Jewelry

[WhateverLolaWants]

On 3/8/2014 smarty said:

Lola, my first DY cable is my 7mm blue topaz bracelet. At the time I thought it was a fortune at $550! My husband got me a renaissance cuff with yellow and green stones for $850 one year for Christmas. Thus the love affair began...before the DY and JR era, I was strictly a gold girl back in the 1980s. Have you seen the DY aluminum pieces? Not wild about them, but my 20 year old wants one.

I remember having my husband return the first DY cable bracelet he got me, due to the price, and I was "strictly a gold girl back in the 1980s" too! My wedding rings are still yellow gold with a platinum eternity band. Last time I had them remade, I debated over going to white metal but decided to stay with the original design, but I often wear the eternity band with two of JR's DMQ ring guards as a wedding set.

I did a search, but no DY stainless came up. ?? I don't really care for stainless as jewelry myself. If hard wear or price were an issue, maybe, but not my cup of tea. I often wonder if the younger ones will continue to develop their own style of dress or will eventually come around to the older generation's. Clothing styles are certainly "casual-ing down" (my poor term for it), and I recently read that mens' suit sales are down 40%.

[smarty]

On 3/9/2014 WhateverLolaWants said:

On 3/8/2014 smarty said:

Lola, my first DY cable is my 7mm blue topaz bracelet. At the time I thought it was a fortune at $550! My husband got me a renaissance cuff with yellow and green stones for $850 one year for Christmas. Thus the love affair began...before the DY and JR era, I was strictly a gold girl back in the 1980s. Have you seen the DY aluminum pieces? Not wild about them, but my 20 year old wants one.

I remember having my husband return the first DY cable bracelet he got me, due to the price, and I was "strictly a gold girl back in the 1980s" too! My wedding rings are still yellow gold with a platinum eternity band. Last time I had them remade, I debated over going to white metal but decided to stay with the original design, but I often wear the eternity band with two of JR's DMQ ring guards as a wedding set.

I did a search, but no DY stainless came up. ?? I don't really care for stainless as jewelry myself. If hard wear or price were an issue, maybe, but not my cup of tea. I often wonder if the younger ones will continue to develop their own style of dress or will eventually come around to the older generation's. Clothing styles are certainly "casual-ing down" (my poor term for it), and I recently read that mens' suit sales are down 40%.

I wish they were in stainless because I think they would wear better...but they are aluminum!! Here's a link http://www.davidyurman.com/search?keywords=aluminum

[smarty]

And I should add, my daughter is in college in Europe and she dresses up to attend classes. My son on the other hand, is in college in the US (mid-west) and he wears shorts, or athletic pants every day...even in the midst of this horrible winter! But he does have to wear a jacket and tie for "formal Fridays" at his fraternity! But by "formal" they mean no jeans or flip flops.

[WhateverLolaWants]

On 3/9/2014 smarty said:

On 3/9/2014 WhateverLolaWants said:

On 3/8/2014 smarty said:

Lola, my first DY cable is my 7mm blue topaz bracelet. At the time I thought it was a fortune at $550! My husband got me a renaissance cuff with yellow and green stones for $850 one year for Christmas. Thus the love affair began...before the DY and JR era, I was strictly a gold girl back in the 1980s. Have you seen the DY aluminum pieces? Not wild about them, but my 20 year old wants one.

I remember having my husband return the first DY cable bracelet he got me, due to the price, and I was "strictly a gold girl back in the 1980s" too! My wedding rings are still yellow gold with a platinum eternity band. Last time I had them remade, I debated over going to white metal but decided to stay with the original design, but I often wear the eternity band with two of JR's DMQ ring guards as a wedding set.

I did a search, but no DY stainless came up. ?? I don't really care for stainless as jewelry myself. If hard wear or price were an issue, maybe, but not my cup of tea. I often wonder if the younger ones will continue to develop their own style of dress or will eventually come around to the older generation's. Clothing styles are certainly "casual-ing down" (my poor term for it), and I recently read that mens' suit sales are down 40%.

I wish they were in stainless because I think they would wear better...but they are aluminum!! Here's a link http://www.davidyurman.com/search?keywords=aluminum

Well DUH! I didn't "see" aluminum! Aluminum?? Seriously?? And $350?? I'll pass!

Re: Your kids' dress, yes, you can always spot the American tourists when traveling abroad, although I notice Europeans are now adopting the jeans-with-everything style. It seems where we live, "dress up" occasions are now down to proms and weddings. Sigh.

[spirithorses]

If you wear a sz 9 the two pieces are available on the Bay.

[WhateverLolaWants]

On 3/9/2014 spirithorses said:

If you wear a sz 9 the two pieces are available on the Bay.

Thanks, spirithorses, newjerseygirl posted that listing earlier in this thread. My ring is size 8 and I think I'll look for guards also in size 8 so they'll be sure to fit the ring (and me) properly. I've had no luck getting any local jeweler to resize JR rings, either.

[Good4u]

On 3/3/2014 newjerseygirl said:

I think this ring came with a set of ring guards similar to these:

That's right! I HAVE this ring in the mother of pearl pic below. It is a Judith Ripka piece.