VCA ~ Van Cleef Arpels Discussion thread!
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What are group thoughts on new items to be added to the regular line? I hesitate to SO onyx pave 10 or guilloche pave 10 because I really feel they will be added to the regular line in the next couple of years. Similar to Blue Agate, which was added in a second necklace length after a year or two.
Thank you! Crazy story I wore it to the theater late last year - first time in a public arena and all that. I lost my necklace.
Many calls later with lost and found, the restaurant, the police and my insurance…. Theater Cleaning crew found it on the floor where we had been sitting and returned it.
I have no idea how it fell off. The clasp was in tact, I have long hair and it literally would have had to slip over my hair and off my neck and head
Just so grateful to get it back!
I actually haven't done it yet! I have the solid wg hammered 5 motif that I could wear with the onyx/pave, but I don't want a single scratch on that onyx/pave!
I think lots of people here do wear two together, though. I know @BigAkoya bought a second mop 5 motif specifically to wear with her other one. So I doubt tangling is a problem!
Your collection is gorgeous! I’m such a novice. I didn’t realize that the last pic was the reverse side of the onyx pave. I was about to ask which one that was. Lol. I honestly didn’t know that the back of the onyx motif may not be the same shade of black as the front. I do love this style though. Thank you for showing me. I’m not sure that I can rock the flora ring look but I think the onyx pave bracelet would go nicely with my Cartier pave ceramic Love ring.
I’d be afraid of scratching too. I’m that way with my bangle bracelets. Bought more bangles to stack but never did.I actually haven't done it yet! I have the solid wg hammered 5 motif that I could wear with the onyx/pave, but I don't want a single scratch on that onyx/pave!
I’m hoping the boutique will have good pieces to try on next week.
Don’t mean to stray into the Rolex/watches category in the VCA forum. Just wanted to mention to @marbella8 @WingNut @BigAkoya that I called the Rolex boutique in Honolulu yesterday and the SA said they have not one watch in the store. He said they get shipment sporadically and whatever come in get sold out right away. Between Rolex and VCA, I’m hoping I won’t come home empty handed. May have to pop by Cartier and Tiffany if all else fails. Last August was the same way, I ended up with a couple of small Tiffany pendants because no one had any stock.
Is it the same at the VCA boutique(s) where you are too?
Is it the same at the VCA boutique(s) where you are too?
@nicole0612 your collection is amazing! Thank you very much for the photos, I love your GMOP too. I was actually hoping to get GMOP YG in some point if I ever want to stack my YG MOP
@DS2006 I have the same problem, I was always distant to bracelets because I was afraid to scratch them or my laptop while typing
The stacks look beautiful on photos but I am always wondering how they look when they move down. Btw, as I said before I am also in love with the single 5 motif look. I look at the photos with two bracelets, I get enabled and then couple of minutes later I look at my wrist and I tell myself “but it looks so stunning on its own!” Then my mind begins to come up with all possible excuses to not stack (most of them generally go away pretty quickly) except for one: but VCA also never stacks their 5 motif bracelets on modelling shots. I mean they stack perlee bracelets, rings but almost never the 5 motifs. Not even with a second 5 motif. So I end up with: “see I am not the only one finding them very beautiful on it’s own, even VCA thinks that they have enough presence and they are pretty on their own sometimes I feel like I just spend too much time on wondering what to buy next…
@DS2006 I have the same problem, I was always distant to bracelets because I was afraid to scratch them or my laptop while typing
The stacks look beautiful on photos but I am always wondering how they look when they move down. Btw, as I said before I am also in love with the single 5 motif look. I look at the photos with two bracelets, I get enabled and then couple of minutes later I look at my wrist and I tell myself “but it looks so stunning on its own!” Then my mind begins to come up with all possible excuses to not stack (most of them generally go away pretty quickly) except for one: but VCA also never stacks their 5 motif bracelets on modelling shots. I mean they stack perlee bracelets, rings but almost never the 5 motifs. Not even with a second 5 motif. So I end up with: “see I am not the only one finding them very beautiful on it’s own, even VCA thinks that they have enough presence and they are pretty on their own sometimes I feel like I just spend too much time on wondering what to buy next… 
I love how they look stacked. But 70% of the time, I wear my 5 motifs alone. Each 5 motif has it's own unique personality and beauty. Chalcedony and WG is soft and interesting. Onyx and WG is bold with an attitude. Carnelian and WG is "look at me! look at me!" Well, I also usually wear my bangles (I only have two) alone too, at least 90% of the time. I focus too much on the details and I think I find it harder to take a step back and enjoy the stacked look as a whole. And scratches bother me. Even knowing that it's scratching bothers me, even if I can't see it. So I have all my own mental issues to contend with. I guess everyone is different, and comes from a different place. But I picky enough to want most of my pieces in WG "in case" I want to stack. Ok, maybe lots of mental issues.@nicole0612 your collection is amazing! Thank you very much for the photos, I love your GMOP too. I was actually hoping to get GMOP YG in some point if I ever want to stack my YG MOP
@DS2006 I have the same problem, I was always distant to bracelets because I was afraid to scratch them or my laptop while typing
@Fabfashion There are no Rolex watches at my AD, either. I went in the fall and apparently anything that comes in is already sold to people waiting! I think VCA boutiques are low in stock everywhere, although I suspect newly opened boutiques may have more stock.
That is a miracle! The same thing happened to me 2 days ago with a necklace. I just had a weird feeling and I found it caught in the waistband of my skirt. The clasp has no issues, but I have long, thick hair, I almost wonder if our hair gets into the clasp and somehow releases the latch. In any case; that would be so stressful but I am glad the outcome was a happy one!
Thank you! I should clarify! These are the ones I have strung together to make a necklace out of the pave bracelets.Your collection is gorgeous! I’m such a novice. I didn’t realize that the last pic was the reverse side of the onyx pave. I was about to ask which one that was. Lol. I honestly didn’t know that the back of the onyx motif may not be the same shade of black as the front. I do love this style though. Thank you for showing me. I’m not sure that I can rock the flora ring look but I think the onyx pave bracelet would go nicely with my Cartier pave ceramic Love ring.
I’d be afraid of scratching too. I’m that way with my bangle bracelets. Bought more bangles to stack but never did.
The first photo is face forward pave, the second photo shows one motif of the YG pave and one motif of the WG pave flipped over for comparison.
The third and fourth photos are the necklace combos I have tried: WG onyx pave + WG GMOP and YG guilloche pave + YG hammered. So the backside of the onyx pave is the 2nd photo. The photo I believe you think is the backside of the onyx pave is WG GMOP linked with the onyx pave to make 10. I didn’t want to confuse you.
Yup. Agree with @DS2006 . I would venture to say that ROLEX at retail is the hardest to come by, if all the bigs, Hermes, Chanel, VCA, excluding PP and AP. Best of luck at VCA. Cartier is probably gonna be a good option. Bulgari is often fully stocked.
Focus! Finish up your WG collection. Don't get sidetracked!
No to carnelian and no to blue agate. Get the WG Clover instead. I recall you were considering a diamond bangle or the Clover bangle. I think you will really love the WG Clover bangle. You already have several nice VA bracelets. Bracelets and bangles are very different to me. Go for a bangle next. The WG Clover will go fabulous with your Magic Oynx.That Cosmos oynx BTF. So striking. You don't see it often. I'm saving that photo just in case I cave and decide to get that ring for the oynx set. Thanks for sharing!