I finally get to share a very lengthy but amazing VCA show and tell! A big special thank you to
@BigAkoya and
@DS2006 for all the advice and help a couple months ago with this!! My fiancé and I were in Vegas last week and I had met a SA at the Bellagio boutique the year prior so I had texted her to place deposits for two Onyx 5 motif VA bracelets for the both of us since I knew malachite was not going to happen/had a long waitlist of people who have already paid in full. We went to look at the bracelets on Sunday and they were ready for pickup after sizing on that Thursday. With sizing, for my fiancé he had an extra inch added to his to make it 8.5” and I decided I wanted mine to measure the same as my tennis bracelet which I thought was always 6.75” but was actually 7” so I had her take two links out. Btw,
@BigAkoya sizing was correct, 2 links out for 7” and 4 links out for 6.5” is what my SA told me. 6.5” is too tight and would make it difficult putting on by myself and I like a looser fit with my bracelets, I think it looks more flattering. There was no charge to add links for my fiancés bracelet for those who are wondering and was told any changes are free the first time around so you could ultimately size it anyway you want. I also asked where the links came from if the jeweler had them made since that was a concern for me as I would want them to obviously be authentic VCA and my SA said they always supply the links to the jeweler.
Here’s where it gets interesting. In Vegas, there are 4 boutiques. From the time gap we had between that Sunday and Thursday, we decided to just walk into each one on a complete whim to see what inventory everyone had as my fiancé’s #1 choice was malachite. On Sunday, Wynn had one malachite but it was sold from someone who had already paid in full. We were able to try it on but I wasn’t a fan of the stones they were too light in my opinion. On Tuesday, we go over to Crystals around 4:00 pm and ask if they had anything in VA malachite. The SA that helped us actually I think there were some in our shipment about 25 mins ago!!!!! I was shocked!!! He goes to the back and not only does he bring out one VA 5 motif in malachite, but another with pave diamonds and even the VA pendant!!! We couldn’t believe it! Two to choose from that were actually available!! We were stumped because obviously we couldn’t cancel/return the onyx since they were being altered so we sat in the boutique for about 30-45 mins trying to make up our mind. It didn’t take long because the SA next to our’s said she just got a text from her client looking for the malachite with pave and guilloche with pave bracelets so my fiancé ended up ultimately choosing the malachite with pave diamonds! I still regret not buying the regular malachite bracelet as it was so beautiful but I had already purchased the onyx and couldn’t justify making another purchase so soon. The malachite bracelet will arrive tomorrow so I will share more pictures once it arrives but here are some pictures of our goodies that we picked up.
Experiences at both boutiques as well as Wynn were absolutely amazing! I understand some like to buy online for the return policy, but I am 100% someone who loves buying in the store for the experience, it’s just as exciting to me as the actual item! Something the SA we bought from at Crystals said which I found to be interesting is that since we’ve made purchases in Vegas now at two different boutiques, we are put at a higher priority for finding/buying items that are HTF, etc than those across the country even though we live in FL. Not sure how true this is but that’s good to know! Know down the slippery slope of VCA, we go! Couples who shop together, stay together! ❤
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I would want something special for that gift and it would HAVE to contain diamonds. I went to Cartier to play around with my stack and fell in love with the thin Love in WG pave diamonds and thought this looked absolutely stunning too. But for $29,300, I feel like I almost would rather go for the full diamond VA 5 motif in WG or YG. Those bracelets are stunning and I feel like you get more diamonds for the money. I would need to look at the ctw to compare though, but VCA looks more substantial with their diamonds.
