Jewelry

[Bubbles219]

Remember the days when Honora pearls offered multiple colors sets of earrings in sterling silver?  Now we are supposed to find it a "value" for stainless steel posts rather than sterling. No thank you, I'll pass.

[Roscoe the Rascal]

I do and I have several pair.

[millieshops]

@Bubbles219 if I didn’t already have pearls and pearls and pearls from the hours of Lisa and Joel, I wouldn’t object to stainless fixings instead of sterling.  I wouldn’t as willingly give up the gold on the few larger pairs of Honora I have.

[RealtyGal2]

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@Bubbles219 wrote:

Remember the days when Honora pearls offered multiple colors sets of earrings in sterling silver?  Now we are supposed to find it a "value" for stainless steel posts rather than sterling. No thank you, I'll pass.

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There is nothing wrong with stainless steel posts. They do not tarnish, they are hypo-alergenic, and you can't see them anyway. If they keep the cost down then it is all good. I mean this in the nicest possible way, but if you are going to be a snob about something at least pick something that people will see.

[PINKdogWOOD]

This is another great vednor who's going by the wayside. They're not on hardly at all anymore. We all know what this means.

[songbird]

I've never had Honora Pearls.  I dislike freshwater pearls.  I want pearls from oysters in the south seas.  Did QVC ever offer saltwater pearls?   Love South Sea, Golden & Tahitian Pearls.

[godi]

I still have my sterling ones. I agree not doing us any favors with stainless steel. 

[avid shopper]

Ahhhhhh....the good old days!

[millieshops]

@PINKdogWOOD I think it means pearls are a tough sale nowadays.  After I read your post, I Googled Honora wondering if I could still go to their store in NYC.  It looks to me as if all they have now is a repair department on the 14th floor of a building and not the storefront where you could buy strands or choose pearls to have strands made to your preference.  

I'm happy to have the pearls I bought during their glory years at QVC even though I rarely wear them now.  I've offered some, both traditional and the newer colors and shapes, to the younger women in my family.  No takers.

[depglass]

I don't think its snobbish to note the downgrading of anything.  Honora used to be a so-called prestige line at QVC, it is no longer marketed that way.  Believe it or not some people can't wear stainless steel.  Their New York store closed years ago.  I look at pearls like fine china and crystal, they just seem too "formal" for most outfits and the newer generations just aren't buying them.