I love Mikimoto pearls! Truth be told... even though this is the VCA forum... Mikimoto pearl strands are my true love. I have four strands, earrings, bracelets, and you are right... no comparison to Chanel fake pearl strands. Their pearls just glow.
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I literally just received my first Mikimoto (I picked up the comme des garçons collab necklace) and I am in love!!
I’ve been on a Cartier binge lately! I don’t own any VCA yet
I also really love jewelry from Hermès and Chanel’s costume jewelry.
I also really love jewelry from Hermès and Chanel’s costume jewelry.
Thank you so much.
Is there anything that doesn't look just perfect on you? I'm sorry to say but the WG looks lovely on you.And these flowers look lovely interspersed among the bangles. I do see the blue sapphires next to the magic. They don't look too different in size. Are those sapphire ones the smallest size?
Thank you for sharing the WG pair in the large (regular) size. They look about the same size as small frivoles. Can I ask how heavy the feel on you? And I wanted to ask which retailer carries them for you. NM over here does not carry them actually, which is a disappointment. I am going to hunt around for some jewelry stores that may carry them. I can think of two to try. But NM and Saks online do carry some, and I'm not opposed to trying them. I'm looking for something smaller than the small frivole, but bigger than the mini... Do you think the small version of the petit garden fit the bill? Thank you.
I took a pic of me wearing the small rose gold size earrings ($3800). I tried a few pieces at Bloomingdale’s. Neimans and Saks also have them online and maybe in some stores? Bloomingdales has a great promo now with the loyallist program (until Feb 15) where you get back a $50 reward card for every $200 you spend on select regular price fine jewelry. I have the earrings on hold as I’m debating to purchase them with the reward cards I earn for purchasing a Pasquale bruni ring (it’s ordered and on the way to my local bloomies). I have the VCA white gold pave frivole and I can try to take a pic comparing the small rose gold pave PB earrings to the VCA white gold pave frivole ones side by side when I go back to Bloomies. To me, the PB earrings I tried on are larger than the vca mini frivole but a little smaller than the vca small frivole. The small PB earrings felt pretty light on my ear - definitely lighter than my vca ones. I’m also debating if I should have the store order the next size up of the PB earrings for me ($6000 size) to compare. If you are considering these earrings, then I would definitely consider taking advantage of the current Bloomingdales Loyallist promotion (purchase of $3800 earrings would yield $950 in reward cards)
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This is a really helpful picture. Do you have a picture of one size up in earrings? Wish I was in the USA to take advantage of the promo. May I ask which ring you have ordered?
Thank you so much.
Is there anything that doesn't look just perfect on you? I'm sorry to say but the WG looks lovely on you.
Thank you for sharing the WG pair in the large (regular) size. They look about the same size as small frivoles. Can I ask how heavy the feel on you? And I wanted to ask which retailer carries them for you. NM over here does not carry them actually, which is a disappointment. I am going to hunt around for some jewelry stores that may carry them. I can think of two to try. But NM and Saks online do carry some, and I'm not opposed to trying them. I'm looking for something smaller than the small frivole, but bigger than the mini... Do you think the small version of the petit garden fit the bill? Thank you.
@allure244 great pics! I love them on you. Unfortunately even working with two boutiques (Mitchells, I've listed all the affiliated locations, and London Jewelers) what they have is limited - they can bring things in, but I feel odd asking to bring in pieces I'm not interested in buying. The thing is, I'm sure my earlobes are bigger than yours - but then again, I don't know what size anyone's earlobes are
@lynne_ross I'm pretty sure the flower in the larger hoop is the same size as the wg ("larger") pair. I will assume the flowers in the smaller and larger hoops are different sizes, but I don't think the flower in the smaller hoop is the same size as the smaller flower stud. I normally would just assume that the flowers are standard sizes for the larger and smaller pieces, but I didn't see a huge difference between that part - on the smaller hoops, I didn't like the size of the hoops but the flower size didn't bother me. I also "plugged in" the white flower stud on the smaller hoop and it wasn't that much bigger. I will try to get back to London (which has the smaller hoop and the wg "larger" flower studs) and take pics again.
@EpiFanatic thank you so much for the kind compliments! I generally don't like wg near my face and I was surprised when I put the earrings on. I went through all the trouble of getting the Magic Alhambra Special Order piece in YG just because I didn't like the wg on me at all. Maybe Pasquale Bruni wg is different? I feel like it's maybe a lighter color, or so little of the actual gold is showing, so you're mostly seeing the white diamonds. I loved the wg flower studs on me and they are somewhere down on my list. Yes, the sapphire earrings in the background of the pic is the smallest size.
None of the earrings feel heavy at all, but just bear in mind I'm not particularly sensitive to earring weight (I'm more sensitive to earrings feeling secure on my ears). They're all definitely lighter than Magic 3 Motifs, and the Flower studs are lighter than my Magic Pave earrings.
Here is a link to the store locator: https://us.pasqualebruni.com/apps/store-locator
They are carried by certain NM, Saks and Bloomingdales and then some other US boutiques as well, It's still kind of limited, but maybe you can ask your NM to bring some pieces in?
@allure244 you are so lovely to share these pics and your comments about weight. This helps so much. Truly. Thank you. I am just noticing which places carry these earrings. I would like to try them on if possible, and I think I may start my search next week. I hope to. Thanks for the tips on Bloomingdales. Again, thank you for the pics. It helps me figure out where to start. And the interesting thing is they are both lovely but definitely different in style.
@Notorious Pink Thank you for the tips. I'm going to start calling around. So I'm not crazy. You like the WG on you too right? I'm also obsessing about their rings... dangerous...
Whether or not you're crazy, I can't say
but yeah, the wg Bruni looks good on me, and wg usually doesn't.(Lol I'm totally crazy
)Happy to enable, and feel free to DM me with questions.
@Notorious Pink thanks for all the helpful points! I was not considering the hoop but since removable I like the option.
Also agree the wg pair look great on you. I like how the rg fades with diamonds. I am after wg set for now but might get tempted with rg down the line.
Also agree the wg pair look great on you. I like how the rg fades with diamonds. I am after wg set for now but might get tempted with rg down the line.
Enabling ... the boutique where I shop has some Bruni pieces on sale.
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Unfortunately the store only had limited items and they did not have the earrings in the next size up for me to compare to. I believe the next size up is what Notorious Pink had modeled. The ring I ordered last week for in store pickup is actually the same one that Notorious pink recently purchased. Her gorgeous pictures were definitely enabling. The ring should arrive later this week. I was debating a smaller floral ring at first but decided to order this other ring as I wanted more of a statement piece. Here is a pic of the other ring I was considering. This rose gold ring is the one that is $3800. There is also a smaller version.
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Thanks! Congrats on the ring. Even the small rings are beautiful.
These look great on you! Can’t wait to see the ring you bought. Thank you for posting these bc it is very enabling and helpful for me.
Thanks for the heads up! I bought the blue flower ring. There was only one so hopefully the order will be fulfilled.Enabling ... the boutique where I shop has some Bruni pieces on sale.
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