VCA ~ Van Cleef Arpels Discussion thread!

[ghoztz]

Attached are a few pics of my new holiday pendant. It is so gorgeous in real life and I love that it can look dark and light. The MOP has such a beautiful contrast and the diamond has a lot of fire that was hard to capture in photos. I also attached a comparison pic for fun.

GORGEOUS!! Love the fact that it changes color so drastically. As if you got two necklaces. Really like this year 's holiday pendant!!

 

[smalls]

smalls,
I have not figured that out yet to answer your question about if it will be an everyday piece or if the grey MOP pendant will have to coordinate with what I am wearing. I have to see how it looks with different colors, etc. I wear neutral colors most of the time with a splash of color usually from my VCA pieces I think this piece is going to pick up colors beautifully as I can see from photographing it. It is by far the hardest piece to photograph because light has a profound effect on how it looks. I look forward to seeing how it mixes with my wardrobe! I do hope it proves to be a versatile everyday piece. Anybody else have opinions?

Since you wear a lot of neutral colors I think it will be very versatile and look great with just about anything! Congrats again it's such a gorgeous necklace.

 

[smalls]

Attached are a few pics of my new holiday pendant. It is so gorgeous in real life and I love that it can look dark and light. The MOP has such a beautiful contrast and the diamond has a lot of fire that was hard to capture in photos. I also attached a comparison pic for fun.

Wow this looks so gorgeous on you! Congrats and thanks for the pics! The more pics I see of the holiday pendant the more I like it. It's amazing how different it looks based on the lighting. Are the pics with it the lighter look in bright lighting or using flash?

 

[cherylc]

hi everyone! new here but wanted to share a vintage piece i got from an antique show a few years ago. they didn't have much info about the piece but from my research i think it's from the 1990's but i could be wrong. if anyone has info please LMK!!

 

[dialv]

My first VCA pieces. I couldn't be happier!

Omg, I love your bracelets. I am really starting to want a 5 motif malachite after seeing this one.

 

[LisetteEsq]

WOW! So pretty! That's really stunning on you, and love how the color changes (and your other pendants).

Thank you so much Tutu! It really is a special piece.

It looks beautiful on you! You have gorgeous coloring (you, not the pendant, although that does too)

Thank you for the sweet compliment!

Quite the chameleon - ENJOY

Thank you! The color is very alluring.

GORGEOUS!! Love the fact that it changes color so drastically. As if you got two necklaces. Really like this year 's holiday pendant!!

Thanks! Yes, it does seem like 2 necklaces. I had seen various pics of the different coloring and thought each one was different but did not realize it could be the same piece.

Wow this looks so gorgeous on you! Congrats and thanks for the pics! The more pics I see of the holiday pendant the more I like it. It's amazing how different it looks based on the lighting. Are the pics with it the lighter look in bright lighting or using flash?

Thank you so much! No flash or editing was done to any of the pics. The color variations were shown in the same lighting but from a different angle. It is amazing that it can appear so different. I am really hoping they make a bracelet with grey MOP and PG.

 

[drpn21]

I'm new to this forum. I absolutely love all the vca eye candy on here.
I wanted to share a pic of my holiday pendant. It's now been put away for me to open for Christmas but thought it would be nice to show a picture of it for anyone thinking about purchasing this! The colour variation in the light is just beautiful and I think will match with a lot of clothing colours. My first vca pendant and I love it!

 

[LisetteEsq]

I'm new to this forum. I absolutely love all the vca eye candy on here.
I wanted to share a pic of my holiday pendant. It's now been put away for me to open for Christmas but thought it would be nice to show a picture of it for anyone thinking about purchasing thisView attachment 2766607! The colour variation in the light is just beautiful and I think will match with a lot of clothing colours. My first vca pendant and I love it!

Very pretty! Enjoy!

 

[PennyD2911]

I'm new to this forum. I absolutely love all the vca eye candy on here.
I wanted to share a pic of my holiday pendant. It's now been put away for me to open for Christmas but thought it would be nice to show a picture of it for anyone thinking about purchasing thisView attachment 2766607! The colour variation in the light is just beautiful and I think will match with a lot of clothing colours. My first vca pendant and I love it!

That is the prettiest one I've seen. You will definetly have a Merry Christmas

 

[drpn21]

Very pretty! Enjoy!

You too! Your looks lovely on you.

 

[drpn21]

Thankyou.
I sure will! Can't wait to start wearing it

 

[tutushopper]

I'm new to this forum. I absolutely love all the vca eye candy on here.
I wanted to share a pic of my holiday pendant. It's now been put away for me to open for Christmas but thought it would be nice to show a picture of it for anyone thinking about purchasing thisView attachment 2766607! The colour variation in the light is just beautiful and I think will match with a lot of clothing colours. My first vca pendant and I love it!

So pretty! Congrats on your first VCA pendant!

Congrats to you and all the ladies who are getting this beautiful pendant!

 

[hopingoneday]

hi everyone! new here but wanted to share a vintage piece i got from an antique show a few years ago. they didn't have much info about the piece but from my research i think it's from the 1990's but i could be wrong. if anyone has info please LMK!!

Wow, this is such a beautiful ring! I have never seen one like it. It's a stunner!
VCA does it again... which is no surprise at this point.

 

[stylemechanel]

Oh dear...then I may start with gold in that case so I can leave it on all of the time. I don't wear my onyx & agate/chalcedony Chanel very much at all because they are hard even for the SA's to put on (when I bought them...note to self: if the SA's can't do it, don't buy it!). I do like the onyx and malachite, too. I'll definitely have to play with them, as I'll need them shortened as well which will make them even harder.

I'm thinking the same thing! All of my "significant" jewelry is platinum/white gold, as is my love bracelet, but I may break out of the mold and try something wild like PG or YG. Who knows, maybe both! I'm going to have fun playing in the store; before I just kind of glanced in the store not really that interested. Diamonds were all that caught my fancy. I guess I've matured. Well, a little.

Thank you so much for answering this! I could have bought two VCA for what I paid for those darned hard to put on bracelets that I rarely wear due to the difficult clasp. It's hard to pick one to start with, as I wear a lot of neutrals, so any of those colors would work. So would MOP, but I want to start with some color, even if it's the absence of color (black). I also would have normally gone for white gold, but seeing the photos posted earlier of the rings (turquoise in white gold, with a white perlee bangle), I think I've decided to go pink (or maybe yellow). If I make this a move present (a push present but all you push are boxes lol), maybe I'll get more than one! Thanks again for the advice; much appreciated! I have gone back to my true and first addiction: jewelry.

Hi Tutu, I just wanted to add my two cents here. I spent a fair amount of time at my local VCA today with an SA that was patient, listened, and thoughtfully answered many of my questions - some of which you are asking now. I went in with the mind frame of walking out with either a pg or yg vintage alhambra motif bracelet and maybe a yg onyx vintage alhambra bracelet as well. I was pretty certain I wanted the yg or pg after seeing it on a fellow tPF member in this thread. Like you I was a platinum diamond girl with a few emeralds and sapphires thrown in, but I felt that with all the changes over the last three years ( life, family changes, that kind of thing) these experiences changed my perspective, as well as getting older (ie. more comfortable in my choices) I really wanted to step out of my comfort zone. We tried both the yg and pg 5 motif bracelets and sadly they were not winners for me. It was actually a bad visceral reaction to the pg which I really wanted to love. But as we tried things we talked, she listened and together we honed in on a 5 motif vintage alhambra onyx bracelet and the matching earclips. I also tried on the holiday piece and I will try and post pictures in another post.

We talked about how hard it might be to put the bracelet on by myself. It wasn't easy. It won't help that I would need it shorted the full inch. But I did turn in my vintage alhmabra 5 motif mop bracelet for sizing and we will see if I can learn any tricks to making it easier to do myself. We will see....but I love it and I wanted it and I will figure it out.

In any case, I came home with the onyx vintage alhambra earclips. Maybe tomorrow I will post pictures. I really relied on this SA to help me and she did. She helped me step out of my comfort zone ( not platinum), she helped me pick something that I can easily put on by myself and use everyday - no matter what the occasion, and I walked out happy with a plan for what comes next. VCA met all my expectations and more. It can't better than that.

So tutu, when you are in your new area/home and ready to explore VCA I hope it is all you want and expect and more importantly I hope you have fun! You deserve to have fun picking out something so special to mark the next part of your journey!

Hope your flight is easy and you land in a soft place.

 

[hopingoneday]

I'm new to this forum. I absolutely love all the vca eye candy on here.
I wanted to share a pic of my holiday pendant. It's now been put away for me to open for Christmas but thought it would be nice to show a picture of it for anyone thinking about purchasing thisView attachment 2766607! The colour variation in the light is just beautiful and I think will match with a lot of clothing colours. My first vca pendant and I love it!

So iridescent. I had resolutely said i was not going to buy this but I really think a visit to the local boutique is in order...