https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 13:31:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide/page/2#post-333420 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:30:50 +0000 Heather 333420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I missed this thread originally! Malina, you are brilliant (and so patient!) at digging for a deal. Please promise to post a photo when you receive it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-333311 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:17:50 +0000 Anonymous 333311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you have had your eye on #1 for a year then that is a pretty good indication to me that you MUST get it. You will simply never be happy putting on another. You WILL make it work with your real life!</p> <p>~Oooh, I see you bought it....yay!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-333307 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:04:16 +0000 Mo 333307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Rae! I imagine it's easy to forget about my dual climates - it's certainly not the norm. And half the time I forget and stock my closet for just one while I'm living it - d'oh! (wouldn't you know I found out BOTH necklaces are 20% off - I just bought the most expensive for now. Bigger savings </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-333041 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:06:41 +0000 rae 333041@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! I love it when life creates a solution for you. And I had forgotten that you split your time between two climates when I posted before... I am glad you get to try the one you love! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-333021 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:09:30 +0000 Mo 333021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, my lollygagging and dilly dallying paid off! The multi strand went on 20% off sale so it's a full $100 less than original price. Yay! I won't get it for about a week or two (free slow shipping) but still 2 weeks before my birthday, so I'll be able to wear it that night. Time to start planning an outfit around it LOL!<br /> And if I regret it when it comes, I do have 3 days to return and get the smaller tassle one still in time for bday night. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329469 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:32:24 +0000 Lynne 329469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you order both and return one, Malina! Yes, there is the hassle at the post office, but you could get to see them....I do think there's a lot of wisdom in Nancy's comment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329445 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:44:35 +0000 Mo 329445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really just can't decide!! This is so typical - I long for something and just can't pull the trigger. I wish I could try them on in person. They are returnable but I'd rather not do the whole line at the post office thing. You guys all have good and valid points! argh. </p> <p>Part of me thinks #2 for now in FL and #1 at xmas back home. but then that supposes that they'll still be available and it also brings up the similarity factor all over again. sheesh. </p> <p>You'd think with this kind of back and forth thought process, I'd be rich because nothing would ever get bought LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329383 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:20:24 +0000 Marley 329383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite is #1 - next favorite is #2. #3 is too much like the one you already own! If you think that this is going to be your last summer in Florida, then definitely #1 is the way to go (if you're concerned about wearing it in the heat.) But, you've been wanting #1 for years - you have the carriage to pull off a multi-strand statement type of piece - so I still vote #1! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329357 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:43:52 +0000 rae 329357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think #1 would fit your outfits, but I wonder about actually running around in it. A lot of movement may cause the strands to tangle, and I know I cannot wear that much metal when it is hot or humid. With that in mind, I vote for #2, since it still has the same design elements of the one you love. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329354 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:37:46 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 329354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1. It is the one you really love. IMO, jewelry is all about fantasy.</p> <p>Of course this coming from someone trained as a fabricator who likes to make pieces using taxidermy eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329352 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:33:23 +0000 GGB 329352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like #1. It's much more of a statement piece than #2. And a lot more red too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329170 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:01:20 +0000 Aida 329170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love #1 for you, but I'm not considering the heat at all If I consider that, I say #2. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329130 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:41:19 +0000 cloud9 329130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in total agreement with nancylee, she put my thoughts down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329120 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:32:28 +0000 nancylee 329120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is going to sound strange, but it seems that often when I finally buy an item I've been eyeing for a long, long time it ends up disappointing me! It's almost like I'm in love with the "idea" of it rather than the "reality" of it. I'm wondering if this might be the case with #1. Would it be a necklace you would actually wear, or would it end up looking pretty but mostly hanging in your closet? </p> <p>Is it the red you crave, or the multistrand look? If it's multistrand I'd go for #1, but if it's red you want maybe #2 (the toned-down version of #1) is the better choice. I think #3 is definitely too much like the necklace you already own, so I'd knock that one out of the running. </p> <p>Good luck! (I think Angie has a good point about considering the Florida heat!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329100 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:06:45 +0000 MsMary 329100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My personal preference is #2, but I think if you've been pining for #1 for more than two years, you should definitely get it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329092 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:01:41 +0000 Irene 329092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no clue about necklaces because I'm almost never drawn to jewelry -getting there- but I needed to tell you this: every time I see a photo of you, I think of a Grey's Anatomy actress: <a href="http://www.crackpotpress.com/crackpot/images/stories/karen/kim-raver.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.crackpotpress.com/c.....-raver.jpg</a><br /> Is it me or you really look like her? lol</p> <p>PS: I'll still tell you that, for some odd reason -since I am completely tasteless in this area-, I prefer #1. It looks like fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329033 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:44:06 +0000 Angie 329033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote #2. It's just right for HOT Florida. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329027 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:32:46 +0000 Lynne 329027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Malina, your multistrand 'first love' would work brilliantly with all of these outfits. I vote go for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329018 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:20:33 +0000 Mo 329018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, looks like #1 is pulling into the lead. Of course, it's by far the most expensive! But birthday time is rolling around in a few weeks . . . "Oh, honey - look what you bought me!" hee hee</p> <p>Thanks to all of you for your input, and Kari especially for helping me be less abstract and actually thinking through how I'd utilize the piece with my wardrobe. </p> <p>By the by, this may be last FL summer for some years (of course I've said that before!) and so it may be even easier to pair with a wintery selection of clothing once back in Tahoe </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329013 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:14:11 +0000 Kari 329013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh! I don't think I have ever seen that pretty olive dress on you before. I *love* that outfit. I think you should buy necklace #1 now just so you can wear it with that exact combination of clothing. :)<br /> I also like the idea of wearing the necklace with your black turtleneck and jeans, similar to #3, perhaps with a cute jacket and metallic handbag, and letting the necklace speak for itself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329011 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:09:48 +0000 Ginkgo 329011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Go for your true love! Your tops have the larger necklines that will show off the multistrand necklace nicely. And since you're in Florida that's pretty much what you'll be wearing all the time. You can always pick up a more subdued looking necklace, if the one you already own doesn't work out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329006 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:07:11 +0000 annagybe 329006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like #1 followed by #3. But I love big statement jewelry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-329000 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:59:19 +0000 Mo 329000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I might play to Kari's 'what outfits' question, and here is a sample of what I might want to wear a red necklace with: </p> <p>Does that help narrow it down any, or would either #1 or 2 work equally well? I do believe #3 is too close to what I already so it's out of the running. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328998 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:50:14 +0000 CocoLion 328998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think the first one is too fantasy lifestyle for you. You need to wear it with a very simply flowy top, that's how I see it.</p> <p>So, my first choice is #1, my second is #2. I don't worry as much about jewelry going orphan because a) jewelry has a longer life and b) it takes up little space and c) costs less (sometimes).</p> <p>The third looks too similar to the one you already own. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328986 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:23:04 +0000 thimblelina 328986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say go with the first love-at-first-sight necklace and make a commitment to incorporate it into your 'real' life. L </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328976 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:00:36 +0000 Mo 328976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lynne, you just effectively told me to buy them all lol!!! I also like all of them each for their own different reasons. Sigh.</p> <p>And Janet, I know, it's hard to deny the long love affair I've had with the first one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328974 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:59:05 +0000 Mo 328974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kari, thanks for positing the question of what outfits I would wear it with. I know it sound obvious but I sometimes think in the abstract and not specific instances. With the thought of possible outfits now running in my head, many of them would be neutral based and therefore needing that little pop of color. But . . . on closer inspection most of them also would have a hardware detail of some sort and the multistrands could very well end up being 'too much' when paired with zippers or brass buttons or buckles or the like! Hmmm, food for thought. Maybe I *do* need two ha ha ha! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328972 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:54:04 +0000 Lynne 328972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>warning - my jumbly necklace loving filter is on full power :). </p> <p>I love your necklace, Malina, and I love the third - it is similar to what you have, but it has the red and I adore this style. Another option is to have a jeweller add some extra red baubles to something you already have....so FWIW, given my above filter disclaimer, I vote Guess as my first preference, and the multi strand Tom Binns (pic 1) as my second preference- I don't think it's too much at all and the fact that you're still in love with after two years says a lot! And of course, it will be impossible to go wrong with the simpler version of it, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328968 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:48:57 +0000 Janet 328968@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, if you've had that first one in your sights for two years now, I'd say you should go for that one! I like the second, simpler version too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/necklace-help-me-decide#post-328965 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:47:52 +0000 Kari 328965@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really drawn to the elegance of #2, but #1 is gorgeous could be a really powerful stand-alone statement piece if you wore it with something really, really simple. I just think #2 could have more potential to be versatile, so that is something to consider. Would you care to share outfits you would want to wear with your new necklace?<br /> I think your existing necklace is also very pretty - #3 is quite similar to it, and it would be great to add something a bit different to what you already have to your jewelry collection. </p>