DorotheaBrooke
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Looks great with the lock! How cool to have the different style options. It's like two necklaces in one.
Thanks for the update! I totally understand needing to rein in impulse buys sounds like you have a great upgrade in the works!
I tried the climbers on in the store last fall and found that they kept flipping on me. Pretty as they are I don’t think they work for my ears!
I’m trying to be better about saving up for a few key items on my long term list, the next being a graduated yellow gold bead necklace- a similar look to the Hardwear necklace I have in silver! And I’d really love a rose gold VCA bracelet… if I keep being a magpie I will never build up the bling fund!
Beautiful pearl set! I love classic pieces like these. The luster of the pearls looks gorgeous against your skin.
Regarding the olive leaf hoops, have you tried them on? They are lovely looking , but a word of caution, they are fairly heavy (gram weight) and for me at least, too heavy for comfortable all-day wear. I don't remember the exact weight off the top of my head, but I believe its in the teens, and my own personal threshold is around 8.5-9 grams. I have the Cartier Love Hoops which are 14 grams and I can only wear them for a few hours at a time.
@FL_runner I was coming here to tell you that the Tiffany olive leaf climbers in rose gold were on FP. I remember you wanted them. But I see they are gone now - any chance you snapped them up? I still look everyday, hoping to see the olive leaf hoops in rose gold.
Oh, and I realized that I never posted a follow up to my impulse ring buy. I ended up cancelling the purchase because...it was an impulse! My 20 year wedding anniversary is in two years, so I am planning a major ring purchase for that. I wanted my focus this year to be on buying a necklace to mark 15 years as an attorney - I can come up with an occasion to justify any jewelry purchase. I ended up spending those funds, plus more, on this akoya pearl set (which anyone on the pearl forum has seen already). Bonus Tiffany-in-action shot.
Anyone have a Tiffany update to share? The VCA thread is so active, we need some action here.
Looks great with the lock! How cool to have the different style options. It's like two necklaces in one.
Beautiful pearl set! I love classic pieces like these. The luster of the pearls looks gorgeous against your skin.
Regarding the olive leaf hoops, have you tried them on? They are lovely looking , but a word of caution, they are fairly heavy (gram weight) and for me at least, too heavy for comfortable all-day wear. I don't remember the exact weight off the top of my head, but I believe its in the teens, and my own personal threshold is around 8.5-9 grams. I have the Cartier Love Hoops which are 14 grams and I can only wear them for a few hours at a time.
Thanks for the heads up. That's disappointing to hear. I have tried them on, but for less than a minute. I was enamored by the look and was not thinking about the weight. As a rule, I've always avoided heavy earrings to prevent my holes from stretching. I'll have to try them on for longer next time I'm able to get to a Tiffany boutique.
@FL_runner I was coming here to tell you that the Tiffany olive leaf climbers in rose gold were on FP. I remember you wanted them. But I see they are gone now - any chance you snapped them up? I still look everyday, hoping to see the olive leaf hoops in rose gold.
Oh, and I realized that I never posted a follow up to my impulse ring buy. I ended up cancelling the purchase because...it was an impulse! My 20 year wedding anniversary is in two years, so I am planning a major ring purchase for that. I wanted my focus this year to be on buying a necklace to mark 15 years as an attorney - I can come up with an occasion to justify any jewelry purchase. I ended up spending those funds, plus more, on this akoya pearl set (which anyone on the pearl forum has seen already). Bonus Tiffany-in-action shot.
Anyone have a Tiffany update to share? The VCA thread is so active, we need some action here.
Gorgeous!
I second wanting to see ear shots!
I tried on the YG bracelet in that design and loved it. So glad these earrings "followed you home."
Love it! The design of the earring really echoes and compliments the curls of your hair.
I had the Victoria earrings in medium but I don’t have them anymore… Not sure how much help I can be but feel free to LT or IG me if you’d like!Who here is good at looking at a pre-loved Tiffany piece (online) and telling me if they think it is real?
I don't want to post the link to the piece, because I don't want someone else to buy it (I can't reserve it). But I'd send the link to any of our regular PS crew. Its a Victoria piece. It looks authentic to me, but there isn't any paperwork to back it up so I'm hesitant.
Anyone interested in lending me their eye? I can be contacted through my LoupeTroop listing:
@yssie @DorotheaBrooke @Fabulous50 @Cerulean @Ally T @lovedogs
@FL_runner
I had the Victoria earrings in medium but I don’t have them anymore… Not sure how much help I can be but feel free to LT or IG me if you’d like!
I will say here in public that I’ve been following a Reddit forum called Repladies to see what sort of stuff is faked and what the fakes look like, and the good ones can be horrifyingly accurate. With paperwork and tags and the right stamps and everything and they can even “age” receipts and packaging
That forum is a really fascinating societal petri dish actually. There was a recent thread on buyer decorum… The takehome was “these sellers take huge risks to make and sell and ship these products, customers should be nicer to them”. One individual went so far as to outline that the replica industry is a half-trillion dollar industry that has ties to child trafficking and other illegal enterprises, and sellers can go to jail for what they’re doing, and that she’s so grateful to be able to splurge on nice things (replicas) that she doesn’t need. Like… If you believed you were contributing to an illegal industry that enables child trafficking - for fake purses, not exactly a necessity - wouldn’t you, um, stop? Really bizarre and disgusting juxtaposition of contextual righteous indignance and objective moral vacuum So glad PSers are better than that!
… Anyway… Back to Victoria…
I had the Victoria earrings in medium but I don’t have them anymore… Not sure how much help I can be but feel free to LT or IG me if you’d like!
I will say here in public that I’ve been following a Reddit forum called Repladies to see what sort of stuff is faked and what the fakes look like, and the good ones can be horrifyingly accurate. With paperwork and tags and the right stamps and everything and they can even “age” receipts and packaging
That forum is a really fascinating societal petri dish actually. There was a recent thread on buyer decorum… The takehome was “these sellers take huge risks to make and sell and ship these products, customers should be nicer to them”. One individual went so far as to outline that the replica industry is a half-trillion dollar industry that has ties to child trafficking and other illegal enterprises, and sellers can go to jail for what they’re doing, and that she’s so grateful to be able to splurge on nice things (replicas) that she doesn’t need. Like… If you believed you were contributing to an illegal industry that enables child trafficking - for fake purses, not exactly a necessity - wouldn’t you, um, stop? Really bizarre and disgusting juxtaposition of contextual righteous indignance and objective moral vacuum So glad PSers are better than that!
… Anyway… Back to Victoria…