In Honor of Elsa Peretti- Please Post Your Favorite Pieces

[azniceskater1]

Just purchased this Elsa Perreti Jade ring that I've been lusting after for years! Does anyone know how much longer Tiffany's will carry Elsa's stuff?
Also ignore the cat hair stuck in my rings lol

 

[AntiqueShopper]

Just purchased this Elsa Perreti Jade ring that I've been lusting after for years! Does anyone know how much longer Tiffany's will carry Elsa's stuff?
Also ignore the cat hair stuck in my rings lol

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Such a beautiful piece! Congratulations! I think I read that Tiffany purchased the rights to her designs back in 2016.

 

[BigAkoya]

Just purchased this Elsa Perreti Jade ring that I've been lusting after for years! Does anyone know how much longer Tiffany's will carry Elsa's stuff?
Also ignore the cat hair stuck in my rings lol

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Love the ring! It looks great on you! I love the Peretti cabachon ring and wish it came in more colors. Is this the small (15.5mm) or large one (19mm)? It looks like the large one, but hard to tell as everyone's hand/fingers are different. Both sizes are beautiful.

The ring looks stunning on you... a great statement piece! Congratulations!

 

[etoile de mer]

This interesting article describes the agreement that was reached 8 years ago between Tiffany and Elsa Peretti. It notes, "...Tiffany had reached a $47.5 million-plus deal with the designer. By way of a new contract, a nearly 10,000-word agreement (not counting the various attachments and schedules) dated January 2, 2013, the two would be bound together for 20 years, during which time Tiffany would continue to be the sole licensee of the Peretti trademarks and the Peretti copyrights".

Inside the $47.5 Million-Plus Deal Between Elsa Peretti and Tiffany & Co. That Almost Never Happened - The Fashion Law

From her iconic bone cuff bracelet and kidney bean pieces to the ubiquitous open-heart pendant, Elsa Peretti – who died on Thursday at age 80 – was behind

www.thefashionlaw.com

 

[BigAkoya]

This interesting article describes the agreement that was reached 8 years ago between Tiffany and Elsa Peretti. It notes, "...Tiffany had reached a $47.5 million-plus deal with the designer. By way of a new contract, a nearly 10,000-word agreement (not counting the various attachments and schedules) dated January 2, 2013, the two would be bound together for 20 years, during which time Tiffany would continue to be the sole licensee of the Peretti trademarks and the Peretti copyrights".

Inside the $47.5 Million-Plus Deal Between Elsa Peretti and Tiffany & Co. That Almost Never Happened - The Fashion Law

From her iconic bone cuff bracelet and kidney bean pieces to the ubiquitous open-heart pendant, Elsa Peretti – who died on Thursday at age 80 – was behind

www.thefashionlaw.com

Great detective work finding this article. It has a lot more info than other summaries on the agreement.
I remember back when Elsa threatened to pull out, Tiffany did not like her at all and felt she was not grateful to them.

Elsa never married nor had kids, so I guess the income from this deal goes to her foundation. I wonder what happens in 20 years, which would be 2033. I didn't read any phrase about that... I guess both parties need to renegotiate or Tiffany can drop the Elsa Peretti line. I would think they would keep it... it's like Schlumberger... a classic.

Thanks for sharing this!

 

[azniceskater1]

Love the ring! It looks great on you! I love the Peretti cabachon ring and wish it came in more colors. Is this the small (15.5mm) or large one (19mm)? It looks like the large one, but hard to tell as everyone's hand/fingers are different. Both sizes are beautiful.

The ring looks stunning on you... a great statement piece! Congratulations!

Thank you! This is the larger size (19mm) in a size 7 (which fits my pointer finger). I'm usually a 6.5 but Tiffany's doesn't do half sizes in this particular style, although they can resize it for you. I find that the 7 in this ring is more snug than my size 7 T1 ring. The 19mm had to be ordered in from Hong Kong, and the sales associate I worked with said that they only had size 7 and 8 available. I'm not sure if other sizes have to be special ordered, or if Tiffany's will slowly phase out and discontinue the piece, which is why I decided to bite the bullet. I missed out on a carnelian Paloma Picasso ring years ago and I've regretted it ever since, so I didn't want to regret not purchasing this ring!

I have a picture of the 15.5mm size on my finger for comparison. I wish I took more pictures of the 15.5mm for comparison, but hopefully this helps you. The stone on the 15.5mm is also more flat than the 19mm.

As for Tiffany's making Elsa Perreti's collection a classic - I hope so! I can't imagine them getting rid of the Diamonds by the Yard collection, since it's so iconic. But even some of Schlumberger's pieces have been getting discontinued throughout the years, so who really knows...

 

[BigAkoya]

Thank you! This is the larger size (19mm) in a size 7 (which fits my pointer finger). I'm usually a 6.5 but Tiffany's doesn't do half sizes in this particular style, although they can resize it for you. I find that the 7 in this ring is more snug than my size 7 T1 ring. The 19mm had to be ordered in from Hong Kong, and the sales associate I worked with said that they only had size 7 and 8 available. I'm not sure if other sizes have to be special ordered, or if Tiffany's will slowly phase out and discontinue the piece, which is why I decided to bite the bullet. I missed out on a carnelian Paloma Picasso ring years ago and I've regretted it ever since, so I didn't want to regret not purchasing this ring!

I have a picture of the 15.5mm size on my finger for comparison. I wish I took more pictures of the 15.5mm for comparison, but hopefully this helps you. The stone on the 15.5mm is also more flat than the 19mm.

As for Tiffany's making Elsa Perreti's collection a classic - I hope so! I can't imagine them getting rid of the Diamonds by the Yard collection, since it's so iconic. But even some of Schlumberger's pieces have been getting discontinued throughout the years, so who really knows...

It's gorgeous on you! I have this ring in both sizes, but in the turquoise version, and I love the 19mm gumball size by far! I had my 19mm ring sized down. I am a 6.5 as well, I wear rings loose, but because this ring is so top heavy, it kept flopping over. I actually had to send it back a second time to go down to a 6.25. I posted my ring saga in an earlier post on this thread in case you are interested.

I am so glad you bought it and the gumball size! Looks awesome on you!
Now you make me think I should get another cabochon ring in case Tiffany phases this piece out. I don't think these cabachon rings are as popular as the DBTY, bean, etc...

Congrats again! It's a lovely, bold, and elegant look on you!

 

[etoile de mer]

Great detective work finding this article. It has a lot more info than other summaries on the agreement.
I remember back when Elsa threatened to pull out, Tiffany did not like her at all and felt she was not grateful to them.

Elsa never married nor had kids, so I guess the income from this deal goes to her foundation. I wonder what happens in 20 years, which would be 2033. I didn't read any phrase about that... I guess both parties need to renegotiate or Tiffany can drop the Elsa Peretti line. I would think they would keep it... it's like Schlumberger... a classic.

Thanks for sharing this!

So glad you found it interesting. I also had not seen such a detailed summary of the agreement, prior. I had the same thought as you, that the income must now be going to her foundation. Pleasing to me, as I was so happy to see the causes she supported. And, yes, wondering what will happen in 2033...

 

[BigAkoya]

I am so happy to report, I am in the starfish club!
I purchased the starfish with the black silk cord and got the matching mini starfish earrings. I decide to go all out starfish!

The turquoise starfish were nice because they were turquoise (I love turquoise), but it did not really match the pendant. Plus, and this was probably the deal killer... the turquoise starfish were so tiny and skinny... anorexic looking little guys with skinny little legs. They were not the cute little plump starfish I see in the photos many of you have posted here. I wonder if Tiffany made them smaller and skinnier to save on turquoise. Probably not, but they sure were skinny little guys.

I also purchased the small bottle necklace with the turquoise topper. I plan to wear that stacked inside my CBTY turquoise sprinkle necklace. The topper screws off and is a long piece of turquoise so cute. I did not take this piece home as the one in the boutique had this odd stain on the silver they could not remove. They are sending me a new one, but I took photo so you can see which piece I am talking about.
Oh, on the pendant, I asked for a silver chain to try and it through the starfish hold... nope. The hole is too small. The black silk cord that comes with it is 18", but I wanted a longer one. I purchased a 30" black silk cord which is the longest they offer. The photo has the 30" cord threaded.

Thank you everyone for posting your photos of your starfish and inspiring me!

 

[AntiqueShopper]

I am so happy to report, I am in the starfish club!
I purchased the starfish with the black silk cord and got the matching mini starfish earrings. I decide to go all out starfish!

The turquoise starfish were nice because they were turquoise (I love turquoise), but it did not really match the pendant. Plus, and this was probably the deal killer... the turquoise starfish were so tiny and skinny... anorexic looking little guys with skinny little legs. They were not the cute little plump starfish I see in the photos many of you have posted here. I wonder if Tiffany made them smaller and skinnier to save on turquoise. Probably not, but they sure were skinny little guys.

I also purchased the small bottle necklace with the turquoise topper. I plan to wear that stacked inside my CBTY turquoise sprinkle necklace. The topper screws off and is a long piece of turquoise so cute. I did not take this piece home as the one in the boutique had this odd stain on the silver they could not remove. They are sending me a new one, but I took photo so you can see which piece I am talking about.
Oh, on the pendant, I asked for a silver chain to try and it through the starfish hold... nope. The hole is too small. The black silk cord that comes with it is 18", but I wanted a longer one. I purchased a 30" black silk cord which is the longest they offer. The photo has the 30" cord threaded.

Thank you everyone for posting your photos of your starfish and inspiring me!

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Yay! I’m so excited for you! Congratulations on your new, gorgeous collection! I love it all

 

[etoile de mer]

I am so happy to report, I am in the starfish club!
I purchased the starfish with the black silk cord and got the matching mini starfish earrings. I decide to go all out starfish!

The turquoise starfish were nice because they were turquoise (I love turquoise), but it did not really match the pendant. Plus, and this was probably the deal killer... the turquoise starfish were so tiny and skinny... anorexic looking little guys with skinny little legs. They were not the cute little plump starfish I see in the photos many of you have posted here. I wonder if Tiffany made them smaller and skinnier to save on turquoise. Probably not, but they sure were skinny little guys.

I also purchased the small bottle necklace with the turquoise topper. I plan to wear that stacked inside my CBTY turquoise sprinkle necklace. The topper screws off and is a long piece of turquoise so cute. I did not take this piece home as the one in the boutique had this odd stain on the silver they could not remove. They are sending me a new one, but I took photo so you can see which piece I am talking about.
Oh, on the pendant, I asked for a silver chain to try and it through the starfish hold... nope. The hole is too small. The black silk cord that comes with it is 18", but I wanted a longer one. I purchased a 30" black silk cord which is the longest they offer. The photo has the 30" cord threaded.

Thank you everyone for posting your photos of your starfish and inspiring me!

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Yay, so happy you're now on team starfish! Thanks for sharing your goodies with us. I love the earrings you chose. Sad regarding those little, hungry, turquoise ones , but like you, I'd choose to wear the silver ones with the pendant. Thanks for reporting back regarding the available silver chains not fitting through the tiny pendant hole. But, you've now inspired me to order a longer cord for my starfish pendants. Your bottle pendant with the turquoise stopper is beautiful! What a fun find. Seems a successful trip all around. Did you see any other interesting or unusual Peretti pieces?

 

[A1aGypsy]

That starfish is one of my favourite pieces ever. Beautiful! There has to be a silver chain out there that will fit. How off is the chain and is it just the loop? A jeweller should be able to either slim out a loop or fix up something that will work (I’ve used my teeth before but I probably shouldn’t recommend it).

Looking forward to seeing modelling pictures!

 

[etoile de mer]

That starfish is one of my favourite pieces ever. Beautiful! There has to be a silver chain out there that will fit. How off is the chain and is it just the loop? A jeweller should be able to either slim out a loop or fix up something that will work (I’ve used my teeth before but I probably shouldn’t recommend it).

Looking forward to seeing modelling pictures!

I'll jump in as I have the same pendant. The hole the cord slips through is only about 2mm. So, it's really just that chains typically have jump rings/loops bigger than that. I've wondered the same as you mention, asking my jeweler to replace a chain's round jump ring with an oval one that could slip through. Regarding using your teeth , but sounds like you were successful!

 

[A1aGypsy]

I am impatient and sometimes it has disastrous results. It did work in this particular case though.

What a tiny and frustrating hole size though.

 

[BigAkoya]

Yay, so happy you're now on team starfish! Thanks for sharing your goodies with us. I love the earrings you chose. Sad regarding those little, hungry, turquoise ones , but like you, I'd choose to wear the silver ones with the pendant. Thanks for reporting back regarding the available silver chains not fitting through the tiny pendant hole. But, you've now inspired me to order a longer cord for my starfish pendants. Your bottle pendant with the turquoise stopper is beautiful! What a fun find. Seems a successful trip all around. Did you see any other interesting or unusual Peretti pieces?

Yes, I am so happy you posted all your starfishes and inspired me! You have amazing pieces.
As FYI, the black silver cord I purchased was $20.00.

I tried on the new Bone Cuff with the stones. They had a black jade one, and it looked okay. I prefer the original all metal bone cuff. It looks sleeker to me. I also tried on the round and Cat Island earrings, and both are very pretty. I like the round black disc as it went nice with the black silk cord. But it's a drop earring, and it's too blingy for me on the ear!

Now that I have a black silk cord, I really wanted to get a piece to highlight the black, in a bracelet or ring.
I tried on the Sevillana bangle in black jade, and wow.. I love it. The piece really pops which was a nice surprise. I wanted to try on the Sevillana ring, but they did not have it in stock.

The SA said something that was interesting, and this is consistent with @azniceskater1 comment about Schlumberger. The SA said she does not see many Sevillana pieces. She says them seem hard to get and we always have to order them. I am sure it's not as popular as DBTY, bean, or open heart. I wonder now that Elsa is gone, if Tiffany will cut back on some of her not so popular lines, similar to Schlumberger. If they do, it won't be in the short term. But this did make me think to surf the website again and check out Elsa's entire collection again.

Here is the Sevillana bangle I tried on. It looks ten times better on in person... I wish I had taken a photo. Elsa Peretti® Sevillana™ cuff with black jade in sterling silver, small. | Tiffany & Co.

Oh... you had posted earlier about cleaning jewelry. I got inspired by that too! I brought in a few pieces to be cleaned. The regular in-store cleaning is complimentary, but you can no longer wait for it at the boutique. It now takes 5 days. There is another level of polishing which they send to the shop in NYC. It is $35.00 per piece. The silver is supposed to come back super sparkly, so I went for that. It will take 5 weeks. We'll see how it turns out. The customer service SA said they still steam clean engagement rings while you wait, and she offered to clean mine, so that was nice.

I hope you can get to a boutique to check out some pieces.