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#18,841
Pergr
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I am a fan of authenticated preloved hermes bags from recommended resellers, but with VCA, there are so many replicas out there, I would personally feel safer and happier with boutique. Also, I do trust my SA to weigh in with an opinion as to what works on me. JMO though!

i agree with @sbelle that it’s fun we have so many different opinions. I also felt the magic size was fun, young and hip, but I dislike pendants on me, so picked the six motif necklace as my every day piece. Although I’m also short, I’m medium build, and the vintage size motifs looked dinky on me. But I like large and bold jewelry. If I want less of a look, I could wear a crew neck over the bottom motifs, but I usually prefer it over bare skin (easy with a button down shirt or tank or dress opening. I’m not a matchy matchy person, so I often wear it with verdura belperron corne earrings
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#18,842
DS2006 said:
Happy birthday! The guilloche will get scratched up if you wear it with another bracelet. I personally wouldn't but many do and don't mind the scratches. The Love and JUC are complimentary styles and are very commonly worn together. I am a strong VCA fan, but if you have a Love, I'd choose the JUC to go with it. For myself, I'd get the guilloche to wear alone.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts! i wouldnt mind some minor scratches but if the guilloche pattern will be destroyed over time from the bracelets knocking against each other i definitely have to reconsider! Does anyone have any experience with this?
 
#18,843
Add me to the Magic pendant fan list. I can never make very short necklaces work with my neckline (wear mostly v-neck and they always look odd when I wear a crew), so not sure I will ever get a 10.

Pre-pandemic I wore sautoir necklaces, and I can imagine wearing a 20 more often than a 10. I think the 20 and Magic work well whether I’m casual or dressy.
 
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#18,844
innerpeace85 said:
Thanks for the reply! I completely understand your views on magic pendant. I returned my Malachite magic pendant for this very reason. I had it for about 15-20 days and everytime I tried it on and took pics, I felt it only worked when the chain was doubled. When I wore it as a long chain, it didn’t work on my frame and when I tried different styles like lariat it didn’t feel like my style.

I am not planning to sell the 10 motif(too much loss in resale) but I am going to try attaching another 10 motif and see if I like 20 motif. I tried on 20 motif about 3-4years back and maybe I should revisit the style again.
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i only wear my magic pendant with the chain doubled, but I wear it a lot; I knew when I got it that I probably wouldn’t wear it any other way.

Anabunny said:
I like my mop magic pendent too. I love to wear it short and long double strand(with one round on the neck without going through the loop). The YG catches light across the chest area and has the layered look. I also use the chain to wear other pendants that way. I wanted to get the chalcedony magic pendant so I can have the WG chain but the presence is different, chalcedony is a light coloured translucent stone, still debating...
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ooh, that gives me an idea - has anyone tried doubling the chain without doubling it through the Magic pendant and then adding a different pendant to the top part of the chain so that you are layering the two pendants on the one long chain (does that make sense??)?
 
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Notorious Pink said:
i only wear my magic pendant with the chain doubled, but I wear it a lot; I knew when I got it that I probably wouldn’t wear it any other way.




ooh, that gives me an idea - has anyone tried doubling the chain without doubling it through the Magic pendant and then adding a different pendant to the top part of the chain so that you are layering the two pendants on the one long chain (does that make sense??)?
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I've wore it like this....is this what you mean?

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#18,848
rosebean said:
Hi Sbelle, what's your favorite Magic pendant? I only have Onyx Magic pendent and vintage MOP, thinking about adding another one, or 10 or 20 motif. I love how GMOP looks, but thought GMOP and Onyx color are too close to each other. Any suggestions? thank you!
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It’s funny but my favorites are actually different from what I wear the most often.

1). So I’ll start with my most often worn :
  • white mop yg,
  • onyx yg,
  • onyx wg.
These 3 go with anything and before the pandemic I wore them constantly. (During the pandemic I mostly stopped wearing jewelry because I didn’t go anywhere !).


2). The ones I love the most are :
  • wg pave,
  • malachite yg,
  • chalcedony wg
I don’t wear these as often but LOVE the way they look.


3) And my least favorite is my carnelian. it is the only carnelian that I still own and have only worn it a couple of times .
 
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Fem1014 said:
I am torn between two BTF rings. The frivole pave is absolutely stunning but not sure this is a piece I will feel comfortable wearing casually, to the office, running errands, etc. I also do not love the way it sits on my finger. For the price, it is absurd to purchase and have it sit in a safe. The two butterfly ring, is spectacular as well and think this could be worn more casually. Does anyone have each and could provide any insight

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mikimoto007 said:
Does anyone follow lady.marianaasson on Instagram? I think she is a VCA SA in Brazil. In her stories, she plays a VCA video and it looks like they are releasing the guilloche in WG? I think earrings, pendant and magic - did anyone else see it?
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Yes I do and yes I saw it. It looked like the earrings, vintage size pendant, the magic size pendant and the ring were in white gold however I just don't know if because she was showing a video from another screen if perhaps the color yellow was washed out making the yellow gold appear white? I suppose we could message her and ask? LOL
 
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mikimoto007 said:
Does anyone follow lady.marianaasson on Instagram? I think she is a VCA SA in Brazil. In her stories, she plays a VCA video and it looks like they are releasing the guilloche in WG? I think earrings, pendant and magic - did anyone else see it?
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A WG Guilloche 5-motif bracelet would be amazing to go with the holiday pendant :love:
 
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glamourbag said:
Yes I do and yes I saw it. It looked like the earrings, vintage size pendant, the magic size pendant and the ring were in white gold however I just don't know if because she was showing a video from another screen if perhaps the color yellow was washed out making the yellow gold appear white? I suppose we could message her and ask? LOL
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Yes, I did wonder if it was just the colours on the screen....but I watched it a few times and it definitely looked silver...did you see the bracelet with blue stones also? I couldn't figure out if it was yg or wg. The stone looked like blue agate.
 
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mikimoto007 said:
Yes, I did wonder if it was just the colours on the screen....but I watched it a few times and it definitely looked silver...did you see the bracelet with blue stones also? I couldn't figure out if it was yg or wg. The stone looked like blue agate.
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Looked like blue agate with wg. That’s kind of why I assumed the yellow was washed out? Fingers crossed for the wg! :)
 
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