Hi eagle1002us!! I'm here enjoying all your pictures as always<Hugs>
Way to go, Gnuj!! Thank you!!!
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Way to go, Gnuj!! Thank you!!!
Thank you very much, @Gnuj. I literally only have 4 pictures of Miss LiR. Here‘s one on a ride home (I think this one best shows her true color) and another one I took against my RC K35 to compare the color (lighting wasn’t that great).
Guys are born with a proclivity to the stink eye condition. I get that, too.
So, you are getting a custom made design and you've been looking for inspiration, is that right? I think that would be fun but a little bit hard to do, to sift through all the possibilities. But once you find what you're looking for, VOILA!! Then you have to wait patiently while the jeweler makes that.
Are your tastes pretty constant over time? That makes it easier to select a classic piece, or one where the gemstone is the focal point more so than the design.
I used to like 60's designs which were big and flamboyant, often with a highly textured surface to render natural things like icicles. Blanking on the anything besides icicles, but Andrew Grima's designs are the epitome of natural (inspired by "nature") designs during the 60s and 70s. A book came out on his jewelry recently which I intend to get.
This was a classic piece of his in the sense that he made art of out of a rock (geode, with drusy crystals). Nothing like that had been seen before. I saw this piece in the 80s at an antique show. (photo courtesy grimajewelry.com)
The opal ring is a more recent piece, I think. Everything is textured. This jewelry really has a lot of artistry. In contrast, jewelry of the 80s and 90s was smooth, highly polished, opulent looking like Bulgari's Parentesi Collection, where to me the design was based on interlocking pieces, contrasting yellow gold, stainless steel and diamonds. A very smooth streamlined modern look. (Parentesi piece courtesy of 1st Dibs).
Momma mia, these are beautiful. RC = rouge Casque?
I'll stop here for the moment. Have fun @Fabfashion working out your custom piece!
Beautiful! The 2nd picture shows such great details of the craftsmanship. Love both Miss LiR and your Kelly.
@eagle1002us, you’re killing me with this snuggling koala pic. Just too cute.
I’ll try to ask my local H boutique if they know of someone who can fix the pull. I read in the scarf repairing thread that someone sent it to their H boutique and they sent it out for repair.
I didn’t know Pierre Hardy designed H silver jewelry. I haven’t got any new H bag, jewelry, scarf, etc. since 2019. We’ve pretty much been on a lockdown on and off and DH’s been the one going to pick up takeouts and grocery. I’m pretty much hanging out at home all the time. Don’t even wear watches anymore!
On the chevauchee bracelet, I like the contrast between the agate and the silver. The combination makes the design pops more and looks more distinctive instead of just plain silver all around. I often admire silver with turquoise but find it seems to denote summer and black or coral with silver seems more wearable all year round especially where winter is about 7-8 months of the year here. I also like the horse engraving—I was born the year of a horse, you see, so I like horses although horse riding lessons when I was young didn’t last too long. Lol.
I’ve seen some of EB’s bags. She has a gorgeous collection. @etoupebirkin, anything new in your collection lately? I had really good luck in summer 2019 when I went to visit the new H boutique in the Meatpacking District in NYC. I may even say it’s my ultimate red H bag.
I have 4 bags. I had a B25 in Mykonos which I did not keep b/c lately have 3 pair of glasses in my purse for different situations and close work. The workhorse has been my Prussian Blue kelly (very dark blue with slight green undertone) which needs spa but I'm afraid it might get lost in the void created by Covid and never come back to me.
Haven't been to an H store since 2019. Those stores are so tempting I'm happier being out of them for a while.
@eagle1002us, you’re killing me with this snuggling koala pic. Just too cute.
I’ll try to ask my local H boutique if they know of someone who can fix the pull. I read in the scarf repairing thread that someone sent it to their H boutique and they sent it out for repair.
I didn’t know Pierre Hardy designed H silver jewelry. I haven’t got any new H bag, jewelry, scarf, etc. since 2019. We’ve pretty much been on a lockdown on and off and DH’s been the one going to pick up takeouts and grocery. I’m pretty much hanging out at home all the time. Don’t even wear watches anymore!
On the chevauchee bracelet, I like the contrast between the agate and the silver. The combination makes the design pops more and looks more distinctive instead of just plain silver all around. I often admire silver with turquoise but find it seems to denote summer and black or coral with silver seems more wearable all year round especially where winter is about 7-8 months of the year here. I also like the horse engraving—I was born the year of a horse, you see, so I like horses although horse riding lessons when I was young didn’t last too long. Lol.
I’ve seen some of EB’s bags. She has a gorgeous collection. @etoupebirkin, anything new in your collection lately? I had really good luck in summer 2019 when I went to visit the new H boutique in the Meatpacking District in NYC. I may even say it’s my ultimate red H bag.
At Faubourg I saw a black leather strap with round gold circles spaced evenly through it. I knew from searching 60s and 70s jewelry that the design was based on a Pierre Cardin bracelet; my SA agreed. H wanted something like $2K when it came out several years ago -- it's costume jewelry! This is why the price of silver jewelry that is substantial is now costing $3K and up. Resale is a good value under these circumstances.
SA said Pierre Hardy is now a director. He designed a bracelet called Spiral (may be spelled with an e at the end). Wildly beautiful to me, I saw it at Madison like 200 years ago. That bracelet was fabulous. Someone has it on Pinterest but I couldn't copy it for here. I have an article from French Vogue of some 10 years ago that shows it. It's chunky like 40s bracelets but not at all 40s Retro design. Wish they'd reproduce it in silver.
Wow, that brooch by Andrew Grima is very unique. Interestingly, it doesn’t look like it was designed back in the 60s/70s. It looks as modern today. Btw, @eagle1002us, I meant to ask if you could share a pic of your Prince of Wales feather brooch. The name of it sounds rather majestic and evokes a very romantic image in my head. I’m curious to see how it looks.Guys are born with a proclivity to the stink eye condition. I get that, too.
So, you are getting a custom made design and you've been looking for inspiration, is that right? I think that would be fun but a little bit hard to do, to sift through all the possibilities. But once you find what you're looking for, VOILA!! Then you have to wait patiently while the jeweler makes that.
Are your tastes pretty constant over time? That makes it easier to select a classic piece, or one where the gemstone is the focal point more so than the design.
I used to like 60's designs which were big and flamboyant, often with a highly textured surface to render natural things like icicles. Blanking on the anything besides icicles, but Andrew Grima's designs are the epitome of natural (inspired by "nature") designs during the 60s and 70s. A book came out on his jewelry recently which I intend to get.
This was a classic piece of his in the sense that he made art of out of a rock (geode, with drusy crystals). Nothing like that had been seen before. I saw this piece in the 80s at an antique show. (photo courtesy grimajewelry.com)
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The opal ring is a more recent piece, I think. Everything is textured. This jewelry really has a lot of artistry. In contrast, jewelry of the 80s and 90s was smooth, highly polished, opulent looking like Bulgari's Parentesi Collection, where to me the design was based on interlocking pieces, contrasting yellow gold, stainless steel and diamonds. A very smooth streamlined modern look. (Parentesi piece courtesy of 1st Dibs).
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Momma mia, these are beautiful. RC = rouge Casque?
I'll stop here for the moment. Have fun @Fabfashion working out your custom piece!
Yes, RC is rouge casaque. My favourite red. I’m tempted to order H new lipstick in that color just to see if it’s true to its name but will wait until after we all don’t have to wear a mask anymore. I supposed I could always wear it for my Zoom work meeting. Lol.
DH has perfected the stink eye look. He doesn’t come right out to ask what I’m doing or doesn’t say no out right because then he knows it’ll trigger the click-purchase-button spasm.
I’m working on getting an eternity ring made. I used to have a jeweller locally but his shop has been closed since the pandemic started. Not sure if he’ll reopen. Apparently, in the past year Toronto businesses have been closed for 300 days and counting. So after perusing the diamond/jewelry forum, I’ve decided to work with a well respected jeweller in LA so it’s pretty nerve wracking. I get to pick my own little diamonds though which was fun but stressful. I didn’t know that a group of diamonds are called a parcel by the tradespeople. Learning new things all the time. If this project goes well, I may be tempted to redesign a diamond ring that my mom left me. I’m starting a Pinterest board for inpiration.
I’d love to see your Mykonos B25 and Prussian Blue Kelly. I think if I were to ask for another Kelly, it’d be in a blue family. I sent one of my bags to fix the clasp one year and it took about 6 month, I think. I think it’s a good idea to wait until after the pandemic. I heard things are a bit slower over there.
Thank you! In my excitement of being shown this bag, I didn’t realize until I got home that the rouge piment front piece was all in one piece/one skin and they’d woven the Rouge H and Rouge de Coeur into the piece. I thought it was 3 strips woven together. I was rather awed at how precise the work was, how they would have to cut little slots for the other 2 strips to be interwoven into the main leather.
Now i
Now I’m curious about this Spiral bracelet. I like unique items. I’ve been eying the galop bracelet and necklace for years but 2 of my GFs have the necklace already so I never got it. Talking about all the silver things reminded me that I have this H silver horse charm. I was in the charm collecting stage about 5 years ago and got this one. Never used it though. If I have more time, I’d be tempted to start a thread about H items found/lost/forgotten in our closet.
Found a few interesting articles on Pierre Hardy & the jewelry line:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/t-magazine/hermes-jewelry.html
https://robbreport.com/style/access...ewelry-collection-inspired-by-chains-2869885/
https://www.vogue.com/article/hermes-pierre-hardy-jewelry
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/t-magazine/hermes-jewelry.html
https://robbreport.com/style/access...ewelry-collection-inspired-by-chains-2869885/
https://www.vogue.com/article/hermes-pierre-hardy-jewelry
Nice piece! Is it a bracelet? You would get noticed with compliments wearing it. I know from my own experience wearing a clou de selle on a bracelet gets it noticed b/c then the bracelet has movement and maybe jingles a bit.Now i
Now I’m curious about this Spiral bracelet. I like unique items. I’ve been eying the galop bracelet and necklace for years but 2 of my GFs have the necklace already so I never got it. Talking about all the silver things reminded me that I have this H silver horse charm. I was in the charm collecting stage about 5 years ago and got this one. Never used it though. If I have more time, I’d be tempted to start a thread about H items found/lost/forgotten in our closet.
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Great! Thank you so much Fabfashion! I collect pictures of H jewelry and other brands and articles to see how styles evolve over time. There will make it into my notebooks.
I wish I have a small enough wrist so I can wear it as a bracelet but alas it’s more of a charm to be hung. The clasp/anchor piece seems a little tiny, I’d worry about losing it though. I may adapt it at Christmas time and hang it as a tree ornament, at least it’ll be put to a better use than sitting in a box.
Glad to be of help contributing to your article collection.
The Spirale is (or has been) made only in gold. I saw it around 2009. It might have had some pave diamonds scattered over it but that's gilding the lily. (I do not particularly care for pave diamonds, not sure what they contribute to a jewelry design).Now i
Now I’m curious about this Spiral bracelet. I like unique items. I’ve been eying the galop bracelet and necklace for years but 2 of my GFs have the necklace already so I never got it. Talking about all the silver things reminded me that I have this H silver horse charm. I was in the charm collecting stage about 5 years ago and got this one. Never used it though. If I have more time, I’d be tempted to start a thread about H items found/lost/forgotten in our closet.
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You're welcome! Rather than get some silver pieces fixed up, that is, adjusted to fit me, I let them go, sold them. Have some regrets about that. However, lately I have been going to the local silversmith and getting extension links attached, changing the location of a clasp, attaching safety chains and figure 8 safety clips, etc. Intend soon to take a Mexican silver chunky onyx and silver necklace extended by having the jeweler copy the variation in the links, it's a pattern of 1 vertical, 1 horizontal, repeat. Most people extend that necklace by buying a chain that's sorta chunky and let it go at that. (None of us have the 16 inch necks that are required for comfortably wearing this Antonio Pineda or Hector Aguilar design.I wish I have a small enough wrist so I can wear it as a bracelet but alas it’s more of a charm to be hung. The clasp/anchor piece seems a little tiny, I’d worry about losing it though. I may adapt it at Christmas time and hang it as a tree ornament, at least it’ll be put to a better use than sitting in a box.
Glad to be of help contributing to your article collection.