Just wiped away a tear LOL, but I guess I can chalk this one up to the one that got away. thank you for letting me know 😎
Influencers & VCA
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oh geez those turquoise magic earrings from the RealReal could be fake and its only after receiving that each lady is finding out the hard way!
I’ve seen reviews on social media about resellers acknowledging that an item is fake and issuing a refund, to then re-list the same fake.
my SA told me that one of his good clients purchased magic hammered gold earrings from a well known auction. when the SA searched the serial number, it belonged to a completely different item.
I’ve seen reviews on social media about resellers acknowledging that an item is fake and issuing a refund, to then re-list the same fake.
my SA told me that one of his good clients purchased magic hammered gold earrings from a well known auction. when the SA searched the serial number, it belonged to a completely different item.
She’s as kooky as I am, it’s so funny how she was over VCA and then made a post a few days later about her new unboxing. If that’s not a metaphor for my life, I don’t know what is!
Someone posted in a FB group that their friend purchased these earrings and there was something amiss with them. There are so many items out there on the secondary market now that are fake or manipulated (one magic pair I saw had the stones switched out to turquoise from onyx, another pair had the correct serial but was counterfeit, other items have had correct serial but were clearly copied from another piece (anachronisms between setting style and age per serial number) etc.
Chloeabeth4545 calling van cleef costume jewelry
Sorry I don’t know how to embed a TikTok video here. Summary for those who can’t watch:
Daughter of billionaire whose whole schtick is she’s “mega rich but down to earth and humble”
Explains the diamond fell out of her mums $250K ring so they bought her Alhambra bracelets in every colour to cheer her up. This is what they’re calling costume jewellery
This is where her own “obsession” started as she “grew up in VCA stores and became best friends with the security guards”
This video rubs me the wrong way idk- firstly she’s built her account following on being a VCA lover (she knows by the reaction she’s getting that it’s not costume jewellery)
She stores this said costume jewellery in the safe at home (why the need if it’s just costume jewellery to you)
When she travels out of Singapore they keep these in the safe and wear more minimalist/unrecognisable pieces (again why if it’s just costume jewellery to you)
She still has some unfulfilled wish list pieces with some being over $60k and some of these are not hard to get/ waitlist pieces. She put these on an excel spreadsheet with the tax free amounts calculated to persuade her dad for Xmas presents (it’s costume jewellery, aren’t you able to buy it all ?)
Hope I don’t come across as a hater - I just don’t like disingenuous and out of touch influencer behaviour 😅😅😅
Sorry I don’t know how to embed a TikTok video here. Summary for those who can’t watch:
Daughter of billionaire whose whole schtick is she’s “mega rich but down to earth and humble”
Explains the diamond fell out of her mums $250K ring so they bought her Alhambra bracelets in every colour to cheer her up. This is what they’re calling costume jewellery
This is where her own “obsession” started as she “grew up in VCA stores and became best friends with the security guards”
This video rubs me the wrong way idk- firstly she’s built her account following on being a VCA lover (she knows by the reaction she’s getting that it’s not costume jewellery)
She stores this said costume jewellery in the safe at home (why the need if it’s just costume jewellery to you)
When she travels out of Singapore they keep these in the safe and wear more minimalist/unrecognisable pieces (again why if it’s just costume jewellery to you)
She still has some unfulfilled wish list pieces with some being over $60k and some of these are not hard to get/ waitlist pieces. She put these on an excel spreadsheet with the tax free amounts calculated to persuade her dad for Xmas presents (it’s costume jewellery, aren’t you able to buy it all ?)
Hope I don’t come across as a hater - I just don’t like disingenuous and out of touch influencer behaviour 😅😅😅
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I understand what you mean I also find her cringe, but it makes me embarrassed because I see my younger self in her. Bragging, flaunting and posting all over social media… I was the same from ages 16-21 but I’ve learned my lesson. She’s relating to the Gen Z audience, we don’t like “show offs” but we are more lenient to people who preface their bragging with “but I’m soo grateful…”. She went to AIS (Australian international school) for school, I used to live in Singapore and my little brother went to same school she did. She didn’t seem to have many friends. She currently goes to NUS I believe, excellent university but I’m confused why she’s going there vs Australian unis like her peers, Ivy Leagues, OxBridge etc. I say this because rich Singaporean kids usually go to local schools like Raffles, Nanyang, etc (their education is on par with international schools maybe even better). I think I’m going off topic now. I believe she’s trying to pivot to the influencer route but this is making her come across insecure and vapid. Her mother’s jewelry collection is impressive but I wonder how she, and the other siblings (I believe there are 3 or 4) feel about Chloe posting their wealth all over social media. They are a private family and ofcourse allowed to spend their money however they please, but Chloe seems to love bragging about her wealth it almost feels like she’s trying to compensate for something else. I think she’s tacky but I do think she’ll grow out of it (or atleast hope she does).
A diamond fell out of her mother's $250k ring so they bought her vca bracelets to make up for it? I'm not following the logic here....
Was it a vca ring? Why not just replace the diamond? Where do the Alhambra bracelets come into the picture?
I'm confused and she sounds incredibly tacky
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If I am correct she unboxed both bracelets for her 50th bday so they were not purchased far apart, and she has never purchased another despite being offered the hammered gold. She has many videos on Cartier etc and how gold gets scratched and to just wear your jewelry. The Guilloce is different, you cannot polish or fix it if it gets damaged.
That was my first thought. First, mentioning the price of the ring is ick. Second, I have never heard of people refer to their ring as a price tag but instead by specs. If she's so rich they can just replace that rock without flinching? People on Tiktok are so ick and full of it.
I cannot stand Chloe at all. She is so entitled and out of touch with reality, she is the definition of “we’re watching from district 12” (reference to the Hunger Games). She’s never going to be an influencer, she’s not influencing anyone and doesn’t have what it takes for that life. Most of the major influencers come from humble backgrounds which made them relatable and have a personality other than wealth. She is a beautiful woman, she could have built a career on makeup reviews and life experiences with a touch of jewelry talk without mentioning her background, like a @by.martao on TikTok who obviously comes from a wealthy background.
To call VCA “costume jewelry” is, once again, giving “we’re watching from district 12” and is showing a dystopian reality of wealthy and us “district goers” who are wearing costume jewelry and not $250,000 high jewelry. It also seems that most of the jewelry isn’t hers and is her mothers, explains why the Perlee bracelet does not fit her at all.
Maybe she’s lost in life and is trying to garner attention, but to do well as an influencer is to have something which makes you iconic and different and that usually comes from having a background of less wealth which allows you to character build… Look at Jeffree Star, although he’s a horrible person, he grew up very rough and it allowed him to become an icon of the influencer world…
TikTok attention seeking needs to be studied. However, at least I can follow her VCA lariat necklace tutorial with the costume jewelry 20 motif because “all you need is a 20 motif” to do it - gosh I cannot stand privileged rich kids
I just looked at some pics of hers on IG. Her mom has a great collection. Go mom. And if she can influence people away from VCA more power to her. We have enough supply issues as it is. That’s why I don’t get why people even care about influencers and their negative opinions about VCA. To the real VCA lovers they’re irrelevant.
I like her videos! I think it is light humor and a life I don't know, but enjoy watching
.Shes definitely influencing VCA more to younger people, but always for the 5 motifs which is good for us! I stilll hope I can get a perlee pearls of gold in a size large!!