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What's your unpopular jewelry opinion?
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My mom is the same for bags. She takes out her YSL SDJ or Loulou only on special occasions a few times a month. Otherwise, it's always the Chloe Georgia which is a style I personally miss.
I’m in the Midwest (USA), and it was always normal to pierce baby girl’s ears here too. I didn’t know it was taboo. I have 2 sisters, and all 3 of us had our ears pierced when we were little. And so did most of the friends I had growing up. I have 1 daughter, and we did wait until she asked to have her ears pieces when she was 10 year old. But it wasn’t because we were against it; it was more that we just never got around to it when she was younger, and as she got older we figured we’d just wait to let her decide. It’s still really common here to pierce baby or toddler girl ears. I personally don’t know anyone that’s upset or offended by it.
Oh, I’ve seen people really offended. I’ve been told that babies are already cute and don’t need embellishments, and a university classmate told me it was antifeminist to pierce ears.
I can see their points, but sometimes when it’s tradition you just do it. And if I had my girls today I would still pierce their ears.
The sticking of diamond pavé on any available metal is the worst jewelry trend of the last 50 years. I’m not taking about pavé that’s a thoughtful part of a design but rather the sticking on of low quality stones just to say it’s a diamond piece. A pain to keep sparkly, their minuscule prongs drop stones, and they often appear an afterthought to the design. So many all metal or semi precious pieces would stand beautifully on their own.
Ha! i just this year got into rose. I was forever a YG fan!
Social media “influencers” who collect van cleef vintage jewelry like Pokémon cards - every possible color combo of rings, earrings, pendants, necklaces and bracelets. They appear to collect just to amass and flex on social media. It is excessive, shows complete lack of style and taste, and they seem to have some kind of shopping addiction and you wonder what void they’re trying to fill.
This is more about watches, but I'm starting to prefer quartz over automatic watches these days.
I wear my Cartier and Tissot watches more than my Rolexes and am considering selling the Rolexes but don't want to make a hasty decision so I'll think on it.
I wear my Cartier and Tissot watches more than my Rolexes and am considering selling the Rolexes but don't want to make a hasty decision so I'll think on it.
I prefer quartz because they are low maintenance when it comes to servicing and not having to change the time when you don't wear them for a day or two.
Yes I hate the winding too!
I don’t remember if I have said this unpopular opinion before…sometimes I wish people buy jewelry from local shops too and not shop at luxury/branded jewellery only. there are so many beautiful pieces out there that is not VCA or Cartier or Bvlgari. But many people don’t seem to want to shop around and compare. Just get the safest option--luxury brands. as a result, eeeverybody wears the same thing ; Love ring/bracelet, alhambra, serpenti, etc.
This is my favorite thread here, thanks for being such a good read! Here are my unpopular (?) opinions -
Obviously, no offense should be taken and I think everyone should enjoy their jewelry however they want to.
- It has definitely passed its peak of its popularity, but I love rose gold. I also love yellow gold but I recently came to understand that I have cool undertones; I am very pink and yellow gold actually looks downright clashy on my skin, especially on my wrists. Rose gold looks like it was made just for me. Rose gold 4EVA.
- I also don't care what's flattering on me and I wear colors that clash with my skin tone because I just love jewelry that much.
- Silver is a precious metal and it's beautiful. It suits a lot of people's style/coloring/clothing but there is a pervasive idea that silver is not as good as gold, and I feel this opinion sometimes has more to do with perceived value versus actual aesthetic opinions. That being said, I am gaga for gold; I love both metals equally and feel like they express different vibes in my jewelry collection. Silver is the moon; gold is the sun. Fun fact, I learned recently that silver was more highly valued in ancient Egypt than gold because it was harder to come by.
- Rhodium-plated silver hides what's beautiful about silver and looks like a chrome car bumper to me. I try to avoid it because it looks "dead" to me.
- I enjoy polishing silver. It makes me feel like I just got a new piece of jewelry.
- The Cartier love bracelet always reminded me of a chastity belt (GROSS) and it turns out it was in fact inspired by chastity belts so my distaste was 100% justified. But I think I understand why it's a popular design because it is very clean and simple.
- Diamonds! Are as common in the earth's crust as talc. (That one's not an opinion, it's actually a fact.) I love diamonds and I think they are so interesting in their formation, but I cannot bring myself to buy them because the mark-up! I am a magpie but I am not made of money.
- This one may get me banned but I have come to really appreciate cubic zirconia, which I used to turn my nose up at. It's an interesting man-made material and it has come so far since the bad old days when it would turn cloudy and yellow after a few years. It's a great material for use in more creative and design-forward pieces.
- It can be more enjoyable to have a sparkly well-cut eye-clean quartz or "semi-precious" stone in an interesting setting than an inferior "precious" stone. I like to wear larger jewelry as I just think it looks better on me and it's much easier to get semi-precious stones for very little money on the secondhand market.
Obviously, no offense should be taken and I think everyone should enjoy their jewelry however they want to.
This is a very interesting thread!
I love all types of jewelry. However, and this my option, and, mine only.
I love fine, high end jewelry. I own a few pieces myself and their lovely. However, growing up in Los Angeles, we had/have what is called the “The Jewelry Mart”. It’s literally miles, and miles of jewelry booths with competitive prices and opportunities to design 1 of a kind pieces.
What rubs me the wrong way is if all of your jewelry is not “name brand” it’s not as valuable? That’s what I’m seeing and hearing and that’s just not true.
As an young adult, I was able to acquire many pieces of jewelry ( and still have some of those pieces to this day ) from The Jewelry Mart over to time has become very valuable and still beautiful. And, whenever I desire a new piece, regardless if it’s diamonds, gold, or sliver The Jewelry Mart is the first place that I go to.
Okay, I’m off my “soap box” ! Thank you for allowing me to get that my chest!
I love all types of jewelry. However, and this my option, and, mine only.
I love fine, high end jewelry. I own a few pieces myself and their lovely. However, growing up in Los Angeles, we had/have what is called the “The Jewelry Mart”. It’s literally miles, and miles of jewelry booths with competitive prices and opportunities to design 1 of a kind pieces.
What rubs me the wrong way is if all of your jewelry is not “name brand” it’s not as valuable? That’s what I’m seeing and hearing and that’s just not true.
As an young adult, I was able to acquire many pieces of jewelry ( and still have some of those pieces to this day ) from The Jewelry Mart over to time has become very valuable and still beautiful. And, whenever I desire a new piece, regardless if it’s diamonds, gold, or sliver The Jewelry Mart is the first place that I go to.
Okay, I’m off my “soap box” ! Thank you for allowing me to get that my chest!
My unpopular opinion is that I prefer old school jewelry from a family jeweler to brand names. To me, the jewelry you get from your jeweler is more unique and timeless, whereas the brand name jewelry is more cookie cutter. Additionally, the makeup for the brand is huge considering what you get, whereas you can get a much more substantial piece from your jeweler for the same price. That's my personal opinion though and at the end of the day I love all jewelry in general.