Hard choice! I could not decide between yg and wg. I ended up with yg first since I was wearing more yg at the time. Now that I am wearing wg a lot too I think both will get equal wear. So I would get whichever metal you would wear more as the design is beautiful on both.Thanks so much, @BigAkoya and @lynne_ross! I think you are right about buying something I really love as opposed to many odds and ends. I need to check on the current status of ordering. The last I heard they were not taking any orders specifically for Perlee Clover (or Frivole Large)! They must have had massive numbers of orders for that bracelet, and for good reason! Its so beautiful! I really wouldn't care how long it took. If you can wear Noeud with flip flops, Lynne, I should be just fine!I am already wearing flip flops here in the South (US)!
Last hypothetical question....Clover in wg or yg assuming I am adding more yg? I think it is beautiful in all three metals!
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Yes heard that clover Perlee deposits are in high hundreds in US.
I am sitting here on a plane back home from Paris and all I can do is STARE at my beautiful new malachite bracelet. I worry it will be hard to keep looking new since the stone is so soft and easy to scratch but the colors…. Wow. I am thrilled to have it!
totally agree with this, pave vintage alhambra and pave small frivole....I had those and sold them. I would always reach for my pave VA earrings instead. If you want WG Frivole I think you need the pave version
I'm waiting for my small pave frivole to come in (any day now) and I don't have any desire for any other vintage Alhambra or frivole earrings....checks all the boxes
new slogan pave all day
+1 with @sammix3 @lisawhittotally agree with this, pave vintage alhambra and pave small frivole....
I'm waiting for my small pave frivole to come in (any day now) and I don't have any desire for any other vintage Alhambra or frivole earrings....checks all the boxes
new slogan pave all day
@DS2006 I feel if we have the pave VA and pave Frivole earrings in small, that’s all the pave earrings one needs or honestly will reach out for (at least in my case which I do repeatedly)
@DS2006 I looked at the price increase that Bvlgari had on the 15th and wanted to scream in frustration! 10% on a nearly 30k bracelet is more than just substantial. It’s downright crazy. But, I don’t think I have seen VCA do that insane of a price increase before. At least not to my knowledge.
I love malachite. I've yet to own it, but have been pondering at least one item.
I think Bvlgari wants to play in the big leagues; hence their strategy to increase the price creating the perception they are equal to the big jewelers. You know how I feel about Bvlgari. LVMH (owners of Bvlgari) is going to make them the Italian version of LV.
If you really love the Serpenti, it would be worth it.
But.. seeing your style... I personally think the RG Pave Love would be ten times more awesome with your VCA bangles.
Just my two cents.
This one: #LOVE# bracelet, diamond-paved (cartier.com)
That's just CRIMINAL!!
I feel like all luxury brands are taking full advantage of the inventory shortages and trying to play in the big leagues as you said. Tiffany had a massive price increase in January this year and is scheduled for another one before the year end. Ditto with Bvlgari. They just had one and another one is supposedly scheduled for Fall. Cartier and VCA are both rumored to be heading towards one themselves. It’s just too hard to keep up and beat these price increases so for me personally, I am just going to get what I want when I want. Fortunately or unfortunately, the Bvlgari Serpenti is the next ‘one’ for me.I think Bvlgari wants to play in the big leagues; hence their strategy to increase the price creating the perception they are equal to the big jewelers. You know how I feel about Bvlgari. LVMH (owners of Bvlgari) is going to make them the Italian version of LV.
If you really love the Serpenti, it would be worth it.
But.. seeing your style... I personally think the RG Pave Love would be ten times more awesome with your VCA bangles.
Just my two cents.
This one: #LOVE# bracelet, diamond-paved (cartier.com)
I have played the devils advocate on that one for sometime now. I went through my phases of ‘too edgy’, ‘not classic enough’, ‘it’s a snake’, ‘it’s a brand that I don’t want anything else from because their deigns don’t speak to me as VCA designs do’, ‘too expensive’, ‘it does not have a hinge and because of the wired mechanism I might break the bracelet itself’… as much as I pride myself on being a rational person, I also know when I make up my mind 100% there’s no stopping me. And when I get something I know I will wear the heck out of it. Bottom line, I love the bracelet and I am getting it. Maybe next month, maybe next year.
The pave love bracelet in RG is not a must have for me at this point. Maybe in the future, after I torture myself and my friends over whether to get it or not, the way I do with every piece before I actually get it
Did you get the same gold for pave VA and Frivole? I have WG in VA and RG with pink sapphire for Frivole but I still want the RG pave VA earrings then I’ll be done.totally agree with this, pave vintage alhambra and pave small frivole....
I'm waiting for my small pave frivole to come in (any day now) and I don't have any desire for any other vintage Alhambra or frivole earrings....checks all the boxes
new slogan pave all day
I’m brand new to VCA and I ordered the 10 motif guilloche 2-3 weeks ago. I texted the SA yesterday and she commented I ordered at a good time because there’s supposed to be a 4-8% increase mid May here in the US. I don’t know if that will apply anywhere else.
Wow, hadn’t heard of an impending price increase from VCA but not surprised. Sooner or later, they were bound to have one. I am so happy you were able to order your 10 motif guilloche. What a great piece to start your VCA journey with! Congrats.
Bulgari is increasing that serpentine line very aggressively since the pandemic.