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#21,556
SouthTampa said:
I so appreciate your viewpoint. You are right, vintage will be a better choice. I am so excited. I have soooo many Chanel necklaces. I am going to consign some so I can make this a reality. I wore just the necklace today to a doctors appointment and while I was waiting on the doctor, I just kept staring at my necklace. It is so pretty! I love Chalcedony. My wardrobe is 90% black, so the white gold and the chalcedony just pops.
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If I may add one more thought...
Each chalcedony stone is a work of nature. Each stone is beautiful in itself.
As you buy your pieces, it may be difficult to get an exact match of the underlying hue. I personally would not stress out about that nor make it the goal. I would look at each piece separately, and if you love the stones in that piece, even if the hue may be a bit lighter or darker, go for it. The goal is to have beautiful pieces that stand on their own.

To me, the look of a bunch chalcedony motifs, each unique works of nature, is beauty in itself.
Just a thought for perspective.
 
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BigAkoya said:
If I may add one more thought...
Each chalcedony stone is a work of nature. Each stone is beautiful in itself.
As you buy your pieces, it may be difficult to get an exact match of the underlying hue. I personally would not stress out about that nor make it the goal. I would look at each piece separately, and if you love the stones in that piece, even if the hue may be a bit lighter or darker, go for it. The goal is to have beautiful pieces that stand on their own.

To me, the look of a bunch chalcedony motifs, each unique works of nature, is beauty in itself.
Just a thought for perspective.
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I agree 1000%. Again, I am always going to think of you as the jewelry whisperer.
 
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BigAkoya said:
If I may add one more thought...
Each chalcedony stone is a work of nature. Each stone is beautiful in itself.
As you buy your pieces, it may be difficult to get an exact match of the underlying hue. I personally would not stress out about that nor make it the goal. I would look at each piece separately, and if you love the stones in that piece, even if the hue may be a bit lighter or darker, go for it. The goal is to have beautiful pieces that stand on their own.

To me, the look of a bunch chalcedony motifs, each unique works of nature, is beauty in itself.
Just a thought for perspective.
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Yes. So much this. Chalcedony and WG do not work on me, but they are so beautiful that I for some time tried to convince myself they did and was very, very temped by a Chalcedony 20, which I still think is one of the most exquisite VCA pieces I've tried on. I even tried to convince myself it would be ok because mostly on top of clothing rather than skin, unlike my chalcedony bracelet, which is also beautiful but I never wear because it somehow both disappears on me and makes my skin look blotchy IMO. Anyway, chalcedony is so beautiful imo and BigAkoya is, as always, right on here. Each stone is gorgeous and don't stress about them matching
 
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ProShopper1 said:
Hi all! I only started my VCA journey last year, but I’m looking to get some more pieces before another price increase hits and I need your help!

I currently have an onyx 5 motif bracelet, onyx single motif pendant, and MOP single motif pendant. I definitely want the MOP 5 motif bracelet, so that was easy lol.

Now this is where I need some advice. I’m going back and forth between the hammered gold and the guilloche (whichever I get I plan on doing the bracelet and pendant).

I want something I don’t have to worry too much about wear wise, which I know will lead me more towards the hammered gold. Does anyone have any pictures of the wear on the guilloche? I’ve read a lot of people talk about the wear but I haven’t been able to find pictures. My only pause on the hammered gold is that I read somewhere on here that the holiday pendants remind them of nipples, and for whatever reason I got it in my head that the hammered gold reminds me of a nipple too. I’ve tried several times to view the hammered gold in store but they have had anything hammered any of the times I’ve went in. They did have the guilloche, and it’s beautiful, I’m just concerned about the wear.

TIA!
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I think I understood right that you are between guilloche and hammered to wear as another 5 with an onyx 5? Some people find onyx harsh, but I find it edgy not harsh. One nice thing about it is that I think it pairs very nicely with edgier or maybe I mean "cleaner" gold pieces. I like onyx more than other stones with Cartier YG, for example. Since hammered is very sort of soft looking, with its soft valleys and rises, I find it a little too contrastive with onyx IMO. Guilloche otoh is also literally edgy with its pattern of engraved lines and is great with onyx.
 
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Anyone have any info on the state of stock levels, particularly in Europe? I’ve been debating buying the mini frivole earrings but there are none online. The VCA rep has offered to make a personal request for me but hasn’t explained how that works, if it costs more and so on. I don‘t “need” them right now but don’t want to wait for months! What to do?
 
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mfa777 said:
Does anyone know if the trace chain is the same as Vintage Alhambra one motif necklace chain? I want to wear them together to achieve double wrap necklace look, like magic pendant ...
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Ms. Mod shot queen... @eternallove4bag
I could use some help please. My WG Clover is lonely, and I've been thinking of a buddy. I don't think I can live with the jingle yet; otherwise, getting a second WG Clover would be the obvious choice.

Clover pieces are so limited, but I have an idea...
I want to wear the Clover ring as a pendant on a long chain. I know it will lay flat and angled, not perpendicular like the little Clover pendant, but that's the look I want. My SA says it's not the intended look, but it will be unique and will be fine (what else would he say). I do need to try it on of course, but I don't have a date for my next boutique visit at the moment (waiting to see if there is a Mother's Day launch of new pieces).

Can you please put your Clover ring on your Magic chain and see how it hangs? Move around, bend over, etc. Does that ring work on a long chain? How is the angle of the ring?

I want it to look like a grown-up version of wearing your boyfriend's big high school / college ring-on-a-chain. If it doesn't look childish, I may get it. I tried doing this with my husband's plain platinum wedding band, and yes, I looked childish, but it's a plain band, so all I saw was metal. I'm hoping the Clover may be different. I do realize you only see the edge of the ring, but I am hoping the glimpses of the Clover from different viewing angles may change the look a bit. Not sure though, and I might be getting desperate for another Clover piece as Clover choices are limited. :biggrin:

If this looks good, my idea is to wear that Clover ring-on-a-chain with my WG Clover bangle, WG Frivole pave ring, and WG Frivole earrings.

If someone has this ring and long chain combo in WG and can mod shot the Clover ring-on-a-chain look in WG, that would be awesome! WG is a cooler look and the metal pops out more. Hence it will look slightly different on a long WG chain with the ring vs. RG. I don't want it to look like a silver chain with a silver wedding band.
 
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BigAkoya said:
Ms. Mod shot queen... @eternallove4bag
I could use some help please. My WG Clover is lonely, and I've been thinking of a buddy. I don't think I can live with the jingle yet; otherwise, getting a second WG Clover would be the obvious choice.

Clover pieces are so limited, but I have an idea...
I want to wear the Clover ring as a pendant on a long chain. I know it will lay flat and angled, not perpendicular like the little Clover pendant, but that's the look I want. My SA says it's not the intended look, but it will be unique and will be fine (what else would he say). I do need to try it on of course, but I don't have a date for my next boutique visit at the moment (waiting to see if there is a Mother's Day launch of new pieces).

Can you please put your Clover ring on your Magic chain and see how it hangs? Move around, bend over, etc. Does that ring work on a long chain? How is the angle of the ring?

I want it to look like a grown-up version of wearing your boyfriend's big high school / college ring-on-a-chain. If it doesn't look childish, I may get it. I tried doing this with my husband's plain platinum wedding band, and yes, I looked childish, but it's a plain band, so all I saw was metal. I'm hoping the Clover may be different. I do realize you only see the edge of the ring, but I am hoping the glimpses of the Clover from different viewing angles may change the look a bit. Not sure though, and I might be getting desperate for another Clover piece as Clover choices are limited. :biggrin:

If this looks good, my idea is to wear that Clover ring-on-a-chain with my WG Clover bangle, WG Frivole pave ring, and WG Frivole earrings.

If someone has this ring and long chain combo in WG and can mod shot the Clover ring-on-a-chain look in WG, that would be awesome! WG is a cooler look and the metal pops out more. Hence it will look slightly different on a long WG chain with the ring vs. RG. I don't want it to look like a silver chain with a silver wedding band.
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Oooh that entire look with the Frivole earrings, clover bangle, clover ring on a chain and Frivole pave BTF ring will be so cool! Since I have the long chain from my magic pendant and the clover ring, I can totally recreate that look! Okay, Deal :drinks:
 
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