I am looking at.

I don't like the large one.
Do you ever try ebay? They always come up there in sterling silver and occasionally ruthenium, and gold infrequently.

 

[POODLGRL]

This is the pic that sold me on the ruthenium cuff. I apologize to the original poster of the photo; I had saved this pic quite a while back and no longer remember the poster's name.

this is stunning . . .

 

[POODLGRL]

I love (LOVE!!!) this piece in small in sterling silver, but sadly it doesn't fit my small wrist. I've tried it on in store a few times hoping that it'd start to look right in my eyes, but it's just too loose (even after squeezing it smaller). Even my sales associate said, "You know I'd love to sell you one, but it just doesn't fit you..."
My wrist is 14.5cm and bony, by the way. Still love it on others though.

Well I never thought I'd find a body double like you, but my wrists are about the same size-if not smaller. I did buy the small cuff, and they fitted it to my wrist. The Associate in the Repair Department warmed it up and bent it smaller so it conformed to my wrist.
I have to squeeze to get into it, but at the same time, I can't wiggle out of it either-you know how it is-you turn your wrist just so, and off the bracelet pops!
It's great and gorgeous and fabulous and I simply don't wear it enough. This thread is a great reminder to take mine out and wear it every day.

 

[hfxshopgirl]

i have the small cuff in ruthenium. it's one of my favorite pieces, very classic and elegant. i've had it for about a year and a half and it still looks great!

 

[radio_shrink]

I *love* this in gold! Isn't this something Jackie O wore? Very classic indeed!

Jackie actually wore the Van Cleef and Arpels "Etruscan" gold cuff. However, another famous American style icon, Candice Bergen, was fond of the Peretti bone cuffs. I distinctly remember her wearing both the gold and silver medium bone cuff on Murphy Brown, but I couldn't find an image of her doing so. However, here is an image of her wearing the large bone cuff, in what appears to be ivory, or perhaps a white colored stone.

 

[POODLGRL]

Jackie actually wore the Van Cleef and Arpels "Etruscan" gold cuff. However, another famous American style icon, Candice Bergen, was fond of the Peretti bone cuffs. I distinctly remember her wearing both the gold and silver medium bone cuff on Murphy Brown, but I couldn't find an image of her doing so. However, here is an image of her wearing the large bone cuff, in what appears to be ivory, or perhaps a white colored stone.

Wow, that's interesting. I'd say it's ceramic, but Tiffany wasn't doing fashion jewelry in ceramic back then. That's amazing and thanks for the picture. Although I agree, it looks like ivory, I hope that's incorrect; the thought it might be ivory is a little sickening.
As an aside, Angelina Jolie has been photographed with the small gold bone cuff on several occasions. I like the way she keeps it simple.

 

[darkangel07760]

I don't like the large one.
Do you ever try ebay? They always come up there in sterling silver and occasionally ruthenium, and gold infrequently.

I have been looking... I think that it would be a great idea to buy it off of ebay and i already saw a few!

i have the small cuff in ruthenium. it's one of my favorite pieces, very classic and elegant. i've had it for about a year and a half and it still looks great!

So beautiful! I love the silver and the ruthenium. It is going to be a tough decision!

Jackie actually wore the Van Cleef and Arpels "Etruscan" gold cuff. However, another famous American style icon, Candice Bergen, was fond of the Peretti bone cuffs. I distinctly remember her wearing both the gold and silver medium bone cuff on Murphy Brown, but I couldn't find an image of her doing so. However, here is an image of her wearing the large bone cuff, in what appears to be ivory, or perhaps a white colored stone.

I used to watch murphy brown all the time!

 

[POODLGRL]

Sophia Loren with the bone cuff. Not exactly her style-I can't help but think of her as a Bulgari girl . . . whereas I think it suits Liza perfectly

 

[POODLGRL]

Jackie actually wore the Van Cleef and Arpels "Etruscan" gold cuff. However, another famous American style icon, Candice Bergen, was fond of the Peretti bone cuffs. I distinctly remember her wearing both the gold and silver medium bone cuff on Murphy Brown, but I couldn't find an image of her doing so. However, here is an image of her wearing the large bone cuff, in what appears to be ivory, or perhaps a white colored stone.

This is what I found on the white bone cuff
"Iconic and extremely rare, this Elsa Peretti bone cuff designed for Tiffany & Co. was made from walrus ivory in the 1970's.
The name refers to the shape of the cuff, designed to be worn on the right wrist and to mimic the wrist bone. Very few were made in ivory but they were worn on the runway by Halston models. "