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Happy Friday! I believe I saw a few ladies talking about stacking earrings not that long ago and getting a second ear hole. I've had mine since I was 16-ish but I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I love the way multi's look, purely personal preference though. I do the multi look with Frivole, Sweets (RG, Pave, turquoise) and soon to be Magic. The only way to layer the Frivole is with 3 holes (at least in my ears). My style tends to be girly with a flair for the dramatic. The Magic pave is now on my wish list after trying on for size at the boutique. I should have worn my Sweet pave on that day to see the look but it could be A LOT. Re: Onyx, it's my absolute favorite VCA stone. I just ordered the SO Magic earrings in WG/Onyx and am waiting on the Sweet WG/Onyx to complete.
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8seventeen19 said:
Happy Friday! I believe I saw a few ladies talking about stacking earrings not that long ago and getting a second ear hole. I've had mine since I was 16-ish but I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I love the way multi's look, purely personal preference though. I do the multi look with Frivole, Sweets (RG, Pave, turquoise) and soon to be Magic. The only way to layer the Frivole is with 3 holes (at least in my ears). My style tends to be girly with a flair for the dramatic. The Magic pave is now on my wish list after trying on for size at the boutique. I should have worn my Sweet pave on that day to see the look but it could be A LOT. Re: Onyx, it's my absolute favorite VCA stone. I just ordered the SO Magic earrings in WG/Onyx and am waiting on the Sweet WG/Onyx to complete.
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Hi! I like the third bracelet, but I have never seen it. It looks like a WG Magic oynx bracelet. Is that a SO?
And is it 5 Magic size motifs?
 
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8seventeen19 said:
Happy Friday! I believe I saw a few ladies talking about stacking earrings not that long ago and getting a second ear hole. I've had mine since I was 16-ish but I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I love the way multi's look, purely personal preference though. I do the multi look with Frivole, Sweets (RG, Pave, turquoise) and soon to be Magic. The only way to layer the Frivole is with 3 holes (at least in my ears). My style tends to be girly with a flair for the dramatic. The Magic pave is now on my wish list after trying on for size at the boutique. I should have worn my Sweet pave on that day to see the look but it could be A LOT. Re: Onyx, it's my absolute favorite VCA stone. I just ordered the SO Magic earrings in WG/Onyx and am waiting on the Sweet WG/Onyx to complete.
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Love the two size frivole earrings together! I especially love your long magic necklace :love: :love: :love:
Im assuming that was SO too?
 
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8seventeen19 said:
Yep! I SO'd it a few years back. It's this one here.
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OMG! I really like the Magic 16 motif necklace and the matching bracelet (well, the charm is a bit huge an "gets-in-the-way" annoying to me, but maybe I can get over it). But I did not like how pale it was, especially as a 16 motif. Did you swap the GMOP with oynx? Were you able to swap the Chalcedony?
I think I would like white MOP, GMOP, and oynx. I want that oynx for a pop, but it's not too much.

Is it possible to show your full bracelet in all its glory?! All motifs? :nuts: :heart:
 
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lolakitten said:
Love the two size frivole earrings together! I especially love your long magic necklace :love: :love: :love:
Im assuming that was SO too?
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Thank you!! :heart: :heart: :heart: It is a 5th Ave LE piece. My SA had it brought in for me when one appeared again at the Flagship. You can see details here. SO is also possible, but I think it's a lot more expensive than if you could get your hands on this LE.
BigAkoya said:
OMG! I really like the Magic 16 motif necklace and the matching bracelet (well, the charm is a bit huge an "gets-in-the-way" annoying to me, but maybe I can get over it). But I did not like how pale it was, especially as a 16 motif. Did you swap the GMOP with oynx? Were you able to swap the Chalcedony?
I think I would like white MOP, GMOP, and oynx. I want that oynx for a pop, but it's not too much.

Is it possible to show your full bracelet in all its glory?! All motifs? :nuts: :heart:
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Oh gosh! That is the same style, not the actual bracelet I bought. Sorry for the confusion!! If you have a good SA, they could ask Paris for that specific colorway. Sure! I'll dig up some action shots and tag you. It is my favorite piece I own. The starkness of the onyx is juxtaposed by the ladylike charms. It's perfection. The only thing I would possibly change next time is having my SA request it with alternating pave clovers like my 50th anniversary pieces.
 
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Notorious Pink said:
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.
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The Liane, and in a variety of stone combinations, is available in pink gold . . .
 
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8seventeen19 said:
Happy Friday! I believe I saw a few ladies talking about stacking earrings not that long ago and getting a second ear hole. I've had mine since I was 16-ish but I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I love the way multi's look, purely personal preference though. I do the multi look with Frivole, Sweets (RG, Pave, turquoise) and soon to be Magic. The only way to layer the Frivole is with 3 holes (at least in my ears). My style tends to be girly with a flair for the dramatic. The Magic pave is now on my wish list after trying on for size at the boutique. I should have worn my Sweet pave on that day to see the look but it could be A LOT. Re: Onyx, it's my absolute favorite VCA stone. I just ordered the SO Magic earrings in WG/Onyx and am waiting on the Sweet WG/Onyx to complete.
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Thanks for sharing this! Your earring stacks look both cool and chic, definitely head turners.
 
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8seventeen19 said:
Happy Friday! I believe I saw a few ladies talking about stacking earrings not that long ago and getting a second ear hole. I've had mine since I was 16-ish but I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I love the way multi's look, purely personal preference though. I do the multi look with Frivole, Sweets (RG, Pave, turquoise) and soon to be Magic. The only way to layer the Frivole is with 3 holes (at least in my ears). My style tends to be girly with a flair for the dramatic. The Magic pave is now on my wish list after trying on for size at the boutique. I should have worn my Sweet pave on that day to see the look but it could be A LOT. Re: Onyx, it's my absolute favorite VCA stone. I just ordered the SO Magic earrings in WG/Onyx and am waiting on the Sweet WG/Onyx to complete.
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I love the sweets in the second hole. I have been toying with idea of sweet earrings and your pics just convinced me.
 
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