Yes, I agree with you. Blue and white, whether it be turquoise, lapis, blue agate, are so crispy!
YG is beautiful too in its own way, and it's a very warm look.
I almost caved and thought, what the heck, I'll just get the blue agate in YG 20, the bracelets, and SO the earrings which I could do. But then I smacked myself on the head and said nope... I'm not a YG person (never ever wear YG anymore), and I'm just buying it because there is nothing else. If next year, VCA still won't do a 20 in WG blue agate, I'll just have to move on!
I also think maybe a full set is too much of an ask for stones, especially now. I would have thought VCA would want to accept SOs such as a full set as they make more money (they accepted the Hellebore which is now a SO). But perhaps it's the "perfectly matched stones" issue they do not want to deal with. A full set would be 32 perfectly matched stones, so I wonder if that is another reason too. Who knows, just wild guesses.
I was thinking the other day about SOs, and if I were VCA, I would just stop them under a certain price point. It's a waste of time for them, and it allows their clients to think of too many options. For example, several years ago, I asked Tiffany if they would do a custom order (their terminology for SO). The minimum threshold was $50K at the time, and Tiffany said then it has to be a custom piece, not just something in the same design with different metal or stones. I actually like that policy as what you see online and in the stores, is what you can get. There is no dreaming, because once you know you can mix and match with SOs/custom orders, the mind never stops dreaming of the endless possibilities.
More importantly, Tiffany, VCA, Cartier... aside from high jewelry commissioned pieces, they are all just retail stock companies, not "have it your way" custom design companies. Another reason to stay true to their brand.
My SA did mention something about Sweets being online only or something. Maybe VCA is starting to change their retail model to be like Cartier/Tiffany which both these brands constantly have new pieces coming out. Yet, VCA is stuck with the same combinations which then forces clients to SO. I was thinking perhaps their new Lotus line is part of that expansion... add more options to their regular line.
If I were VCA, I would not spend my time making $5K SO bracelets or earrings. Seems like such a waste of time for a luxury jeweler house. Just add a few more selections of WG Alhambra and be done with it. There is already tons of YG. RG to me is a trend, it's been big since 2010s (the Millennial Pink trend that keeps dragging on), but after a few more years, RG will die down, hence the two metals they need to focus on are just YG and WG which these two are timeless. That's just my opinion, VCA needs to focus and not waste their time with SOs. And instead of MTO, just stock it!
For WG, I think all VCA needs to add is a bright summer stone. At least that's what I want... something happy for the summer. We'll see what Spring 2022 brings.
I do like though that VCA offers a lot of WG in the other lines (Lotus, Frivole), so that is a big plus.
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now). Save everyone time and headache and just make it a standard.
