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@Zixi1000 I have tried this bracelet, but I passed. First, I love love Frivole. It's the most beautiful VCA collection to me. The design of the flowers, the 3D, the angles, the hearts as petals… it is second to none.
I have the WG pave BTF ring and the matching WG pave earrings. I like to make sets, so I have been dying to get a third piece to make a full parure. Hence, I've tried on all the Frivole pieces.
My thoughts on this piece is as
@glamourbag said.
I did not buy this piece for two reasons:
First, there is too much chain and not enough flowers. There is a ton of thin chain, so you mostly see the chain. The only reason why you see the flower in your photo is that you positioned it there, centered. It will not stay that way.
Which brings me to the second point... the bracelet is not evenly weighted. This means the heavy large flower cluster in your photo will always drop to the bottom when worn. When I was trying it on, everytime I even slightly moved, the bracelet rotated, and my SA had to keep moving the flower back to the top of my wrist. In real life, your hands are ALWAYS moving.
Yes, you can shorten it and tighten the bracelet so it squeezes your wrist and does not move. For me, that look will just make it look like the bracelet is too tight for you and you have sausage wrists. Link bracelets such as this one is meant to have movement, not be tight like a cuff.
Going back to the chain... do you see how thin it is and how much space there is between the flower cluster? You see more chain than anything.
Hence, it was a big no for me. Some people do not mind and they like the delicate look. That's not me. I like for jewelry pieces to stand out and make a statement. You mentioned you are also looking at the Perlee Clover. I have the WG Perlee Clover, classic size. I love that bracelet.
In case you are looking at the Frivole WG pave collection, I dug up two old photos and reposted them.
The first photo is the bracelet with the Frivole WG BTF ring, but the snapshot is taken a bit further away than your photo so you can see my arms. The bracelet looks wimpy for my preference. Even with the large flower cluster positioned at the top, you can see it is mostly chain. You do not even see the other flowers, unlike the 5-motif VA bracelet where you see multiple clovers at the top.
The second photo is just a snapshot of the other Frivole WG pieces so you can see them side by side for comparison (in case you have not seen all the pieces together). The bracelet below the Frivole bracelet is the Palmyre. My SA brought in that piece as he had a hunch I would not like the Frivole bracelet, which he was correct.
Related, VCA recently released the Frivole bangle in WG pave. I tried on that bangle style in YG. It was not yet released in WG pave, but my SA wanted me to try it on for the style to see if I might want a WG pave one. The bracelet itself is very nice, and I love bangles, more so than link bracelets. I passed on the WG pave bangle because it's an open bangle. There is a gap at the top, which I did not like.
I buy jewelry for me, so I like to look at my pieces (I love rings and long necklaces). For a bracelet, the viewable space is mainly limited to the top of the arms when glancing. To have a gap at the top, to see skin, that's not my idea of a bracelet, so I passed. You might like that open bracelet look, so if you try it just pay attention to that gap.
Hope this helps, and good luck in your decision. Jewelry is 100% preference, so if you love it, that's the only vote that matters.
I love love love Frivole. The 3D design of the flowers is pure art. I do vote to build a Frivole collection!
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