FWIW these are my daily "basic" earrings that I can wear to business occasions. I will not feel 100% comfortable wearing a lotus to work. If this is any factor in your lifestyle at all.
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I do not understand the love for the socrate, even the 3 flower cluster. Lotus will indeed be stunning.
How did the cosmos compare to the lotus in size? I thought they were about the same but have never compared.
I thought about the Socrate because it looks easy to wear but no, it looks dull.
I didn't take pictures of the cosmos because it didn't look good. I think the cosmos small is more or less similar to the Frivole large earrings. I asked the SA twice just to make sure it's small size as I thought the small was the large size.
I agree, I don’t think there is any comparison between the Socrate and the Lotus. Totally different leagues in my opinion. I think the Socrate are way over priced for what they are (everything VCA is over priced, of course, but it would be hard for me personally to pay the premium for the Socrate).
Interesting. I remember them having big presence but thought same size as small frivoles. Will need to try again.
I am in a work environment that is quite dynamic. A colleague dresses every day like she is going to Latin dancing- it's tuned down version of Latin dress with proper covering up of the body. Some like to wear trainers to work.
I wear my Frivole mini mirror finish and Vintage Alhambra to work and I think they are used to my VA earrings. For a week, I didn't wear my Frivole mini and one colleague found it odd because it seems like something is missing in my ears and I felt the same. So at this point, I might not be too shy to wear Lotus. If it's not Lotus, maybe I will try Vintage Alhambra pave version.
If I want a pair of diamond studs to wear it casual, I think I will just get the Cartier diamant legers studs.
Yes, I recall the same thing - I thought the small frivole, lotus and small cosmos were all roughly the same size (plus or minus a couple of mm).
Maybe the SA got them mixed up? Anyway, I will go to the boutique again after all the craziness of festivals is passed.
Love the original cloverSo I went back to the boutique and tried all three rings again (albeit single row in RG as my SA didn’t have in YG yet). I have come to a decision!
First of all, I decided that whichever ring I get, I do want to wear it on my right ring finger rather than on my middle finger. This rules out the single row as I just can’t unsee it as a wedding ring when worn on this finger.
So, after much deliberating between the original clover and the sweet, I have decided on the original clover ring! My initial thoughts that it was too chunky changed the more and more I tried it on. I went back and forth between the two rings and the more I ‘got used’ to the look of the original, I just love it so much. I have quite long fingers and it just has a bit more presence than the sweet and the design is just so amazingI have always loved the original clover and can’t believe it will be mine!
Next dilemma was sizing… I tried a 54 and a 53, both were comfortable and at first I was leaning towards the 53 as I am so paranoid that the 54 might fall off. I think I’ve now decided on the 54 though to allow for swelling (I was trying on in an airconditioned store but I live in a tropical climate). I would also be worried that my knuckles might get bigger with age… is this a sensible decision?
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I would personally not size up. Losing the ring or it turning around too much would bother me.
Finally opened my onyx rg bracelet and wanted to show all the MTO RG Alhambra bracelets avail for special order. I’m finally done with my RG stack. Now on to WG
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Thanks so much. I was so nervous as I didn’t have a visual from anyone else with RG but I’m so glad I took plunge. I so love my stack. I still need to figure out 10 vs 20 and what stone but I’m not forcing it. I’ll take my time and figure it out.Congrats! Your wrist looks amazing! I am so happy for you!
I think the pendant goes great with the earrings, a perfect match!
If you wore rings, I would say get the Lotus ring, but you may consider that in the future. Then you will have a perfect set of three!
Congratulations on your earrings. They look lovely on you!