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Notorious Pink said:
Aha! Finally caught up with you guys!!!



I just wish they would have a few more options with what they are already offering. I don’t know if they “need” any new collections, just expand the lines they already have. I feel like if a brand offers lots of collections it kind of dilutes the brand, and I like the limited runs within the current collections, but the collections themselves are good; it shouldn’t be that hard to give us more combos, though!




@missie1 your necklace is beautiful. @BigAkoya I have a similar necklace and I never, ever wear it. It is absolutely not my style (as @880 knows, I’ve been planning to do “something“ with it, but not sure if I want to spend jewelry funds making it into something to wear when I can just buy VCA and enjoy that). Believe it or not, while I like slightly bolder looks, I do not like OTT, and layering the diamond necklace with anything feels like “too much” on me.



Lol, me too! Mine are on different planets. :drinks:



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Soooo gorgeous on you!!! Congratulations!!!



@jp824 sending my best wishes to you as well. :hugs:

I posted this in the other thread but here is the Noeud I tried on again. @lynne_ross I do have the frivole set above and the bracelets to go with it; and the SO set coming in is PG as well.

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I’m considering adding this little bracelet as a spacer between the Perlee and Love. I would eventually get another to space between the clover and whatever comes next (pg pave love is current top contender, but thats a few years away). Ive decided I’d like something coordinating to go in between but not too out there and not expensive.

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@Notorious Pink absolutely spectacular! The Frivole earrings and pendant set along with the pink sapphire ring make for such a pretty combination. Would you consider wearing couple of those pink sapphire bracelets together without the love or the perlee clover bracelets whenever you wear your pink sapphire Frivole earrings and pendant set along with the pink ring? I think the all pink sapphire look would be amazing!
 
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Notorious Pink said:
Aha! Finally caught up with you guys!!!



I just wish they would have a few more options with what they are already offering. I don’t know if they “need” any new collections, just expand the lines they already have. I feel like if a brand offers lots of collections it kind of dilutes the brand, and I like the limited runs within the current collections, but the collections themselves are good; it shouldn’t be that hard to give us more combos, though!




@missie1 your necklace is beautiful. @BigAkoya I have a similar necklace and I never, ever wear it. It is absolutely not my style (as @880 knows, I’ve been planning to do “something“ with it, but not sure if I want to spend jewelry funds making it into something to wear when I can just buy VCA and enjoy that). Believe it or not, while I like slightly bolder looks, I do not like OTT, and layering the diamond necklace with anything feels like “too much” on me.



Lol, me too! Mine are on different planets. :drinks:



Pre-hair change obnoxiousness:
View attachment 5371973


Soooo gorgeous on you!!! Congratulations!!!



@jp824 sending my best wishes to you as well. :hugs:

I posted this in the other thread but here is the Noeud I tried on again. @lynne_ross I do have the frivole set above and the bracelets to go with it; and the SO set coming in is PG as well.

View attachment 5371974

I’m considering adding this little bracelet as a spacer between the Perlee and Love. I would eventually get another to space between the clover and whatever comes next (pg pave love is current top contender, but thats a few years away). Ive decided I’d like something coordinating to go in between but not too out there and not expensive.

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(These were some other options ⬇)

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I love the Noeud ring on you, a must buy for sure! It looks fantastic and will go with so many of your pieces!
On your spacer bracelet, if I may share my two cents...

For me I like the bracelet with all pink sapphires the best (the one to the left of the Clover). I am not a fan of the one the right of the Clover. It's all preference of course but here is why...

The Clover and Love are very unique designs. Super gorgeous. I feel the all pink sapphire bracelet complements it, gives it pop, but does not compete. With the pink sapphire/diamond bracelet to the right of the Clover, it's busy, pink sapphires mixed with diamonds, and the sapphires and diamonds are different sizes so there is a lot going on.

To add to that... for me, I am really picky about putting different diamond color grades next to each other. This may be just the photo, but the diamonds in the Clover and Love look whiter than the diamonds in the sapphire/diamond bracelet. Because of that, I think it takes away from that pink sapphire/diamond bracelet and makes it look inferior, which I am sure it is not. Most people probably won't even notice or care, so this may not be a big deal.

For me, when wearing diamonds, no matter how beautiful the piece, if one diamond piece looks yellow next to a neighboring diamond piece, I personally feel it takes away from the whole look. In this case, it's better not to put the pieces together to highlight the difference.

It's all preference of course and some people don't care. I just want to mention this in case after you buy the bracelet and stare at it, you see the difference in diamond color grade. Once you see the color difference, you cannot unsee it, and then you will hate it; hence I wanted to mention it.

VCA uses color grades D-E-F, so if those diamonds in the pink sapphire bracelet are G-H, you will definitely see the faint yellow next to the white diamonds of the Clover. It may also be the photo, and the diamond colors are good. Photos are hard to see true color. Again, some people do not care, and it's not a big deal to them. Just a thought in case it matters to you.

Hope this helps.
 
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missie1 said:
Thanks I hardly wear it but once I get my butterflies I will definitely wear more. Any excuse to get more VCA. I love the pink sapphire spacer bangle with the larger stones in your stack. It really gives stack a pop.
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Thank you!!

880 said:
@Notorious Pink, I love your style, and I adore the noued on you too ! You look amazing! How about splitting the riviera into two bracelets for your future daughter in laws :smile:
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Thank you sweetie! I love your idea about the necklace, but im sure I’ll wind up doing something with it eventually.
 
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eternallove4bag said:
@Notorious Pink absolutely spectacular! The Frivole earrings and pendant set along with the pink sapphire ring make for such a pretty combination. Would you consider wearing couple of those pink sapphire bracelets together without the love or the perlee clover bracelets whenever you wear your pink sapphire Frivole earrings and pendant set along with the pink ring? I think the all pink sapphire look would be amazing!
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well…probably not, because I never take the Love off. It’s a great idea, but realistically I’m still in the “I love these pieces so much“ phase with both the love and the perlee clover that I want to wear them all the time. Also, not all of these bracelets are inexpensive, so to get a bunch would cut into my VCA funds.
 
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BigAkoya said:
I love the Noeud ring on you, a must buy for sure! It looks fantastic and will go with so many of your pieces!
On your spacer bracelet, if I may share my two cents...

For me I like the bracelet with all pink sapphires the best (the one to the left of the Clover). I am not a fan of the one the right of the Clover. It's all preference of course but here is why...

The Clover and Love are very unique designs. Super gorgeous. I feel the all pink sapphire bracelet complements it, gives it pop, but does not compete. With the pink sapphire/diamond bracelet to the right of the Clover, it's busy, pink sapphires mixed with diamonds, and the sapphires and diamonds are different sizes so there is a lot going on.

To add to that... for me, I am really picky about putting different diamond color grades next to each other. This may be just the photo, but the diamonds in the Clover and Love look whiter than the diamonds in the sapphire/diamond bracelet. Because of that, I think it takes away from that pink sapphire/diamond bracelet and makes it look inferior, which I am sure it is not. Most people probably won't even notice or care, so this may not be a big deal.

For me, when wearing diamonds, no matter how beautiful the piece, if one diamond piece looks yellow next to a neighboring diamond piece, I personally feel it takes away from the whole look. In this case, it's better not to put the pieces together to highlight the difference.

It's all preference of course and some people don't care. I just want to mention this in case after you buy the bracelet and stare at it, you see the difference in diamond color grade. Once you see the color difference, you cannot unsee it, and then you will hate it; hence I wanted to mention it.

VCA uses color grades D-E-F, so if those diamonds in the pink sapphire bracelet are G-H, you will definitely see the faint yellow next to the white diamonds of the Clover. It may also be the photo, and the diamond colors are good. Photos are hard to see true color. Again, some people do not care, and it's not a big deal to them. Just a thought in case it matters to you.

Hope this helps.
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Yeah, @BigAkoya thats a really good point. This is why I still havent added anything to the stack. the all sapphire bracelet is 1.not a bangle, which I prefer and 2. Almost 3x the price of the diamond/sapphire. However, the issue may indeed be the photo, and next time I will take the bracelet outside and take lots of pics to compare. I like the sapphire, but visually I prefer the Diamond with sapphire accents because it’s going to be sitting between the wg part of the love and the perlee. even a thin diamond bangle might be good. I’m not sure. The price of the bangle is inexpensive enough that I may just get it for now.

the noeud is a must and I told my SA that after I pick up my SOs, next is the 5 motif guilloche/pave to add to my necklace and the noeud. Hopefully I will have all by the end of next year…that’s the goal.
 
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Notorious Pink said:
well…probably not, because I never take the Love off. It’s a great idea, but realistically I’m still in the “I love these pieces so much“ phase with both the love and the perlee clover that I want to wear them all the time. Also, not all of these bracelets are inexpensive, so to get a bunch would cut into my VCA funds.
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I hear you. I have set funds for luxury purchases and I try to remain as focused as possible on my top WL items. I talk myself out of any diversions thinking it will cut into my funds for my top WL items.
 
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eternallove4bag said:
I hear you. I have set funds for luxury purchases and I try to remain as focused as possible on my top WL items. I talk myself out of any diversions thinking it will cut into my funds for my top WL items.
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I really like your way of thinking and it was so helpful to hear your thoughts framed this way. I am tempted by a few non-WL items now (as always) and it is so easy to say, “it is only $xxxx, and it is so pretty,” but if I hold out, then it is like free money towards something I would love even more. It is funny how easy it is to buy 5 things for $xxxx on the spur of the moment, but buying one thing for 5x $xxxx makes me question if I will really like it after all. I think it’s just difficult for me to prioritize certain items because I never know exactly how something will work for me until I have the chance to wear it.
 
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eternallove4bag said:
I hear you. I have set funds for luxury purchases and I try to remain as focused as possible on my top WL items. I talk myself out of any diversions thinking it will cut into my funds for my top WL items.
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Yes, I am really trying to be good. I have to remind myself that I want these pieces for the long term much more than the “easy”, less expensive ones!

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I really like your way of thinking and it was so helpful to hear your thoughts framed this way. I am tempted by a few non-WL items now (as always) and it is so easy to say, “it is only $xxxx, and it is so pretty,” but if I hold out, then it is like free money towards something I would love even more. It is funny how easy it is to buy 5 things for $xxxx on the spur of the moment, but buying one thing for 5x $xxxx makes me question if I will really like it after all. I think it’s just difficult for me to prioritize certain items because I never know exactly how something will work for me until I have the chance to wear it.
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This is me 1000%. :drinks:

@BigAkoya I went back to London today - by the way, as it happened, I was having a conversation with my friend (a big watch collector) and the owner of London, and I had no idea that not only do they own the VCA and the Cartier there (which I knew), they also own the VCA at Short Hills too. And they are doing some amazing expanding there! A boutique, and watches….lots of great things. I get out there a few times I year so I told C that I would definitely come by and that the Short Hills VCA team is wonderful.

Anyway, I see what you mean about the diamonds in the photo, but in person they look the same as the VCA and Cartier - three of us standing there making sure the diamonds are just as white. I wonder why it doesn’t look so in the photo (I took more):

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And of course I tried on the Noeud again too.

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As terrible as my photos are, they do actually look worse when I post them. Uploading must do something to the compression. They even look better before I upload them.
 
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nicole0612 said:
I really like your way of thinking and it was so helpful to hear your thoughts framed this way. I am tempted by a few non-WL items now (as always) and it is so easy to say, “it is only $xxxx, and it is so pretty,” but if I hold out, then it is like free money towards something I would love even more. It is funny how easy it is to buy 5 things for $xxxx on the spur of the moment, but buying one thing for 5x $xxxx makes me question if I will really like it after all. I think it’s just difficult for me to prioritize certain items because I never know exactly how something will work for me until I have the chance to wear it.
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Totally me. I’m trying to play it differently this year. And it’s April and I am doing well so far. Saying no to the little items so I can get a wishlist piece. But it’s not easy.
 
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Notorious Pink said:
Yeah, @BigAkoya thats a really good point. This is why I still havent added anything to the stack. the all sapphire bracelet is 1.not a bangle, which I prefer and 2. Almost 3x the price of the diamond/sapphire. However, the issue may indeed be the photo, and next time I will take the bracelet outside and take lots of pics to compare. I like the sapphire, but visually I prefer the Diamond with sapphire accents because it’s going to be sitting between the wg part of the love and the perlee. even a thin diamond bangle might be good. I’m not sure. The price of the bangle is inexpensive enough that I may just get it for now.

the noeud is a must and I told my SA that after I pick up my SOs, next is the 5 motif guilloche/pave to add to my necklace and the noeud. Hopefully I will have all by the end of next year…that’s the goal.
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That Noeud fits perfectly into your collection, and feels so you. It’s so great to know you’ve found your piece. I need to get into a store.
 
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