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etoupebirkin said:
An unconventional thought, why not take a trip to NYC or even Vegas — any place that are likely to have the pieces you want, where there are Cartiers and VCAs galore and try on both bracelets? This is too expensive not to try on first. And you get a fun trip too.

I’ve bought expensive things before seeing IRL. Luckily, I loved them, but it is a risk.
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Thank you, yes I did last week fly in to Vancouver for the day to visit Cartier and VCA (my 11 year old son told me I was insane, lol). I started a thread about it but it got merged into the Cartier Love Sizing thread. Unfortunately VCA did not have many creations in the boutique but Cartier had everything - I tried on the 16 and 17 pave Love and sm pave Love as well as Etincelle, Clash, JUC, it was a lot of fun! The pave Love is gorgeous irl and I think the 16 will be okay, but I do have some concern about wearing it for a couple weeks and then feeling it is too snug on my 14.5 cm wrist. My classic Love 16 has been perfect for 11 years sizing wise but as you know the Pave feels slightly smaller on the wrist. I think the 17 is too large and I would be less happy to exchange in that scenario but as Returns are not allowed over 50K the Exchange would be it once purchased. Sorry for the recap everyone - you have all been so lovely giving advice and listening to my (in)decision making process haha.

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#17,358
sleepydoc. said:
Thank you, yes I did last week fly in to Vancouver for the day to visit Cartier and VCA (my 11 year old son told me I was insane, lol). I started a thread about it but it got merged into the Cartier Love Sizing thread. Unfortunately VCA did not have many creations in the boutique but Cartier had everything - I tried on the 16 and 17 pave Love and sm pave Love as well as Etincelle, Clash, JUC, it was a lot of fun! The pave Love is gorgeous irl and I think the 16 will be okay, but I do have some concern about wearing it for a couple weeks and then feeling it is too snug on my 14.5 cm wrist. My classic Love 16 has been perfect for 11 years sizing wise but as you know the Pave feels slightly smaller on the wrist. I think the 17 is too large and I would be less happy to exchange in that scenario but as Returns are not allowed over 50K the Exchange would be it once purchased. Sorry for the recap everyone - you have all been so lovely giving advice and listening to my (in)decision making process haha.

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My hand looks so dry in that pic, lol. :sad: I think I need @BigAkoya for her hand regime. Am getting IPL tomorrow for those spots :)
 
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sleepydoc. said:
Thank you, yes I did last week fly in to Vancouver for the day to visit Cartier and VCA (my 11 year old son told me I was insane, lol). I started a thread about it but it got merged into the Cartier Love Sizing thread. Unfortunately VCA did not have many creations in the boutique but Cartier had everything - I tried on the 16 and 17 pave Love and sm pave Love as well as Etincelle, Clash, JUC, it was a lot of fun! The pave Love is gorgeous irl and I think the 16 will be okay, but I do have some concern about wearing it for a couple weeks and then feeling it is too snug on my 14.5 cm wrist. My classic Love 16 has been perfect for 11 years sizing wise but as you know the Pave feels slightly smaller on the wrist. I think the 17 is too large and I would be less happy to exchange in that scenario but as Returns are not allowed over 50K the Exchange would be it once purchased. Sorry for the recap everyone - you have all been so lovely giving advice and listening to my (in)decision making process haha.

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I didn't realize they don’t allow returns over 50k. Over the years, I feel like I’ve seen many Pave Loves on consignment/secondary market…the “no returns over 50k” may explain why :wtf: .

I agree - the 17 Pave looks too big on you. Would Cartier be able to do a custom size, 16.5 or so? But I worry that still might be too big.
Perhaps something between 16 and 16.5?!

The Pave looks incredible with your stack :loveeyes:.
 
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sleepydoc. said:
Thank you, yes I did last week fly in to Vancouver for the day to visit Cartier and VCA (my 11 year old son told me I was insane, lol). I started a thread about it but it got merged into the Cartier Love Sizing thread. Unfortunately VCA did not have many creations in the boutique but Cartier had everything - I tried on the 16 and 17 pave Love and sm pave Love as well as Etincelle, Clash, JUC, it was a lot of fun! The pave Love is gorgeous irl and I think the 16 will be okay, but I do have some concern about wearing it for a couple weeks and then feeling it is too snug on my 14.5 cm wrist. My classic Love 16 has been perfect for 11 years sizing wise but as you know the Pave feels slightly smaller on the wrist. I think the 17 is too large and I would be less happy to exchange in that scenario but as Returns are not allowed over 50K the Exchange would be it once purchased. Sorry for the recap everyone - you have all been so lovely giving advice and listening to my (in)decision making process haha.

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Also, your regular Love of 11 years is in AMAZING condition!!!!
 
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etoupebirkin said:
An unconventional thought, why not take a trip to NYC or even Vegas — any place that are likely to have the pieces you want, where there are Cartiers and VCAs galore and try on both bracelets? This is too expensive not to try on first. And you get a fun trip too.

I have to say the Pave Love is gorgeous in real life. I must say I like it more than the Perlee, although the Perlee is gorgeous too, but the Pave Love is even more so.
I’ve bought expensive things before seeing IRL. Luckily, I loved them, but it is a risk.
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EpiFanatic said:
Girl. You are KILLING me!!!!!
RING THREAD!?&$!@!!!!!!!
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Yes. VCA is demolishing my wallet. Luckily, I had a good Summer and helped the company win ~ $10 Million in new business. So they’ll keep me around for a bit and won’t balk at my bills.

Am getting ready for an outdoor wedding. Will change out the jeans for a black Brunello Cuchinelli tulle tutu with built in leggings and Brunello Cardigan with the sparkly Doc Martens and a Marfa Stance jacket.

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