Jewelry

[Sakuya]

There are items posted in the NEW section. 18k gold over silver. Not a fan of clad. Curious why name of company has his husband and son in it but not his daughter. I am sure he will say what inspired the new name.

I like Scott and liked Jai. I stopped watching when he stopped being the rep.

[faeriemoon]

It states this line will be rhodium plated which will appeal to those who don't like the maintenance of most sterling jewelry.

[iTalia]

I'm not impressed. All items are now listed online. The gold color looks too fake and the prices are outrageous for clad. To me it's fashion jewelry at that point and no value. The sterling pieces look like he's trying to knock off JAI. 
Out of the gate the line might do okay but I don't see it lasting for long. Scott should have stayed with JAI instead, I thought he wanted to spend more time with his family but yet now he's back on Q. 

[Jersey Born]

I am very impressed with Scott's new line of jewelry. I think it has its own place, a unique niche, actually. Scott did not put out a line of previously seen, "standard" chain links; he made those links special and detailed. I really like the Lucicano link in the bracelets (and coming) necklaces. That link is distinctly different from the previously produced box chains. So are the new "double link" rolo chains. I like that the ripple circle link necklace rolo links are also different from the standard links on a typical rolo chain. This doubled link carries over to the bead station necklaces, which are truly lovely. I personally love the swirly beads on those bead station chains as I find them modernized. While all the pieces are unique and detailed and surely deeply personal to Scott, a wonderfully gifted jewelry designer in his own right, some of the pieces make me feel combination Judith Ripka/Robert Lee Morris vibes (a fabulous combination, if you ask me). I think that this first collection - modern design paired with feminine and fluid details with nothing boring, flat, or cookie cutter-like - is what draws me to these pieces. Modern, very pretty jewelry items with striking details that attract my eye. 

I consider Scott's new line to be an elevated line of jewelry. I sincerely hope it does well. While the prices of some pieces are high, the cost of everything has gone way up. Scott's jewelry is designer jewelry, and designer jewelry has always cost more than mass produced jewelry, no matter the name behind the jewelry line. I really like the look of these new pieces, and I wish Scott the very best!

[iTalia]

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@Jersey Born wrote:

I am very impressed with Scott's new line of jewelry. I think it has its own place, a unique niche, actually. Scott did not put out a line of previously seen, "standard" chain links; he made those links special and detailed. I really like the Lucicano link in the bracelets (and coming) necklaces. That link is distinctly different from the previously produced box chains. So are the new "double link" rolo chains. I like that the ripple circle link necklace rolo links are also different from the standard links on a typical rolo chain. This doubled link carries over to the bead station necklaces, which are truly lovely. I personally love the swirly beads on those bead station chains as I find them modernized. While all the pieces are unique and detailed and surely deeply personal to Scott, a wonderfully gifted jewelry designer in his own right, some of the pieces make me feel combination Judith Ripka/Robert Lee Morris vibes (a fabulous combination, if you ask me). I think that this first collection - modern design paired with feminine and fluid details with nothing boring, flat, or cookie cutter-like - is what draws me to these pieces. Modern, very pretty jewelry items with striking details that attract my eye. 

I consider Scott's new line to be an elevated line of jewelry. I sincerely hope it does well. While the prices of some pieces are high, the cost of everything has gone way up. Scott's jewelry is designer jewelry, and designer jewelry has always cost more than mass produced jewelry, no matter the name behind the jewelry line. I really like the look of these new pieces, and I wish Scott the very best!

I would much rather spend money on well known designer brands with classic pieces that will never go out of style. Absolutely no one will know what Christian James is nonetheless Scott Grimes.
Judith Ripka or Robert Lee Morris, they are very much well known designers and their pieces are sold in high end stores.I don't consider Scott's designs in that same category at all. Scott's new line is strictly a QVC house brand. I wish Scott well but for me I'm not interested in spending money on fly by night jewelry. 

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[Jersey Born]

@iTalia - To each their own. Scott Grimes is a jewelry designer, and he has his own personal jewelry style. Nothing he personally designs looks generic to my eye, and that is what I like  and value most about what he designs.

I like the new swirly beaded stations, and I like his custom chains. I don't consider his new designs "fly by night" in the least. Scott Grimes' new designs are classic designs that will never go out of style. His designs are not over-the-top, over-embellished, or flashy. Scott's new designs are not trendy, but they are elegant, and they are distinctly different from other designer jewelry from Lagos, Konstantino, David Yurman, etc.

Truth is, no designer lives and produces new jewelry forever, and it is nice that Scott is a younger designer with many more years of jewelry designing to come. He may very well become a huge favorite in the marketplace. I think he has a lot of talent, and boundless potential.

For me, it is not about how well-known a designer is, but how much, and even "if" their designs speak to me. Scott's new designs speak to me, they are practical for both casual and more formal wear, and that is enough for me.  

[Pagan]

Never thought I’d be saying it, as I love so many of Scott’s previous designs … but I am underwhelmed and disappointed. I can’t even believe he’s doing gold plate.

[Pyrite2616]

@iTalia 

Your whole post is a quote.

[Jersey Born]

@Pagan - I am not one to purchase gold plated jewelry, either, but I am most certainly not willing to pay the super high price for these items in 18K solid yellow gold at today's prices.

How beautiful the necklaces would be in solid 18K gold. I can understand how some would want the items with gold plate to lessen the cost, however.

Which pieces of Jai from Scott did you love? Was it the figural collections, or the pieces inspired by his travels? (I adored both the figural and many of the travel pieces.) 

[Sammycat1]

I'm with @Jersey Born.

Although I have many JAI pieces, they are more casual to me. The box chain is foundational but getting a little boring to me and this new collection is brighter with an elevated, elegant motion and the minimization of more heavily oxidized pieces.

There's room for another design and of course no one will like everything. No one knew who Judith Ripka or Robert Lee Morris were at first, either. Maybe Scott is content to be himself.

Different strokes.