VCA Van Cleef & Arpels addiction - support group
- Thread starter Swanky
- Start date
TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others
- Status
I think it really depends on how you look at the stripes. To me, it's always light green with darker stripes, and in Sbells pendant, i just see more darker stripes than I saw on the 20-motif malachite i saw in store the other day.
Dear Junkenpo, the tigers eye is very consistent. You don't see variation like you do with the carnelian and the turquoise. I bought two ten motifs from two different vca's and they match perfectly. The stripes move depending on the light, unlike malachite which remains constant.. Hope this helps.
I loved the depth the vca tigers eye had. It almost seemed 3D. My DS (age 3) is a rock collector...as in picks up rocks whenever we go walking...and the last time we were at the mall he found 2 "pretty rocks" (tiger eye) at a kid's store...and now carries them everywhere. The polish is not nearly as pretty and they are very light in color. I'm leaning toward trying to find a pair that is a deeper dark brown with a slow gradient into amber or one or 2 thin light at an edge stripes. I think I need to start calling around and see which SAs are willing to send me pictures so I can pick out a pair that suits me. lol
What a lovely collection !!!
It is so nice seeing the different pieces that everyone likes to collect .
Do post in the family portrait thread .
Hi all,
I would like to ask advice on which Alahambra (10 charm) necklace to get as an anniversary present for my wife. She currently wears every day a slightly less than 1 carat diamond pendant (from Kwiat) set in white gold. I want to get her an Alahambra necklace, and was drawn to the Tiger's eye in yellow gold. However, as I think about this, she is the kind of woman that rarely puts on her other jewelry, and I would prefer to get something she might wear every day as a layer with her current pendant.
What would you recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
I would like to ask advice on which Alahambra (10 charm) necklace to get as an anniversary present for my wife. She currently wears every day a slightly less than 1 carat diamond pendant (from Kwiat) set in white gold. I want to get her an Alahambra necklace, and was drawn to the Tiger's eye in yellow gold. However, as I think about this, she is the kind of woman that rarely puts on her other jewelry, and I would prefer to get something she might wear every day as a layer with her current pendant.
What would you recommend?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
Wow!
Love your VCA family!
Your carnelian sweet studs are so pretty!!! Beautiful red! I really want them~
I have two boys and am very much a girly-girl, so I'm projecting waaaaaay down the road and am hoping for good DILs and/or granddaughters. In the meantime, I teach the boys about appreciating quality and workmanship, and to not give their future wives too hard a time if they like nice things. My older DS likes good clothes and both like my H scarves (especially C'est la Fête with the skeletons on it, and I bought one in each boy's favorite color).
Back to topic: has VCA made carnelian with RG Alhambra in a size larger than sweet? I love the red and the pink together.
Thank you. I wore the carnelian and mop pendant necklace the most and the bracelets also get a lot of love. I bought the 10-motif mop necklace as my 1st piece but haven't even worn it once yet. So I guess I'm not really a 10 or 20 motif person.
Wow!
Thank you Einseine. I hope that VCA will release the carnelian sweet earrings again worldwide so can you have a chance to get them.
On a side note, I finally got my Cartier pink gold colored stones love bracelet and I'm over the moon right now! My little girl loves it so much that she asked her daddy if she could get one in a smaller size, and she's only 3!
Last edited:
I understand what you are saying but acc to vca the tigers eye that they use does not vary like that. It is all pretty much the same....
I was concerned about that myself because I was trying to match another ten motif.
There is no need nor real opportunity to request a particular shade of tigers eyebbecausebit will all look about the same.
Thank you I'll take two. I know I collect one piece here and another there, unlike some of you who collect the whole set of each stone and those paved diamond pieces. I wish my budget would allow me to get every VCA pieces on my wishlist, but that's not gonna happen any time soon. So for now, I have to really prioritize my purchases and try to diversify as much as I could.
- Status