I would hold on to the necklace. You might regret it later on when you’re older and ask yourself “why did I let go of that?”, that has happened to me. My husband bought me a beautiful tennis bracelet from Fortunoffs for my 50th birthday. I stopped wearing it and made a double eternity band with the diamonds. I eventually sold that and lost alot of money, now I wish I had my tennis bracelet and it kills me that I let it go. My husband thinks I’m nuts, lol. Keep your necklace!
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I would hold on to the necklace. You might regret it later on when you’re older and ask yourself “why did I let go of that?”, that has happened to me. My husband bought me a beautiful tennis bracelet from Fortunoffs for my 50th birthday. I stopped wearing it and made a double eternity band with the diamonds. I eventually sold that and lost alot of money, now I wish I had my tennis bracelet and it kills me that I let it go. My husband thinks I’m nuts, lol. Keep your necklace!
OY. Okay, sometimes Things have to be done in stages. Here are some options
1. follow Briony’s advice re to restyle or not. If she thinks you will use the earrings as outlined, she probably knows your taste as well or better than we do. . . I’m assuming you asked her about the blue zircon, grey spinel too. She’s the professional after all, and she’s also dealt with clients with all different types of DH or familial constraints. If it was pink gold would you feel better about it?
2. do nothing as per @DS2006 and your own trepidation above. If this is the case, perhaps try wearing it for a week. Layer it with VCA. Over or under a Zimmerman dress. style it with combat boots, heels, ripped t shirts, tank tops. . . Wear it like fashion jewelry. Wrap it around your wrist a bunch of times. Take it as a challenge and see if you can make it work for you. it’s like, if you don’t like broccoli, we’ll there might be a preparation out there that you enjoy, like puréed into a cold yogurt soup so you cannot see the darn florets!
3. Then say to your DH, that after wearing it for a week. you think your taste has changed, and you’d like to restyle (As per @BigAkoya. My DH enjoyed meeting with Briony and being part of the process of creation and recreation. He cannot wait to do it again Lol. And then have Briony recommned, for what you want, it’s better to resell and start fresh. so the recommendation doesn’t come from you. . .
note: TBH, I had a tennis bracelet once (hand me down from a family member when I was in college). I hated it (but it was set in yellow gold and that was anathema for decades) and gave it back. But in retrospect, I could have kept it and broken it down into earrings. . . meh, no. (Simply put, the tennis bracelet reminds me of my mother style or my MILs style both of which are very different from my own)
by the way, I’ve lost and reimagined so many engagement rings, DH and ai cannot keep count. I attained control over the process bc once he threw out an engagement sapphire with the pile of NYT. We cannot remember precisely what happened, but I now have a small stable of rings that i do wear. He now wants to have an emerald cut stone set into gold in that gorgeous chunky fashion that Briony does so well. i haven’t decided whether t9 do that or a fun three stone combo. This year, when we were at bulgari, he turned to me and said he thought a serpenti pinkie ring was cuter than what I normally wore. Et voila, DH’s can changeIt just took thirty plus years
@MyDogTink ah, I should have mentioned one important thing: I didn’t ask for this necklace. He surprised me with it. Fortunately we don’t do that anymore. I think at the time he figured it was something I “should“ have, and it was a good size, so he assumed I’d love it. But to me - I mean, I dont own diamond studs. I guess I would take a pair if they were huge, but, it’s just too…predictable? Typical? I like classic with a twist. Not too edgy, not too masculine, not too basic. This more than anything is probably why I wind up with VCA SOs - they’re recognizable, but just a little different than what everyone else has.
with that said, I will try wearing it. @880 I love how you know me. I will layer it over Zimmermann! I will ask Briony! @A bottle of Red I do like the brooch idea too and will try that.
@Gracilan i remember Fortunoff!
ithanks so much for the group help, everyone!
i bought the dior rose des vents necklace in rose gold/onyx and it came in today -- its gorgeous! so elegant, and the perfect, subtle size. would love more pieces from this collection, such as this ring perhaps https://www.dior.com/en_us/products...se-des-vents-ring-pink-gold-diamonds-and-onyx
This is so fun coming up with ideas for someone else’s jewelry! are you at all interested in buton d’or bc perhaps Briony could take inspiration from there. here are the buton d’or earrings I thought I’d get, but then I took a hard left turn at Bulgari lol. . .
Or, I was thinking of @A bottle of Red ’s idea of a clip. . . I think this is a Belperron torsade; it could even be a clip for your hair. . . And, of course you can get it set in yellow or RG and get cabochon beads from anywhere. . .
I actually love Bouton d’Or - it’s such a stunning look, I could be wrong but I vaguely recall Natalie Portman portraying Jackie O a few years back and she had something vaguely similar in a scene and I had to find out what they were (found them - by Piaget - https://theadventurine.com/culture/movies-tv/the-dramatic-jewels-worn-by-natalie-portman-in-jackie/ ) It a similar look. Love the torsade too !!!
I second Picchiotti! I have two other diamond bracelets, but they'd become a pain to put on. At my age, expandable is the way to go. I bought mine during a NM trunk show, but now I think they're part of regular inventory. Highly recommend.
Thank you for the fabulous article! I could imagine you in the earrings and @BigAkoya with Natalie Portmans big swinging necklace
Did Jackie O wear a lot of piaget? Bc suddenly I realized, that may be why my grandmother had several Piaget jeweled watches
is there such a thing as an expandable tennis bracelet with beaded edge or mixed with color; maybe that would work
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I keep seeing ads on my phone for mikimoto's bow jewelry - Jeux de Rubans.
Not all the pieces have pearls, just diamonds so you might like it
Cavalier Girl, hello! I think you are a fellow VCA fan, do you find that the Picchiotti pieces work well with VCA signature and pearls of gold, clover etc? If so, would you mind sharing the style names? I am, shall we say, getting up there and I am no longer buying bracelets with clasps, I LOVE the idea of an expandable diamond piece to add to my stack of VCA bangles!
For anyone interested in buying other designers lol, Kwiat and Fred Leighton sale starts sept 10 at soiffer haskin (see link for location and other info) https://soifferhaskin.com/sale-schedule/
@BigAkoya, I forgot if I’ve asked you if you’ve tried Dior jewelry (only two blocks north of VCA lol). i tried on the Dior pave diamond bracelet (76K) from their modern collection for the second time (First pic below) This will be on my short list as DH liked it too; at this rate, I may not get back to VCA for a while lol. But, I mention it here bc I think the Dior bracelet could conceivably be a nice contrast to your VCA lotus earrings. To get the Dior bracelet on, you just push the opening onto the narrow part of your wrist and it gives enough to get it on, similar to the Bulgari serpenti.
@Notorious Pink, my mom and I were discussing how to style a graduated riviera necklace bc I was looking to borrow her riviera necklaces, tennis bracelets and an emerald ring for a more diamond intensive deco WG look to wear with a Dior cocktail dress. If you pile on other stuff (here with a rectangular cut Riveria and my tahitian pearls; then with moms tennis bracelet, and emerald ring, the effect is a bit more chanel than Dior, so it may not work. At the end of the day, depending on which outfit, I may just end up wearing the emerald ring and earrings. Or just piling on SS pearls, no gemstones
@BigAkoya, I forgot if I’ve asked you if you’ve tried Dior jewelry (only two blocks north of VCA lol). i tried on the Dior pave diamond bracelet (76K) from their modern collection for the second time (First pic below) This will be on my short list as DH liked it too; at this rate, I may not get back to VCA for a while lol. But, I mention it here bc I think the Dior bracelet could conceivably be a nice contrast to your VCA lotus earrings. To get the Dior bracelet on, you just push the opening onto the narrow part of your wrist and it gives enough to get it on, similar to the Bulgari serpenti.
@Notorious Pink, my mom and I were discussing how to style a graduated riviera necklace bc I was looking to borrow her riviera necklaces, tennis bracelets and an emerald ring for a more diamond intensive deco WG look to wear with a Dior cocktail dress. If you pile on other stuff (here with a rectangular cut Riveria and my tahitian pearls; then with moms tennis bracelet, and emerald ring, the effect is a bit more chanel than Dior, so it may not work. At the end of the day, depending on which outfit, I may just end up wearing the emerald ring and earrings. Or just piling on SS pearls, no gemstones
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Thanks for sharing the photos. Please tell mom she has nice bling and tell her I especially love her emerald ring. As you know, colored gemstones are really my thing, and I love her emerald ring. Just gorgeous.
On what third piece to go with my Lotus ring and earrings...
I'm not really a diamond bracelet gal anymore. I've had two diamond bracelets. I got sick of my first diamond bracelet and thought it might be the carat weight was too small. I upgraded thinking I would love the bigger diamond bracelet. I wore that bigger bracelet for a while, and after a while, I got sick of it too and felt it looked too plain. So.. I realize I just don't like the simple diamond bracelet style for me.
What I will probably wear with my Lotus ring and earrings to stay in the VCA family is the WG Clover bangle. I'll probably get the WG Clover and be done with it. That will be the 3rd piece in my "Lotus set", even though it's not Lotus. As you know, the Lotus collection is very limited and does not have a bracelet option.
Speaking of the Lotus earrings... I totally forgot about them until you just brought this up. Still waiting on them... they were sent in to swap out for a thinner post and loosen the clips a few weeks ago. Probably COVID delays as with everything else these days. I won't bug my SA; everyone is frustrated about delays these days.
You should for sure get perlee clover in wg. It will go with both your lotus and frivoles set. I am finding it difficult to focus on or build sets since I have pieces or plan to have pieces with all 3 gold colours. My collection is all over the place and I am finding I want to repeat pieces in other golds to build sets.
