VCA ~ Van Cleef Arpels Discussion thread!

[texasgirliegirl]

Thanks Texasgirliegirl for your feedback. I'm (slowly) getting used to their size and like your idea of keeping things simple without a necklace. Curious though if you have a particular set of earrings you find goes best or you use most with the 10 or 20 motif, as I'm still saving up for the onyx necklace, 10 motifs at a time.

I wear the frivole earrings with my vintage necklaces most often.
Next often I'll wear diamond studs.
I love the perlee hoops with the VA necklaces. They have the same beading as the necklaces and are the perfect compliment without being too matchy. The small size is larger than a quarter and they are relatively reasonable price - wise.
I do have matching earrings for most of my necklaces but I prefer not to match the earrings to the necklace.

 

[texasgirliegirl]

After lurking this topic for a long time, finally I have my chance to post my very first vca piece. Here comes the vintage Alhambra onyx pendant. Special thanks to texasgirliegirl and sweet ladies here for helping me what to get as I am so indecisive

This looks absolutely beautiful on you !!
It's perfect !!! Great choice!!
Are you pleased ?

 

[texasgirliegirl]

Thank you so much MYH, kimber418, bougainvillier, phillj12, cung, ChaneLisette, texasgirliegirl and kim_mac, for all your helpful insights. After thinking about it I went ahead and bought both pairs of earrings. DH was ok with me getting all three but I'm trying to resist.... As hard as I try I think resistance is futile... I think I might hop back into the store tomorrow for the necklace!! Oh please someone stop me! I feel so guilty and delighted at the same time!!! Argh!

Which ones did you get ?

 

[texasgirliegirl]

Sorry I'm more of an enabler than someone who will stop you. hee hee

If the necklace is something you already know you will purchase in the future and DH is OK with you getting the necklace in addition to the other two fabulous earrings then why not get it now? There is no VCA where you live and you are not able to make any purchases until you travel to a country where there is a VCA boutique which might not be that often. And what if the price increases before you get a chance to come back for the necklace?! The necklace is a timeless and gorgeous piece that you will have for years to come.

Allure is right. If you will eventually get it just buy it now and enjoy the necklace. VCA will always have price increases. If DH is on board you should go for it.

 

[phillj12]

Thank you so much MYH, kimber418, bougainvillier, phillj12, cung, ChaneLisette, texasgirliegirl and kim_mac, for all your helpful insights. After thinking about it I went ahead and bought both pairs of earrings. DH was ok with me getting all three but I'm trying to resist.... As hard as I try I think resistance is futile... I think I might hop back into the store tomorrow for the necklace!! Oh please someone stop me! I feel so guilty and delighted at the same time!!! Argh!

I say, "strike while the iron is hot!" If he's willing to get it for you, just get it! I was in a similar situation with a bag and in the end decided to go ahead and get it because, like the others have said, you'll buy it at some point anyhow, so get it before another price increase! Plus if you don't, I really think you'll regret it! Good luck!

 

[Blingaddict]

What a lovely sweet 16 birthday present. I'm sure she will treasure it always!

Thank you boca girl.. From everything that was on offer like a LV never full, Gucci bag etc she choose this without wavering!! Lol!! I've created an expensive taste monster...

 

[kimber418]

Thank you boca girl.. From everything that was on offer like a LV never full, Gucci bag etc she choose this without wavering!! Lol!! I've created an expensive taste monster...

This makes me smile because my daughter got her first piece of VCA when she was 18 years old. It was a turquoise vintage alhambra pendant. She has treasured it for many years now and still loves it like the the first day she received it. She wore my frivole earrings on her wedding day and loves to borrow my 20 motif necklaces whenever she comes to visit us.

 

[ShyShy]

Sorry I'm more of an enabler than someone who will stop you. hee hee

If the necklace is something you already know you will purchase in the future and DH is OK with you getting the necklace in addition to the other two fabulous earrings then why not get it now? There is no VCA where you live and you are not able to make any purchases until you travel to a country where there is a VCA boutique which might not be that often. And what if the price increases before you get a chance to come back for the necklace?! The necklace is a timeless and gorgeous piece that you will have for years to come.

Thanks to this thread's enabling I've succumbed to all three pieces... I'm very happy I succumbed because as you've pointed out there's no point in waiting just to pay more for the same piece later!

 

[ShyShy]

Which ones did you get ?

Hi TGG, I got all three, the Frivole pave earrings, the 20 motif VA MOP and matching VA MOP earrings. Now I need to be good and live vicariously through this thread for the rest of the year or maybe two if I can hold out. There are just so many beautiful items to fall for its unbelievable! Now I'm secretly glad we do not have VCA in Australia because I'd be hopelessly glued to their shop window...!

 

[texasgirliegirl]

Hi TGG, I got all three, the Frivole pave earrings, the 20 motif VA MOP and matching VA MOP earrings. Now I need to be good and live vicariously through this thread for the rest of the year or maybe two if I can hold out. There are just so many beautiful items to fall for its unbelievable! Now I'm secretly glad we do not have VCA in Australia because I'd be hopelessly glued to their shop window...!

Great choices!!
You will love them forever.
Now you need a diamond clover bangle ( wink wink).
These are timeless pieces. Perfect choices.
Enjoy them on good health!

 

[ShyShy]

Great choices!!
You will love them forever.
Now you need a diamond clover bangle ( wink wink).
These are timeless pieces. Perfect choices.
Enjoy them on good health!

Thank you so much TGG! I had so much fun trying on the cosmos pieces, the magic Alhambra 6 motif pave necklace and the frivole 9 motif pave necklace... Oooh so much to love... Hopefully I will be able to add on to my humble collection in the future!!

 

[texasgirliegirl]

Thank you so much TGG! I had so much fun trying on the cosmos pieces, the magic Alhambra 6 motif pave necklace and the frivole 9 motif pave necklace... Oooh so much to love... Hopefully I will be able to add on to my humble collection in the future!!

Your collection is hardly humble!!
Many people dream of having what you just aquired.
Have you already started thinking about what's next? It's a true addiction, you know

 

[allure244]

Thank you so much TGG! I had so much fun trying on the cosmos pieces, the magic Alhambra 6 motif pave necklace and the frivole 9 motif pave necklace... Oooh so much to love... Hopefully I will be able to add on to my humble collection in the future!!

Yes your collection is definitely not humble. You have some pieces people can only dream of having. The pave frivole earrings and either a 10+10 or 20 motif vintage alhambra yellow gold mother of pearl necklace are both on my wish list but I will probably need to wait a few more years to acquire them as I bought one of my dream pieces not too long ago

I can't wait to see what else you add to your collection. You are already off to a beautiful start

 

[123Isabella]

I wear the frivole earrings with my vintage necklaces most often.
Next often I'll wear diamond studs.
I love the perlee hoops with the VA necklaces. They have the same beading as the necklaces and are the perfect compliment without being too matchy. The small size is larger than a quarter and they are relatively reasonable price - wise.
I do have matching earrings for most of my necklaces but I prefer not to match the earrings to the necklace.

Yes, by my now warped standards, the Perlee are a basement bargain They looked bigger but a quarter seems like a perfect size! Thanks yet again for you amazing advice!!!

 

[123Isabella]

Oh darn. I just tried to order the Perlee YG small hoop earrings (after being enabled by TGG) and they seem to be completely out of stock in Europe (: I hope they haven't been discontinued! I don't have any hoops and I think they'd go perfectly with the 10 Motif Onyx vintage necklace I just ordered. But maybe it's a sign I should cool it for 2014...