https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:57:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6759 Tue, 13 May 2008 02:38:14 +0000 Angie 6759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good question. An inch sounds like a lot. Perhaps half an inch? Exactly. Wear the clasp to the side. </p> <p>College ring sounds super. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6720 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:11:08 +0000 Nicole 6720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ps. Angie, Thanks for telling me to wear the clasp in front. I wouldn't have known to do that. Do I wear it off center? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6719 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:10:02 +0000 Nicole 6719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One question:</p> <p>The strands are not exactly the same length. One strand hangs a good inch or two lower than the other. Should I keep that distance? Should the lower strand only be slightly longer, so the two strands touch? </p> <p>This is a good excuse for me to have another piece of heirloom jewelry repaired. My mom gave me her College ring--it's a rectangle shape black onyx, set in a gold frame with her school's insignia MSD--Modern School of Design. Let's see my mom will be 80, so the ring must be 58 years old. The the back of the ring is split. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6707 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:14:48 +0000 Angie 6707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BEAUTIFUL. The length would drive me crazy too. My suggestion would be to choose your length and have them shortened by a professional. It’ll be worth every penny. This is a piece that you can eventually pass down to your daughter, Nicole. I’m thinking not quite choker length, but a little longer than the necklace that you were wearing with the Esprit top today to do the clasp which you will wear in front, justice. </p> <p>I’m so glad that the pearl strand is double. It has absolutely saved this piece from looking matronly. Now it’s got a stylish and pukka vintage edge which is precisely what you want. </p> <p>Ps. I’m metric too and still battle with feet and inches </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6701 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:53:32 +0000 Julia 6701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's such a beautiful necklace! I like Steph's idea to have it shortened if it's too long for you. You can also make earrings out of the extra pearls. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6692 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:05:00 +0000 Steph 6692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole,<br /> If you really want them to be choker length, why not take them to a jeweler and ask to have them reknotted? You can tell them the length you want the pearls to be. This means you will end up with extra pearls. With those you could either ask them to add a third strand to the necklace (if there are enough), or you can do something else with the extras. I had a pearl necklace shortened and then I asked a jewelry designer to take the extra pearls and make a bracelet for me--basically a chain bracelet with the pearls hanging off at even intervals throughout the bracelet (I hope that makes sense--I have since learned how to bead and manipulate wire and could now make this bracelet myself). </p> <p>It sounds like these are just too long for you, so that would be my solution. Once my pearls were shortened I started wearing them a lot more. It's like getting your pants hemmed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6679 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:18:54 +0000 Nicole 6679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, so I'm at a loss as to what to wear with these pearls. Mostly because of the length...26". I have long necklaces that I wear long or doubled up, and I have short necklaces that I prefer. But this 26" length is kind of annoying. If I wear anything but a high neckline (something I rarely wear), the lower strand falls into my cleavage. Any suggestions? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6678 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:15:19 +0000 Tanya 6678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't worry Nicole, since I was born&#38;grew up in Europe we exsclusively used the metric cystem there. Now I'm having troubles with all the feet and inches here.<br /> And don't get me started on the temeprature conversion, that one I still have to look up every time even tough I've been here for 6 years! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6675 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:08:36 +0000 Ana 6675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I forgot, too. I had to look it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6674 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:06:12 +0000 Nicole 6674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never got that whole metric thing. I remember in grade school being told that we better learn it cuz it was the way of the future. That sent me into a panic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6673 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:58:39 +0000 Tanya 6673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very pretty pearls Nicole, but I know nothing abot pearls so i can'r say anything on the authenticity. And, btw, 7/10 of a centimeter is 7 mm (1mm is 1/10 of a cm). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6672 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:56:09 +0000 Ana 6672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think those are 7 mm pearls, Nicole. 1 cm = 10 mm. </p> <p>I like the look of them. The clasp is interesting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6667 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:34:41 +0000 Nicole 6667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for that helpful link and info Shiny. Here's a photo of the pearls...</p> <p><a href="http://s289.photobucket.com/albums/ll230/Nichripar/?action=view&#038;current=5-12005.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://s289.photobucket.com/al.....-12005.jpg</a></p> <p>If you scroll thru my photo bucket there's a full shot of them too.</p> <p>I have no idea how to measure pearls. I tried usin the CM side of a fabric tape measure. The diameter is 7/10th of one centimeter. Maybe our inhouse math gurus, Tanya and Ana, know how to equate that into mm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6653 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:51 +0000 shiny 6653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tips for distinguishing real vs fake pearls:</p> <p><a href="http://stanpauljewelry.com/articles/cultured_Natural_Pearls.html" rel="nofollow">http://stanpauljewelry.com/art.....earls.html</a></p> <p>I have three strands of real (cultured) pearls, and a couple fake ones. One strand was a high school graduation gift from my father (my first real jewelry); one I bought myself (black pearls); the third was a gift from a very good friend (double strand of minimotos from Japan- beautiful!!). </p> <p>The biggest difference is that fake ones don't have the same sort of glow to them. Real pearls improve over time, the more you handle them, they pick up your body oils. They get prettier and prettier the more you wear them and the older they are. The pinkish hue you describe, makes me think these may indeed be real. Fakes tend to look more uniform in color and don't have the same depth. Hard to describe. </p> <p>The double knotting between pearls is a good sign - if they're fake, it is a quality fake!</p> <p>It is quite possible you have a real strand of pearls, but the clasp was replaced long ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6652 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:53 +0000 Julia 6652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That makes sense, thanks Angie! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6650 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:24:11 +0000 Angie 6650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julia, as much as I’m attracted to the giraffe clasp, I feel that the longevity of pearls lies in their colour - white. Of course, one can have multiple strands of pearl necklaces, but if you are after one. I’d keep them white. How do you feel? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6643 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:46:19 +0000 Julia 6643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're right Ana, giraffe is my animal. With $150 a piece, I'd better be able to wear it with multiple outfits for many years. Thoughts on that Angie? And Nicole hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread but you always have good topics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6627 Mon, 12 May 2008 05:05:00 +0000 Angie 6627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a pearl girl. (Thank you for remembering). One needs to get the right pearl pieces though. Do you think that you could measure the diameter of the pearls and post a picture of them? This will help a great deal. Julia has her thinking cap on. Super suggestion! </p> <p>( you have 7 sisters??? You Mum was VERY busy) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6614 Mon, 12 May 2008 02:48:06 +0000 Ana 6614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh! I love the double strand bead necklace and bracelet with the flower (I'm partial to cream and coral, hee hee), and the giraffe is super cute! That's your animal, right Julia? I have a hard time figuring out how to wear long necklaces, just because I never have.</p> <p>I'm not sure how to wear the necklace Nicole, I'm sorry. I know Angie will know what to do, though. I don't think it really matters whether the pearls are real or not if you like the necklace and they aren't gaudy or bad imitations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6610 Mon, 12 May 2008 02:32:16 +0000 Julia 6610@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole, it sounds like a wonderful necklace. Can you post a picture of it? I'm sure our pearl Queen Angie would give you loads of advices.</p> <p>I noticed that JCrew has several cute double strand pearl-like necklaces/bracelets. I wonder if they are good buys that can last for a long time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod96997171&#038;catId=cat302270" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/p.....=cat302270</a><br /> <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod92689171&#038;catId=cat302270" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/p.....=cat302270</a><br /> <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod96995171&#038;catId=cat302271" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/p.....=cat302271</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ive-inherited-some-pearls#post-6597 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:30:28 +0000 Nicole 6597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, I inherited them years ago, from my husband's grandmother. I had lent them to my mother for a special occasion and then completely forgot about them. While visiting her today, she told me she wanted me to take them back. (I have 7 sisters and she's afraid she'll forget which daughter lent them to her.) </p> <p>So, I don't really know squat about pearls...I don't even know if they are real. If they are not real, then they are good quality fake. They are a double strand, one strand a little longer than the other and the overall length is about 26". They have a very slight pinkish hue to them. They are knotted between each pearl. The clasp has no markings and does not seem to be real gold. The clasp itself looks like a crown, with fake diamonds and tiny pearls in a pattern. This clasp has led me to beleive they are not real--I'd think real pearls would have a real gold clasp.</p> <p>The longer strand falls into my cleavage. I wish they were choker length, I'd be more likely to wear them. I have to be honest, I never would have considered wearing them. But knowing what I know now..and knowing that pearls have a high AAR, I'm reconsidering.</p> <p>So, any ideas would be appreciated. Also, should I take them to a jewler to determine if they are real? I mean, I don't know why I would need to know that...other than insurance purposes. </p>