You've got big blue eyes and perfect skin. Both, yg and wg should look perfect on you, I think.
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Hi! I'd be happy to share my thoughts as I this is why I love this forum, everyone has different views, and we can use these thoughts to assess what works for ourselves.
For me, I look at a piece of jewelry as an integrated design. I am buying the piece, not the metal nor the stone. I want my piece to be the star, not any competing metal. Some may prefer to highlight the metal, but that's not me.
White metal is a neutral, it fades into the background, and it lets the piece shine.
Platinum is the metal of choice for high jewelry because it lets the piece shine.
A VCA example is the Lotus Ring... in WG, all you see is the design and the blingy diamonds. The Lotus Ring would look very different in YG or RG. The YG or RG now introduces a second color to the eye. It competes, wakes up the eye, and the eye now also sees metal. That's fine if that's the look you want. to "see" the metal, and it can be a very nice look. However, for me, the whole point of the pave setting is minimal metal, all blingy diamonds (or emeralds or rubies). That's the look I prefer.
Another example is high jewellery. It is almost always in platinum/white metal. These ladies do not think "oh, white metal does not look good me". Rather, it is the piece that is worn and admired, the metal is secondary. The pieces cause the eye to say "look at that gorgeous diamond pave pendant" or "look at that amazing emerald parure". It is never "look at the yellow gold or white gold".
I would say don't get hung up on the metal for your skin (unless you are buying metal pieces). That's secondary. I have worn all metals, YG, RG, WG, platinum, and even leather jewelry.
I buy platinum/WG because to me, it elevates a piece of jewelry, certainly with diamonds, which is what I want.
On to your Oynx and MOP question..
If I may be so bold to say... maybe with Alhambra, it is not the metal, but rather, it is the stones that causes you to hesitate. Maybe you prefer more bling than Alhambra stones. Alhambra stone pieces are not blingy, they are playful. They were created as a casual line. Magic and diamonds came later because people wanted more bling. The original Alhambra was hammered gold, a simple gold chain with four leaf clovers. I say this to help you look at Alhambra for what it really is. Not blingy jewelry, very everyday. Hence my thought... perhaps you need more bling.
I love blingy statement jewelry. I like Alhambra stone necklaces, but do I love them enough to collect many stone sets? No. I would rather move on to other collections such as Lotus, Frivole, Cosmos (full disclosure... I am looking at Cosmos oynx BTF ring and earrings instead of VA oynx earrings). They are far more blingy to me, and I truly love these collections. It's all preference of course. Some people want every Alhambra stone set and do not like Frivole or Lotus. I would ask yourself why you want the Alhambra oynx or MOP.
I recall you mentioned you liked the Frivole pave BTF ring. If that is still the case, I would skip the VA oynx or MOP and get the ring. I think the Frivole set would be amazing on you. If you like bold, Lotus of course is another big look, but I know not everyone likes Lotus. With both these collections, there are also nice blingy earrings. And yes, I would get these in WG. WG is everlasting, especially with diamonds. All you will see are the sparkly diamonds and beautiful artistic piece.
So... ask yourself if oynx or MOP is going to give you that ear-to-ear smile when you wear it. If not, then I would skip it. You already have some truly gorgeous Ahambra pieces. Unless you only like Alhambra, I would venture into other VCA collections.
Fine jewelry is expensive, so for me, I like to focus on what I love. I don't want tons of pieces, I just want a few pieces that I love and can't wait to wear.
Anyway, I could be totally off base, but these are some thoughts I wanted to respond back to you and share.
I hope you might find some of this helpful. In the end, it's all personal preference. All VCA is gorgeous.
I also hope all is well with you, and everything is okay.
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Hi! I'd be happy to share my thoughts as I this is why I love this forum, everyone has different views, and we can use these thoughts to assess what works for ourselves.
For me, I look at a piece of jewelry as an integrated design. I am buying the piece, not the metal nor the stone. I want my piece to be the star, not any competing metal. Some may prefer to highlight the metal, but that's not me.
White metal is a neutral, it fades into the background, and it lets the piece shine.
Platinum is the metal of choice for high jewelry because it lets the piece shine.
A VCA example is the Lotus Ring... in WG, all you see is the design and the blingy diamonds. The Lotus Ring would look very different in YG or RG. The YG or RG now introduces a second color to the eye. It competes, wakes up the eye, and the eye now also sees metal. That's fine if that's the look you want. to "see" the metal, and it can be a very nice look. However, for me, the whole point of the pave setting is minimal metal, all blingy diamonds (or emeralds or rubies). That's the look I prefer.
Another example is high jewellery. It is almost always in platinum/white metal. These ladies do not think "oh, white metal does not look good me". Rather, it is the piece that is worn and admired, the metal is secondary. The pieces cause the eye to say "look at that gorgeous diamond pave pendant" or "look at that amazing emerald parure". It is never "look at the yellow gold or white gold".
I would say don't get hung up on the metal for your skin (unless you are buying metal pieces). That's secondary. I have worn all metals, YG, RG, WG, platinum, and even leather jewelry.
I buy platinum/WG because to me, it elevates a piece of jewelry, certainly with diamonds, which is what I want.
On to your Oynx and MOP question..
If I may be so bold to say... maybe with Alhambra, it is not the metal, but rather, it is the stones that causes you to hesitate. Maybe you prefer more bling than Alhambra stones. Alhambra stone pieces are not blingy, they are playful. They were created as a casual line. Magic and diamonds came later because people wanted more bling. The original Alhambra was hammered gold, a simple gold chain with four leaf clovers. I say this to help you look at Alhambra for what it really is. Not blingy jewelry, very everyday. Hence my thought... perhaps you need more bling.
I love blingy statement jewelry. I like Alhambra stone necklaces, but do I love them enough to collect many stone sets? No. I would rather move on to other collections such as Lotus, Frivole, Cosmos (full disclosure... I am looking at Cosmos oynx BTF ring and earrings instead of VA oynx earrings). They are far more blingy to me, and I truly love these collections. It's all preference of course. Some people want every Alhambra stone set and do not like Frivole or Lotus. I would ask yourself why you want the Alhambra oynx or MOP.
I recall you mentioned you liked the Frivole pave BTF ring. If that is still the case, I would skip the VA oynx or MOP and get the ring. I think the Frivole set would be amazing on you. If you like bold, Lotus of course is another big look, but I know not everyone likes Lotus. With both these collections, there are also nice blingy earrings. And yes, I would get these in WG. WG is everlasting, especially with diamonds. All you will see are the sparkly diamonds and beautiful artistic piece.
So... ask yourself if oynx or MOP is going to give you that ear-to-ear smile when you wear it. If not, then I would skip it. You already have some truly gorgeous Ahambra pieces. Unless you only like Alhambra, I would venture into other VCA collections.
Fine jewelry is expensive, so for me, I like to focus on what I love. I don't want tons of pieces, I just want a few pieces that I love and can't wait to wear.
Anyway, I could be totally off base, but these are some thoughts I wanted to respond back to you and share.
I hope you might find some of this helpful. In the end, it's all personal preference. All VCA is gorgeous.
I also hope all is well with you, and everything is okay.
I agree with you. My Alhambra options are three different necklaces, white, green, and gold mixed with clover pave diamonds, which make the necklaces be casual or dressed up, depending on the clothes. I am also thinking about the lotus between the fingers ring. I don't know if this piece can be worn casually. I think it is such a gorgeous piece! But I won't spend on a bling piece of jelwery unless I am sure it can be worn easily.
Your sets sound gorgeous, I can envision those colors mixed together. Love those color combos!
I would absolutely get the Lotus ring! I really love mine, and wear it casual all the time. The ring is so fun and blingy (a huge flower on the finger wearing shorts, how much more fun can that get?!).
I think you will really love Lotus. However, if you think Lotus might be too blingy, try Frivole I love the Frivole collection too. I have the Frivole BTF pave ring and the matching pave earrings and really love them. I wear both Lotus and Frivole with super casual outfits. I am nothing but casual these days.... white skinny Bermuda jean shorts everyday for me, and of course, big bling.
Take off the VCA label, and the Lotus is nothing more than a big diamond flower ring. You see tons of big diamond flower rings online.. at Macy's, mall stores. The "diamond flower ring" is a very common look, and it can be worn very casual, jeans, shorts, etc. It is a very wearable, daily look.
Speaking of one's fashion "look"... to further try and enable you to get the Lotus ring...
Wearing big bling with a dressy outfit is expected, no big deal ("another nicely dressed lady with her fine jewelry"). Wearing big bling with a casual outfit is unexpected and just pops ("she's looks so casual and carefree with her big bling". I hope that made sense. To me, it just elevates a casual outfit. That's my opinion of course, and I know everyone has different preferences.
I think you will love the Lotus ring! Plus, I think Lotus goes really well with your beautiful Alhambra pieces. You will be the casual carefree lady with the awesome bling! I hope I was a just a tiny bit enabling.
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Hi! I'd be happy to share my thoughts as I this is why I love this forum, everyone has different views, and we can use these thoughts to assess what works for ourselves.
For me, I look at a piece of jewelry as an integrated design. I am buying the piece, not the metal nor the stone. I want my piece to be the star, not any competing metal. Some may prefer to highlight the metal, but that's not me.
White metal is a neutral, it fades into the background, and it lets the piece shine.
Platinum is the metal of choice for high jewelry because it lets the piece shine.
A VCA example is the Lotus Ring... in WG, all you see is the design and the blingy diamonds. The Lotus Ring would look very different in YG or RG. The YG or RG now introduces a second color to the eye. It competes, wakes up the eye, and the eye now also sees metal. That's fine if that's the look you want. to "see" the metal, and it can be a very nice look. However, for me, the whole point of the pave setting is minimal metal, all blingy diamonds (or emeralds or rubies). That's the look I prefer.
Another example is high jewellery. It is almost always in platinum/white metal. These ladies do not think "oh, white metal does not look good me". Rather, it is the piece that is worn and admired, the metal is secondary. The pieces cause the eye to say "look at that gorgeous diamond pave pendant" or "look at that amazing emerald parure". It is never "look at the yellow gold or white gold".
I would say don't get hung up on the metal for your skin (unless you are buying metal pieces). That's secondary. I have worn all metals, YG, RG, WG, platinum, and even leather jewelry.
I buy platinum/WG because to me, it elevates a piece of jewelry, certainly with diamonds, which is what I want.
On to your Oynx and MOP question..
If I may be so bold to say... maybe with Alhambra, it is not the metal, but rather, it is the stones that causes you to hesitate. Maybe you prefer more bling than Alhambra stones. Alhambra stone pieces are not blingy, they are playful. They were created as a casual line. Magic and diamonds came later because people wanted more bling. The original Alhambra was hammered gold, a simple gold chain with four leaf clovers. I say this to help you look at Alhambra for what it really is. Not blingy jewelry, very everyday. Hence my thought... perhaps you need more bling.
I love blingy statement jewelry. I like Alhambra stone necklaces, but do I love them enough to collect many stone sets? No. I would rather move on to other collections such as Lotus, Frivole, Cosmos (full disclosure... I am looking at Cosmos oynx BTF ring and earrings instead of VA oynx earrings). They are far more blingy to me, and I truly love these collections. It's all preference of course. Some people want every Alhambra stone set and do not like Frivole or Lotus. I would ask yourself why you want the Alhambra oynx or MOP.
I recall you mentioned you liked the Frivole pave BTF ring. If that is still the case, I would skip the VA oynx or MOP and get the ring. I think the Frivole set would be amazing on you. If you like bold, Lotus of course is another big look, but I know not everyone likes Lotus. With both these collections, there are also nice blingy earrings. And yes, I would get these in WG. WG is everlasting, especially with diamonds. All you will see are the sparkly diamonds and beautiful artistic piece.
So... ask yourself if oynx or MOP is going to give you that ear-to-ear smile when you wear it. If not, then I would skip it. You already have some truly gorgeous Ahambra pieces. Unless you only like Alhambra, I would venture into other VCA collections.
Fine jewelry is expensive, so for me, I like to focus on what I love. I don't want tons of pieces, I just want a few pieces that I love and can't wait to wear.
Anyway, I could be totally off base, but these are some thoughts I wanted to respond back to you and share.
I hope you might find some of this helpful. In the end, it's all personal preference. All VCA is gorgeous.
I also hope all is well with you, and everything is okay.
Thank you so much for taking the time!!!
I definitely want the Frivole BTF ring, but it's not a matter of one or the other. I am a bit OCD so I have put together a list (complete with prices and photos) of what I would like to own and when I plan to purchase it. The order at the top is actually the pink sapphire frivole earrings and necklace, then the onyx SO set, then the ring. I really do like sets.
Next year is a big birthday, so that's what the SO set would commemorate. I do love bling, but one of my issues is that I tend to purchase all bling and then nothing for every day. The pink sapphire frivoles would be the most "everyday" pieces I own. I'm not all in on everything bling though - just the right amount. I don't love most of the high jewelry pieces for me except the Liane and the Ludo. Maybe the Flowerlace. And for regular jewelry, I'm not into the Cosmos, Lotus, Socrate, Fleurette - I prefer some of the Bouton d'Or line, Rose de Noel (and of course the Frivole). Even the Two Butterfly - when I put it on, it's kind of "meh" on me.
As far as what I have - you'd be surprised. I let go of a lot of things to consolidate. I have to live with something for a while before I know whether it's something I will keep. The majority of my VCA collection, at this point, is the yellow gold Magic pieces and the guilloche/pave SO. A few other things (perlee clover, etc), not much.
I am passionate about the appearance of onyx with pg. Maybe 10 years ago I saw an SA wearing the 20 motif Letterwood which had darkened quite a lot, and my heart stopped - I thought it was onyx. It's why I bought the Letterwood, which I didn't keep, because it just wasn't dark enough (and I couldn't get the matching earrings...the whole look was like, SooooooCloseButNoDarnnnnn). The SO would be a combo of bling and everyday: 20 motif PG/onyx, alternating (onyx/pave) 3 motif earrings, alternating 5 motif bracelet. There is no question that when I think about these pieces, I feel that tightness in my chest that says: "MUST!!!!!"
I think my question is maybe not necessarily related to what I am ordering. I mean - I love mop, but maaaayybeeee my heart does not skip a beat when I see it. I can appreciate the elegance of it, but maybe I wish my tastes were more simple. And a lot of this is wrapped up in my appearance. I agree with "These ladies do not think 'oh, white metal does not look good on me'. Rather, it is the piece that is worn and admired, the metal is secondary." but that's just not me. It's the whole look. I joke that sometimes I am performance art, lol. It all has to work together. One piece too much (DH and I amusingly recall one outfit where bag, dress, and shoes all matched my hair and we call it "the day the circus came to town") and it's OTT, which I'm not, but for me, it's not just the metal, the stone, or the design, but the whole look and how it integrates with my style.
SOOOO maybe I am just frustrated with myself for not being "easier"?
Thank you thank you THANK YOU SO MUCH for your input. I am going to try to be perhaps kinder to myself when trying on wg. But it just seems to me, when I am putting together a look, some metals just pop and tie it all together for me and some just don't.
Your sets sound gorgeous, I can envision those colors mixed together. Love those color combos!
I would absolutely get the Lotus ring! I really love mine, and wear it casual all the time. The ring is so fun and blingy (a huge flower on the finger wearing shorts, how much more fun can that get?!).
I think you will really love Lotus. However, if you think Lotus might be too blingy, try Frivole I love the Frivole collection too. I have the Frivole BTF pave ring and the matching pave earrings and really love them. I wear both Lotus and Frivole with super casual outfits. I am nothing but casual these days.... white skinny Bermuda jean shorts everyday for me, and of course, big bling.
Take off the VCA label, and the Lotus is nothing more than a big diamond flower ring. You see tons of big diamond flower rings online.. at Macy's, mall stores. The "diamond flower ring" is a very common look, and it can be worn very casual, jeans, shorts, etc. It is a very wearable, daily look.
Speaking of one's fashion "look"... to further try and enable you to get the Lotus ring...
Wearing big bling with a dressy outfit is expected, no big deal ("another nicely dressed lady with her fine jewelry"). Wearing big bling with a casual outfit is unexpected and just pops ("she's looks so casual and carefree with her big bling". I hope that made sense. To me, it just elevates a casual outfit. That's my opinion of course, and I know everyone has different preferences.
I think you will love the Lotus ring! Plus, I think Lotus goes really well with your beautiful Alhambra pieces. You will be the casual carefree lady with the awesome bling! I hope I was a just a tiny bit enabling.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. In fact is is really true that sometimes we must be helped with anyone else's eyes or points of view. We are used to match bling with dressing up and a touch of bling can change the look of a casual outfit. In fact we often see celebrities wearing casual clothes and expensive brand bags. I suppose a touch of bling can make the same effect and we can enjoy our jewelry every day. Thanks a lot. Now I consider the lotus ring a good option.
You're so kind!
But colors are a bit off on me because my hair color is so different from my natural color - it makes some colors better and others...well, not so much, lol.
This is a gorgeous picture! You are wearing all cool colors! You certainly can wear white gold (or platinum)! I like white metals with cool colors best! I think your skin and hair color allow you to wear any metals. I think white gold can be best paired with pink gold when one wants to combine metals.The other day… using my 5 motif as a necklace! Gotta love when you can multipurpose things
Here's a pic of me wearing the Lotus casually. Hope it helps to enable you! Maybe it'll drive you to the opposite direction though!!
Love this! I find the lotus goes with so many styles. Can wear with girly dresses, formal dresses, edgy outfits, etc.Here's a pic of me wearing the Lotus casually. Hope it helps to enable you! Maybe it'll drive you to the opposite direction though!!
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The lotus looks stunning in your hand!! Thank you very much!!Here's a pic of me wearing the Lotus casually. Hope it helps to enable you! Maybe it'll drive you to the opposite direction though!!
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Yes.. I totally agree with this!
I know we all know VCA on this forum, but honestly, very very few people know of VCA. Most people see this stuff on us and think it's fashion jewelry. And many ladies wear big fashion jewelry all the time.
I don't worship my jewelry. I wear it out, I wear it everyday.
We keep talking casual, but honestly, to me, I have not yet seen a truly casual summery photo.
What happened to shorts in the summer?
So... for inspiration, I'm going to go for it and post a super casual summer look...
I wore Lotus yesterday, so today, I'm giving Frivole a little love. My outfit today...
Red skinny Bermuda shorts (red shorts! my new love!) and simple turquoise linen sweater...does it get anymore casual than this? Frivole BTF ring and matching Frivole pave earrings (earrings not shown in photo). Long strand of pearls and bracelets because I wanted some white to make it pop. Also not shown are white Chanel espadrilles with matching white Chanel bag (you have to visualize here).
Right or wrong, over the top or not, fashionable or not, this is my "super casual with bling". This is me, and I love me.
I hope we all love our beautiful casual selves.
