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[lynne_ross]

I love both the Frivole pave BTF and the Lotus BTF. They are both statement pieces.
If I could only have one, I would choose Frivole. The Lotus is nice, blingy and bold. I have been wearing it open for a really bold look which I love. But Frivole... to me, it is like one big blingy flower pave ring. So beautiful. The ring itself is smaller than the Lotus ring (bigger is not always better), but from a diamond perspective, Frivole shows the glittery diamonds in all its glory. It's because all the pave on the petals are at one level and the angled petals are stunning. They catch the light and sparkle. There is no other metal to distract the pave. Lotus is more playful, you see the metal of the vines and leaves. The eye is drawn to the metal, and hence it takes away a bit from the diamonds. With Frivole, the eye is drawn to the sparkle of all the diamonds. To say it another way, Frivole is a glittery pave diamond ring. Lotus is a bold cocktail design ring. I hope that made sense.

Since you have the earrings, I think the matching BTF ring would be a perfect set!

To enable you, (and to also practice my photography skills)... I took a few more photos. Yes yes.. I know... bad lighting, photo is crooked, there are shadows... so please forgive the crappy photos.
But here they are so you get an idea...

Cover one ring and look at each separately... Notice how when the Lotus ring is open, the eye is drawn to the metal first, then the eye wanders as it is a busy ring. Now cover the Lotus ring with your hand and look only at Frivole. The eye is drawn to the center and all you see are glittering pave diamonds. Frivole is truly a work of art in my opinion. I say go for it.

Oh, the last photo is the Frivole cubby hole where they sleep at night, so you can get an idea of what a set would look like.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks for your thoughts and pictures. Interesting you prefer frivoles. I see your point about frivoles being all diamonds vs. Lotus is more metal.
I was originally thinking to get noeud as my second statement ring but I am now leaning towards frivoles since I think it is more wearable and I do love idea of having a set with my earrings. I will need to go in and try again.

 

[glamourbag]

I love both the Frivole pave BTF and the Lotus BTF. They are both statement pieces.
If I could only have one, I would choose Frivole. The Lotus is nice, blingy and bold. I have been wearing it open for a really bold look which I love. But Frivole... to me, it is like one big blingy flower pave ring. So beautiful. The ring itself is smaller than the Lotus ring (bigger is not always better), but from a diamond perspective, Frivole shows the glittery diamonds in all its glory. It's because all the pave on the petals are at one level and the angled petals are stunning. They catch the light and sparkle. There is no other metal to distract the pave. Lotus is more playful, you see the metal of the vines and leaves. The eye is drawn to the metal, and hence it takes away a bit from the diamonds. With Frivole, the eye is drawn to the sparkle of all the diamonds. To say it another way, Frivole is a glittery pave diamond ring. Lotus is a bold cocktail design ring. I hope that made sense.

Since you have the earrings, I think the matching BTF ring would be a perfect set!

To enable you, (and to also practice my photography skills)... I took a few more photos. Yes yes.. I know... bad lighting, photo is crooked, there are shadows... so please forgive the crappy photos.
But here they are so you get an idea...

Cover one ring and look at each separately... Notice how when the Lotus ring is open, the eye is drawn to the metal first, then the eye wanders as it is a busy ring. Now cover the Lotus ring with your hand and look only at Frivole. The eye is drawn to the center and all you see are glittering pave diamonds. Frivole is truly a work of art in my opinion. I say go for it.

Oh, the last photo is the Frivole cubby hole where they sleep at night, so you can get an idea of what a set would look like.

I hope this helps.

You are really tempting me with that WG Frivole ring. Im obsessed with the wg two butterfly for the whimsy, sparkle factor and wearability (as its smaller in design and I find it so comfortable to wear) but I think I may have to try the Frivole! Beautiful and helpful pics.

 

[Deleted member 626500]

I love both the Frivole pave BTF and the Lotus BTF. They are both statement pieces.
If I could only have one, I would choose Frivole. The Lotus is nice, blingy and bold. I have been wearing it open for a really bold look which I love. But Frivole... to me, it is like one big blingy flower pave ring. So beautiful. The ring itself is smaller than the Lotus ring (bigger is not always better), but from a diamond perspective, Frivole shows the glittery diamonds in all its glory. It's because all the pave on the petals are at one level and the angled petals are stunning. They catch the light and sparkle. There is no other metal to distract the pave. Lotus is more playful, you see the metal of the vines and leaves. The eye is drawn to the metal, and hence it takes away a bit from the diamonds. With Frivole, the eye is drawn to the sparkle of all the diamonds. To say it another way, Frivole is a glittery pave diamond ring. Lotus is a bold cocktail design ring. I hope that made sense.

Since you have the earrings, I think the matching BTF ring would be a perfect set!

To enable you, (and to also practice my photography skills)... I took a few more photos. Yes yes.. I know... bad lighting, photo is crooked, there are shadows... so please forgive the crappy photos.
But here they are so you get an idea...

Cover one ring and look at each separately... Notice how when the Lotus ring is open, the eye is drawn to the metal first, then the eye wanders as it is a busy ring. Now cover the Lotus ring with your hand and look only at Frivole. The eye is drawn to the center and all you see are glittering pave diamonds. Frivole is truly a work of art in my opinion. I say go for it.

Oh, the last photo is the Frivole cubby hole where they sleep at night, so you can get an idea of what a set would look like.

I hope this helps.

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Both are very beautiful--and congratulations! My personal preference is for the lotus ring, but that may be because it is not as familiar to me as the Frivole. It's very dramatic, and the spread across three fingers is amazing. However, with that being said, personally, I would find it easier to wear the frivole ring every day--I would be concerned the lotus might catch on things and attract too much attention--although that may be entirely preposterous as each are elegant and impressive in their own way. In other words, would a thief discriminate? Probably not.

With that being said, I too am a matchy-matchy girl. I'm in favor of buying sets. A lot of people are critical of matchy-matchy--I don't know why. To me it takes the indecision out of getting dressed, as well as the nagging feeling that if paired differently, it may have worked better. It also completes the look and carries it through; there's a theme and it makes a statement. But that's me . . . And I would probably be the only one in the room to notice.

As you know, I too have pearls, and I pair them with everything from workshirts and jeans to Chanel, but sometimes I want to mix it up--the point is, I want the choice rather than wearing the pearls by default. And just as you could wear your frivole earrings with your pearls, you could also wear the Lotus earrings.

As a further thought, these things aren't around forever and it seems that just when you're ready to finally buy something--it's gone. There's always that thought you can buy it "later," but if you can't, my question for you is whether you will regret not buying the earrings? I remember seeing turquoise alhambra in the store and thinking I would buy it "later." How many of us are kicking ourselves for not buying it when we could.

So if you love the earrings, want the earrings, will wear the earrings and can afford them, I say buy them and complete the set. That's just me, and please take my comments with a grain of salt . . .

 

[KristinS]

Both are very beautiful--and congratulations! My personal preference is for the lotus ring, but that may be because it is not as familiar to me as the Frivole. It's very dramatic, and the spread across three fingers is amazing. However, with that being said, personally, I would find it easier to wear the frivole ring every day--I would be concerned the lotus might catch on things and attract too much attention--although that may be entirely preposterous as each are elegant and impressive in their own way. In other words, would a thief discriminate? Probably not.

With that being said, I too am a matchy-matchy girl. I'm in favor of buying sets. A lot of people are critical of matchy-matchy--I don't know why. To me it takes the indecision out of getting dressed, as well as the nagging feeling that if paired differently, it may have worked better. It also completes the look and carries it through; there's a theme and it makes a statement. But that's me . . . And I would probably be the only one in the room to notice.

As you know, I too have pearls, and I pair them with everything from workshirts and jeans to Chanel, but sometimes I want to mix it up--the point is, I want the choice rather than wearing the pearls by default. And just as you could wear your frivole earrings with your pearls, you could also wear the Lotus earrings.

As a further thought, these things aren't around forever and it seems that just when you're ready to finally buy something--it's gone. There's always that thought you can buy it "later," but if you can't, my question for you is whether you will regret not buying the earrings? I remember seeing turquoise alhambra in the store and thinking I would buy it "later." How many of us are kicking ourselves for not buying it when we could.

So if you love the earrings, want the earrings, will wear the earrings and can afford them, I say buy them and complete the set. That's just me, and please take my comments with a grain of salt . . .

100% Agree with you!

 

[evietiger]

Got this at NYC flagship store. My first white gold piece. Loving it...

 

[evietiger]

And got this right after - my second WG piece

 

[evietiger]

Another shot of the bracelet - super sparkly...

 

[880]

I love both the Frivole pave BTF and the Lotus BTF. They are both statement pieces.
If I could only have one, I would choose Frivole. The Lotus is nice, blingy and bold. I have been wearing it open for a really bold look which I love. But Frivole... to me, it is like one big blingy flower pave ring. So beautiful. The ring itself is smaller than the Lotus ring (bigger is not always better), but from a diamond perspective, Frivole shows the glittery diamonds in all its glory. It's because all the pave on the petals are at one level and the angled petals are stunning. They catch the light and sparkle. There is no other metal to distract the pave. Lotus is more playful, you see the metal of the vines and leaves. The eye is drawn to the metal, and hence it takes away a bit from the diamonds. With Frivole, the eye is drawn to the sparkle of all the diamonds. To say it another way, Frivole is a glittery pave diamond ring. Lotus is a bold cocktail design ring. I hope that made sense.

Since you have the earrings, I think the matching BTF ring would be a perfect set!

To enable you, (and to also practice my photography skills)... I took a few more photos. Yes yes.. I know... bad lighting, photo is crooked, there are shadows... so please forgive the crappy photos.
But here they are so you get an idea...

Cover one ring and look at each separately... Notice how when the Lotus ring is open, the eye is drawn to the metal first, then the eye wanders as it is a busy ring. Now cover the Lotus ring with your hand and look only at Frivole. The eye is drawn to the center and all you see are glittering pave diamonds. Frivole is truly a work of art in my opinion. I say go for it.

Oh, the last photo is the Frivole cubby hole where they sleep at night, so you can get an idea of what a set would look like.

I hope this helps.

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OMG! So gorgeous! And so is your new MOP set that yu posted above it! I can imagine the twenty swinging away! I am so happy for you! Cough, I agree with your DH re the lotus earrings! hugs

I also love @Happyish ‘s post on mixing it up!

 

[BigAkoya]

You are really tempting me with that WG Frivole ring. Im obsessed with the wg two butterfly for the whimsy, sparkle factor and wearability (as its smaller in design and I find it so comfortable to wear) but I think I may have to try the Frivole! Beautiful and helpful pics.

I am a die-hard fan of Frivole. It's so beautiful, super bingy, and works with everything. I was disappointed I could not get a third piece to make a set. I hope VCA comes out with more WG pieces next season. I hope you like Frivole too. The ring is very easy to wear. Even though it's called a BTF ring, it wears more like a regular ring and never gets in the way. Good luck you and hope you get your next piece soon!

 

[oceanblueapril]

❤️

 

[BigAkoya]

Both are very beautiful--and congratulations! My personal preference is for the lotus ring, but that may be because it is not as familiar to me as the Frivole. It's very dramatic, and the spread across three fingers is amazing. However, with that being said, personally, I would find it easier to wear the frivole ring every day--I would be concerned the lotus might catch on things and attract too much attention--although that may be entirely preposterous as each are elegant and impressive in their own way. In other words, would a thief discriminate? Probably not.

With that being said, I too am a matchy-matchy girl. I'm in favor of buying sets. A lot of people are critical of matchy-matchy--I don't know why. To me it takes the indecision out of getting dressed, as well as the nagging feeling that if paired differently, it may have worked better. It also completes the look and carries it through; there's a theme and it makes a statement. But that's me . . . And I would probably be the only one in the room to notice.

As you know, I too have pearls, and I pair them with everything from workshirts and jeans to Chanel, but sometimes I want to mix it up--the point is, I want the choice rather than wearing the pearls by default. And just as you could wear your frivole earrings with your pearls, you could also wear the Lotus earrings.

As a further thought, these things aren't around forever and it seems that just when you're ready to finally buy something--it's gone. There's always that thought you can buy it "later," but if you can't, my question for you is whether you will regret not buying the earrings? I remember seeing turquoise alhambra in the store and thinking I would buy it "later." How many of us are kicking ourselves for not buying it when we could.

So if you love the earrings, want the earrings, will wear the earrings and can afford them, I say buy them and complete the set. That's just me, and please take my comments with a grain of salt . . .

You make some really good points here.
I actually do not love the Lotus flower design as I find it ordinary (Lotus lovers, please don't shoot me). I love the Lotus ring for it's technical design because it opens... it is so cool and so bold.

But... you are right.. more than anything, I love matchy matchy. I was just thinking too, I have other earrings that I purchased only to match a ring. I never wear those earrings by themselves, yet I bought them to make a set which I really enjoy wearing together. And... yes, you are right... horrors... what if they discontinue it, and I change my mind.

You, @lynne_ross @880 ... you have now got me thinking I should not dismiss these earrings.
Add to this.. I wore my Frivole today with my matching earrings. Since I just got the Frivole earrings back from swapping out the posts, today is the first time I wore them. My husband out of the blue says "oh, you're wearing your new flower earrings with your ring, the set looks nice on you". He's enabling me too.

I think you are right. I should not dismiss them. Ok! I will try them on at the boutique next time I go. I did not even ask to try them on a few weeks ago when I was there. I was so sure they were too plain and I would not want them, so I told my SA not interested.

You all are very convincing enablers... but in a good way!

 

[Deleted member 626500]

You make some really good points here.
I actually do not love the Lotus flower design as I find it ordinary (Lotus lovers, please don't shoot me). I love the Lotus ring for it's technical design because it opens... it is so cool and so bold.

But... you are right.. more than anything, I love matchy matchy. I was just thinking too, I have other earrings that I purchased only to match a ring. I never wear those earrings by themselves, yet I bought them to make a set which I really enjoy wearing together. And... yes, you are right... horrors... what if they discontinue it, and I change my mind.

You, @lynne_ross @880 ... you have now got me thinking I should not dismiss these earrings.
Add to this.. I wore my Frivole today with my matching earrings. Since I just got the Frivole earrings back from swapping out the posts, today is the first time I wore them. My husband out of the blue says "oh, you're wearing your new flower earrings with your ring, the set looks nice on you". He's enabling me too.

I think you are right. I should not dismiss them. Ok! I will try them on at the boutique next time I go. I did not even ask to try them on a few weeks ago when I was there. I was so sure they were too plain and I would not want them, so I told my SA not interested.

You all are very convincing enablers... but in a good way!

I'm curious . . . What watch do you pair with your WG VCA?

 

[BigAkoya]

I'm curious . . . What watch do you pair with your WG VCA?

I like big manly watches, so I wear a Rolex Daytona, the stainless version with the white dial.

 

[Deleted member 626500]

I like big manly watches, so I wear a Rolex Daytona, the stainless version with the white dial.

That's stunning!

 

[KristinS]

Another shot of the bracelet - super sparkly...

WOW. Gorgeous !!