I totally agree with you. I love this natural look much better than the original one. No offense to those who love the originals but it never 'spoke' to me and had too many colours IMHO. This new edition - to mark springtime - as as natural as nature. DD love the ladybug, her "himmuguegeli" (in Bernese Swiss German), so we have placed a deposit for it.
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So I went to the store to try the new pieces personally.
I have totally mixed feelings about them to be completely honest.
This is how floral motif is compared in size to vintage Alhambra: it looks a bit smaller to me:
Here are all 3 bracelets on one hand:
Here is the 5 motif bracelet and it felt a bit flimsy to me compared to normal vintage Alhambra, especially onyx and guilloche which feel very solid:
And here is long necklace (you can spot the earrings as well). Most controversial for me as I really feel it's not worth the price tag although overall I liked it but again it felt like it had less weight than my 10 motif necklace:
And just a closer shot of the items showing difference in carnelian colour:
I'll post more photos later.
I have totally mixed feelings about them to be completely honest.
This is how floral motif is compared in size to vintage Alhambra: it looks a bit smaller to me:
Here are all 3 bracelets on one hand:
Here is the 5 motif bracelet and it felt a bit flimsy to me compared to normal vintage Alhambra, especially onyx and guilloche which feel very solid:
And here is long necklace (you can spot the earrings as well). Most controversial for me as I really feel it's not worth the price tag although overall I liked it but again it felt like it had less weight than my 10 motif necklace:
And just a closer shot of the items showing difference in carnelian colour:
I'll post more photos later.
I think I would be tempted if the ladybug was a plant motif instead. I suppose they did not want to repeat the green malachite leaf, but imagine how pretty it would be with a colored floral or leaf motif in place of the ladybug.
I understand the whimsical scenario presented; “Oh, look, a ladybug landed on me while out in nature!” However, I would brush away any bug that landed on me with a bit of a creepy crawly feeling, and I cannot totally banish that feeling when contemplating the new lucky line.
I understand the whimsical scenario presented; “Oh, look, a ladybug landed on me while out in nature!” However, I would brush away any bug that landed on me with a bit of a creepy crawly feeling, and I cannot totally banish that feeling when contemplating the new lucky line.
hahaha I was laughing when I read “I would brush away any bug that landed on me”
I actually totally agree with you, my own feeling was that it needs a bit more colour. It's very faint although I really love MOP and rose gold but this whole thing just blends in together with one red ladybug blob. And red in my view just is just craving for green! All totally IMHO of course!..
1 motif bracelet felt strange to me because motif is quite big itself, like VA or even bigger but the chain is like on sweet Alhambra bracelets, very thin for a motif of this size.
Here are my earrings, I will get my SA to move the post or maybe just wear them as clips. I tried the rest of the collection but the pieces didn’t sing to me. Happy Spring!
They are lovely on you; a breath of springtime. I think these will be very popular.
Lovely and feminine. They are very pretty on you. Congratulations!
I love this photo in an ambient light.
I find it quite challenging to work out colours and general impression of the pieces in VCA stores as they are typically very dark, with very direct harsh light from above. Cartier and Tiffany's are much better lighted.
In my pics like above, you end up with eyes like Darth Vader and all skin flaws exaggerated greatly. Not the best impression for buying jewellery!
Looks beautiful on you!
I would have gotten this pair in a heartbeat if I didn't feel I have too many VCA MOP already...I am slightly tempted though
Thank you, I understand. These are my very first VCA earrings and will match my other MoP pieces. It helps to be very, very late to the party. Just want to thank everyone for the likes.Looks beautiful on you!
I would have gotten this pair in a heartbeat if I didn't feel I have too many VCA MOP already...I am slightly tempted though
