VCA ~ Van Cleef Arpels Discussion thread!

[babygirl416]

YES! With my love bracelets. It’s so sad - After years of 24/7 365 wearing. It was at the end of my pregnancy and my wrists were swollen. I developed a rash. I took them both off wg and yg and the rash went away. I tried to just wear the yg one but got a rash. I waited over a year and then put them on and got another rash. So I started wearing them a couple of days and then taking them off for a few weeks at a time breaks. I don’t really wear them much now. Although I put them on a week ago and there’s no rash yet so maybe it went away! I may just give them for my daughter when she gets older.

I got a rash from trying on the white gold with mother of pearl. I am pretty sure it's from the white gold but the sales associate on the phone says it's the mother of pearl. I have a yellow gold necklace from cartier and no rash. I am wondering what is it

 

[Deleted member 626500]

I got a rash from trying on the white gold with mother of pearl. I am pretty sure it's from the white gold but the sales associate on the phone says it's the mother of pearl. I have a yellow gold necklace from cartier and no rash. I am wondering what is it

My guess is that you're allergic to the nickel silver in the white gold. I've never heard of a reaction of mother of pearl. Why don't you google it.

 

[Deleted member 626500]

I don't think you like the matching earrings, but I thought I'd ask just to be sure.
Chalcedony has the categories I want (one 20, two bracelets), but I'd have to SO the VA earrings.
Did you order the earrings? I am thinking no?

That WG set you have it beautiful.

Are the chalcedony vintage alhambra earrings special order? I remember they were part of the regular line. And to answer your question, no, I don't have matching earrings. Instead, I pair these with the small WG perlee hoops.

If you have diamond studs, they'd be lovely with the Chalcedony. Or, if you combine two necklaces and to avoid a special order, you could buy the earrings in WG/Onyx or WG/WMOP--or both! On the other hand, there's the WG Butterfly pave, the lotus earrings or the frivole in WG . . . I know some don't, but I love the mix of the frivole with the alhambra.

 

[BigAkoya]

Are the chalcedony alhambra earrings special order? I remember they were part of the regular line. And to answer your question, no, I don't have matching earrings. Instead, I pair these with my WG perlee hoops.

If you have diamond studs, they'd be lovely with the Chalcedony. Or, if you combine two necklaces and to avoid a special order, you could buy the earrings in WG/Onyx or WG WMOP. On the other hand, there's the WG Butterfly pave, the lotus earrings or the frivole in WG . . .

You know me by now on earrings...
I'm not even an earring person and only buy earrings to match, so matchy matchy they must!
Plus, I really really love matching earrings with a long necklace; it's such a coordinated look to me.
The earrings are available by SO, but they are not part of the stock unless VCA changed it recently. It's the one category of chalcedony that is not part of stock; everything else is regular stock which I find so strange.

I do have diamond studs, but I never wear them. I am also in the camp that does not think Frivole or Lotus looks good with Alhambra, so I never wear either with Alhambra.

I just showed hubby your photo and the other photos recently posted by @LVmom and @rosebean. I had not shown hubby chalcedony in the past, as I have always dismissed this stone.

I asked hubby to "look at the necklace, pause, and describe in one word what you see".
Hubby said "elegant" which was music to my years. I asked him if it was too similar to my MOP, and he said "no, that blue kinda glows, and I like those stripes." (striations )

If you might be in the mood, I would love to see just the MOP and chalcedony together.
I'll be traveling in a few weeks, and there is a VCA, so I'll definitely try and make time to drop by to see chalcedony again.
In the meantime, I'm off to VCA.com to see what other pieces come in chalcedony.

I dream in color, and no doubt, I will be seeing lavender blue clouds in my dreams tonight.

 

[Deleted member 626500]

You know me by now on earrings...
I'm not even an earring person and only buy earrings to match, so matchy matchy they must!
Plus, I really really love matching earrings with a long necklace; it's such a coordinated look to me.
The earrings are available by SO, but they are not part of the stock unless VCA changed it recently. It's the one category of chalcedony that is not part of stock; everything else is regular stock which I find so strange.

I do have diamond studs, but I never wear them. I am also in the camp that does not think Frivole or Lotus looks good with Alhambra, so I never wear either with Alhambra.

I just showed hubby your photo and the other photos recently posted by @LVmom and @rosebean. I had not shown hubby chalcedony in the past, as I have always dismissed this stone.

I asked hubby to "look at the necklace, pause, and describe in one word what you see".
Hubby said "elegant" which was music to my years. I asked him if it was too similar to my MOP, and he said "no, that blue kinda glows, and I like those stripes." (striations )

If you might be in the mood, I would love to see just the MOP and chalcedony together.
I'll be traveling in a few weeks, and there is a VCA, so I'll definitely try and make time to drop by to see chalcedony again.
In the meantime, I'm off to VCA.com to see what other pieces come in chalcedony.

I dream in color, and no doubt, I will be seeing lavender blue clouds in my dreams tonight.

Your wish is my command . . .

The actual appearance is lighter than the photos. Tomorrow, I'll try and take some more photos and see if daylight makes an appreciable difference.

But in the meantime, here are some photos of the MOP/Chalcedony combination. This is a phenomenal combination. It has a quiet elegance, that is so different from much of the Alhambra.

And coincidentally, this combination matches the scarf I just bought. So if you really want to go all out . . .

 

[lvmon]

Your wish is my command . . .
The actual appearance is lighter than the photos. Tomorrow, I'll try and take some more photos and see if daylight makes an appreciate distance.
But in the meantime, here are some photos of the MOP/Chalcedony combination. The is a phenomenal combination. It has a quiet elegance, that is so different from much of the Alhambra. And coincidentally, this combination matches the scarf I just bought. So if you really want to go all out . . .

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That’s a perfect scarf for the MOP and chalcedony. Would you please let me know the CW no? I have the marine colour in the same design.

 

[Deleted member 626500]

That’s a perfect scarf for the MOP and chalcedony. Would you please let me know the CW no? I have the marine colour in the same design.

I bet the marine is beautiful too. This is colorway #10. It has far more depth IRL than it does on the website. The colors are gris clair/bleu pale/blanc . . .

 

[lvmon]

I bet the marine is beautiful too. This is colorway #10. It has far more depth IRL than it does on the website. The colors are gris clair/bleu pale/blanc . . .

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Thank you @Happyish!
Your photo looks much better than the website.
Marine goes really well with dark jeans.

If you don’t mind would love to see MOP and chalcedony necklaces worn together. Thanks

 

[zlauren]

I believe that VCA doesn't use nickel in their white gold alloy? I have a nickel allergy and I've never reacted. Ah, here is it - they use palladium instead of nickel.

 

[tenshix]

You know me by now on earrings...
I'm not even an earring person and only buy earrings to match, so matchy matchy they must!
Plus, I really really love matching earrings with a long necklace; it's such a coordinated look to me.
The earrings are available by SO, but they are not part of the stock unless VCA changed it recently. It's the one category of chalcedony that is not part of stock; everything else is regular stock which I find so strange.

I do have diamond studs, but I never wear them. I am also in the camp that does not think Frivole or Lotus looks good with Alhambra, so I never wear either with Alhambra.

I just showed hubby your photo and the other photos recently posted by @LVmom and @rosebean. I had not shown hubby chalcedony in the past, as I have always dismissed this stone.

I asked hubby to "look at the necklace, pause, and describe in one word what you see".
Hubby said "elegant" which was music to my years. I asked him if it was too similar to my MOP, and he said "no, that blue kinda glows, and I like those stripes." (striations )

If you might be in the mood, I would love to see just the MOP and chalcedony together.
I'll be traveling in a few weeks, and there is a VCA, so I'll definitely try and make time to drop by to see chalcedony again.
In the meantime, I'm off to VCA.com to see what other pieces come in chalcedony.

I dream in color, and no doubt, I will be seeing lavender blue clouds in my dreams tonight.

If you make a visit to the boutique wearing your MOP I would so love modshots of MOP with chalcedony together!! I too think of chalcedony as lavender blue clouds, so romantic

 

[tenshix]

Your wish is my command . . .

The actual appearance is lighter than the photos. Tomorrow, I'll try and take some more photos and see if daylight makes an appreciable difference.

But in the meantime, here are some photos of the MOP/Chalcedony combination. This is a phenomenal combination. It has a quiet elegance, that is so different from much of the Alhambra.

And coincidentally, this combination matches the scarf I just bought. So if you really want to go all out . . .

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Yes please we would love to see your fabulous modshots with these two stones! I love how you style your clothes with your pieces, always so on point and chic. How do you have the perfect color palette for everything

 

[nicole0612]

You know me by now on earrings...
I'm not even an earring person and only buy earrings to match, so matchy matchy they must!
Plus, I really really love matching earrings with a long necklace; it's such a coordinated look to me.
The earrings are available by SO, but they are not part of the stock unless VCA changed it recently. It's the one category of chalcedony that is not part of stock; everything else is regular stock which I find so strange.

I do have diamond studs, but I never wear them. I am also in the camp that does not think Frivole or Lotus looks good with Alhambra, so I never wear either with Alhambra.

I just showed hubby your photo and the other photos recently posted by @LVmom and @rosebean. I had not shown hubby chalcedony in the past, as I have always dismissed this stone.

I asked hubby to "look at the necklace, pause, and describe in one word what you see".
Hubby said "elegant" which was music to my years. I asked him if it was too similar to my MOP, and he said "no, that blue kinda glows, and I like those stripes." (striations )

If you might be in the mood, I would love to see just the MOP and chalcedony together.
I'll be traveling in a few weeks, and there is a VCA, so I'll definitely try and make time to drop by to see chalcedony again.
In the meantime, I'm off to VCA.com to see what other pieces come in chalcedony.

I dream in color, and no doubt, I will be seeing lavender blue clouds in my dreams tonight.

You are correct, chalcedony earrings are still MTO, so fee applies, vintage and magic. We know you are a set person!

 

[nicole0612]

Your wish is my command . . .

The actual appearance is lighter than the photos. Tomorrow, I'll try and take some more photos and see if daylight makes an appreciable difference.

But in the meantime, here are some photos of the MOP/Chalcedony combination. This is a phenomenal combination. It has a quiet elegance, that is so different from much of the Alhambra.

And coincidentally, this combination matches the scarf I just bought. So if you really want to go all out . . .

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This is a very beautiful combination. The mother of pearl brings out the lavender tones in the chalcedony.

 

[glamourbag]

Your wish is my command . . .

The actual appearance is lighter than the photos. Tomorrow, I'll try and take some more photos and see if daylight makes an appreciable difference.

But in the meantime, here are some photos of the MOP/Chalcedony combination. This is a phenomenal combination. It has a quiet elegance, that is so different from much of the Alhambra.

And coincidentally, this combination matches the scarf I just bought. So if you really want to go all out . . .

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Perfection right here!This is beautiful. Ive not seen MOP with Chalcedony before - its a very pretty pairing.

 

[BigAkoya]

Your wish is my command . . .

The actual appearance is lighter than the photos. Tomorrow, I'll try and take some more photos and see if daylight makes an appreciable difference.

But in the meantime, here are some photos of the MOP/Chalcedony combination. This is a phenomenal combination. It has a quiet elegance, that is so different from much of the Alhambra.

And coincidentally, this combination matches the scarf I just bought. So if you really want to go all out . . .

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The scarf goes great with the MOP and chalcedony! So lovely! I will say though, from what I see in your photo, the MOP and chalcedony are very close in shade, but I think it's the lighting as the MOP looks silvery which I have my WG MOP strand to visualize the lighting that makes it look like that.

I can't wait to see more photos!
On scarves... I have tried to do the chic French scarf look (even read that little how-to book) but to no avail. I'm a klutz at scarves and can only admire from a far.

Speaking of scarves and all things French (which I'm a big fan of all things French)... there is a movie called Le Divorce that stars Kate Hudson. It's a shallow movie, but I enjoyed it for the French vibe. The movie is based in Paris, talks about all thing French, and of course you can't talk about French vibe without throwing in H bags and scarves. If you're in the mood for a shallow but fun movie, this is it. The ladies wear many scarves, multiple ways. I saw that movie years ago, but thinking now... I should watch it again one night.