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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the PPs who trashed the Alhambra pendant necklace so I guess I owe you my 2 cents.

I have't bought much fine jewelry new and I definitely wouldn't buy any new 'recognizable' designer jewelry as I think it's generally loud/tacky. I also wouldn't wear a LV bag or other obvious logo. I do love and wear my grandmother's Bulgari and Cartier pieces but none are immediately recognizable as those brands. I admit to wearing a lot of Tiffany (heart tags, etc) when it was cool from middle school through college but I wouldn't do it as 40 year old.

I've had quite a few pieces of heirloom fine jewelry restyled by local jewelers. It's a surefire way to get a stunning piece that is meaningful and unique. Of course, not everyone is privileged enough to inherit jewelry. My family has used both Pampillonia and Boone and Sons (Bethesda and Friendship Heights).

I love buying antique/vintage pieces, especially Victorian and 60's pieces. I bid on online auctions frequently but bid conservatively and only win occasionally. My favorite antiques are a garnet pinky ring I wear daily and a filigree gold pendant necklace.

I'm currently designing a 10 year wedding anniversary ring. I'm ordering an elongated cushion cut green lab sapphire three stone ring (with lab diamonds) in yellow gold. I'm ordering from Stag and Finch. Will be about 2-3k.

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So basically PP has generational wealth and looks down on other people who are more obvious about it. Ok.[/quote]

My fave part of that post is "I wore Tiffany in middle school ... when it was cool" but not now. So cringe, and they don't even know it. [/quote]

Eh, I get it. Tiffany heart tags, Elsa Peretti items, and other entry level Tiffany were all the rage for bat mitzvahs when I was growing up. I still associate those pieces with teenagers. Sure it's a private school or wealthy area bubble thing, but this is DCUM after all. [/quote]

100% this. I am not and have never been wealthy but even I remember when it was all the rage for boys in college to buy their girlfriends those Elsa Peretti bean necklaces to show they were serious. I had a boyfriend in my 20s buy me a Paloma Picasso necklace from Tiffany and I still have it (I don't wear it because it's silver and tarnishes the instant I take it out of the bag, but I'm sure my daughters will want it when they're teens).[/quote]

College is a far cry from middle school.[/quote]

I'm the apparently obnoxious (?) PP who prefers vintage or unique jewelry to new, recognizably designer pieces. I realize I'm lucky to have family pieces and I noted that.

To be fair, I said wore Tiffany in middle school [i]through[/i] college. It really was the norm in Bethesda when I grew up.

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