Mixing Metals?

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Mixing metals is much more acceptable then it used to be. It's about balance perhaps if you have two silver tone acessories (bangle & watch) then wear your gold tone accessory with a hag with gold hardware to pull it all together.

For reference, David Yurman and Judith Ripka mix metals beautifully.

Graham
 
#227
i have a pair of hoops that are yellow and white gold. when i want to mix metals i wear them and feel like that bridges the gap and makes it ok. lol. otherwise it's one or the other.
 
#229
EllAva said:
Plenty of people do. I don't like the look of different metals together.
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graham said:
Mixing metals is much more acceptable then it used to be. It's about balance perhaps if you have two silver tone acessories (bangle & watch) then wear your gold tone accessory with a hag with gold hardware to pull it all together.

For reference, David Yurman and Judith Ripka mix metals beautifully.

Graham
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Thanks for making me feel better about my yg love bangle, It seems yg is more popular in the USA rather than in the UK where everyone has silver (links of london,Pandora,Tiffany,Gucci etc) so maybe I could start a new trend in the UK, BRING BACK YG lol:yahoo:
 
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designerdiva40, of course you can! It looks really, really good too. I have a silver tone/diamond watch which I wear all the time, and plenty of yellow gold jewelery. Give it a go, I promise you'll look great!
 
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designerdiva40 said:
Well I don't like the look either but since I sold all my yellow gold about 6 months ago I don't know what made me get the love bangle in yg, I did originally get it in wg but got it home & decided it would need re-polishing a lot more than the yg so cartier changed it for me, Im thinking of starting a yg collection for my right hand & stick to wg & platinum for the left.:yahoo:
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This is exactly what i did. Yg on my right and left hand white gold and platinum. My right hand is completely dedicated to Cartier love. I'm in love with the collection. Very classy and timeless. I was never one for mixing metals either but it definitely has grown on me.
 
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Ilovehandbags27, I have got to agree with you, yg has definitely grown on me as well Im trying to decide on a yg ring I was going to go for the love ring to match the bangle but really like the chopard & bulgari rings.
 
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designerdiva40 said:
Ilovehandbags27, I have got to agree with you, yg has definitely grown on me as well Im trying to decide on a yg ring I was going to go for the love ring to match the bangle but really like the chopard & bulgari rings.
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They are all beautiful. I actually purchased to different sizes in the love ring because i like to switch off. I posted pics in the post pics of your cartier.
 
#238
I think the old "rule" about not mixing metals is long gone. There of course are still people who don't prefer the look, but you see many people wearing mixed metals and it looks great.

I was just in a high end jewelry store on Thursday where they were showing Roberto Coin white and yellow gold bracelets mixed together to show how nice one of each would look worn together. And it did look great.

There is a picture in the VCA thread of a member wearing a white gold VCA necklace with a yellow and I love the look. Off to see if I can find the picture...



Found it -- it is from calisnoopy (thank you!). Looks like she's got on a white gold key necklace and then the yellow gold VCA. I love the look!

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graham said:
Mixing metals is much more acceptable then it used to be. It's about balance perhaps if you have two silver tone acessories (bangle & watch) then wear your gold tone accessory with a hag with gold hardware to pull it all together.

For reference, David Yurman and Judith Ripka mix metals beautifully.

Graham
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Exactly!
BTW...my son is a Graham, old family name.
 
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