If You're Still Wearing Silver Tiffany Jewelry - STOP Right This Second

[SigmaPezY60]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

I don't mind paying a high price for a good purse or a good pair of boots just b/c I know the quality is definitely better than some cheap knock-off that's going to fall apart in less than a month. It's not about status or wealth. It's about buying something that you like & makes you happy regardless of your personal financial worth or the cost.

Agreed. I look at spending a paycheck on a bag, or piece of jewelry, clothing item, as an investment. I rarely splurge for anything (poor starving college student) and sure I could buy a trendy bag at Target for MUCH less, but it's not going to last as long.

But I do think there are a lot of girls that just go buy the "IT" bag just because it's the "IT" bag. One year it's Coach, the next its LV, then D&B, and Juicy. I just saw D&B bags for less than $50 in TJ Max last night and I laughed at how the "IT" bag goes out so fast. I wondered how many girls have their designer handbags in the bottom of the closet just because pop-culture says it's not in style.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

...I have the Venetian Link neckalce and bracelet but I rarely wear them these days because I was seeing little (think pre-teen) girls in them.

Which is exactly why Tiffany jacked up the prices. The article basicly went on to say that the investors an the company want to woo back the higher paying clientel that Tiffany has a (long time) relationship with (brand loyalty), not the fly-by-night-sweet-sixteen-here-today-forgotten-tomorrow crowd. When something becomes trendy and everyone has it, it loses it's "special" value. Burberry is a classic example of this. A woman in the article remarked that when she had gone to a Tiffany store to get a gift for her teen daughter, the store was crowded like Macys. What was the point of her being there in that atmosphere when she could go to a store like Macys for that. Someone else in the article said that they didnt wear their Tiffany jewerly piece anymore because "everyone has it".

posted by Kilarney Rose

Small Southeastern College junior Intern #2, a member of XYZ sorority, agrees. "Seriously, nobody I know wears that stuff anymore. Everyone had (Tiffany silver jewelry) my senior year of high school, but that was a long time ago."

And that's the attitude that Tiffany's feels will hurt them in the long run.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I thought being frat was all about quality - like it makes sense to wear LaCoste or Brooks Brothers instead of Chaps or Old Navy. David Yurman is like the jewelry they sell at Sears, but marked up in hopes that people pay for it.

You obviously don't have a clue.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

I agree!!!! I look at Yurman and ask why would anyone pay all that money for twisted silver jewelry!!!

Obviously you have an extremely limited knowledge of what they carry if you think it is all "twisted silver jewelry."

I think it is extremely classy.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Obviously you have an extremely limited knowledge of what they carry if you think it is all "twisted silver jewelry."

I think it is extremely classy.

Dude, you're starting to scare me now. Talk about your truck or fishing or something.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by OTW

Those twisted silver David Yurman bracelets remind me of those silver bracelets that my grandma used to use to help ease her arthritis.

I agree. That's what I thought they were when I first saw them.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Which is exactly why Tiffany jacked up the prices. The article basicly went on to say that the investors an the company want to woo back the higher paying clientel that Tiffany has a (long time) relationship with (brand loyalty), not the fly-by-night-sweet-sixteen-here-today-forgotten-tomorrow crowd. When something becomes trendy and everyone has it, it loses it's "special" value. Burberry is a classic example of this. A woman in the article remarked that when she had gone to a Tiffany store to get a gift for her teen daughter, the store was crowded like Macys. What was the point of her being there in that atmosphere when she could go to a store like Macys for that. Someone else in the article said that they didnt wear their Tiffany jewerly piece anymore because "everyone has it".

When I think Tiffany, I think diamonds...not the silver stuff they started selling so they would have something for every income level. And to most women, I would wager that they still think of diamonds when they think of Tiffany. I don't think Tiffany has anything to worry about. Anyone who's been in a Tiffany store knows that silver is only a small part of its collection, and if you haven't been in a Tiffany store, well, you're probably not in its target market anyway.

If I was LV, I would be worried. Girls in middle school carrying an adult purse, just because "everyone has one!"? That's very anti-luxury, and therefore hurts the LV brand. Why does it matter more for LV than Tiffany? Because the bulk of LV's bags and luggage are "signature" bags...there just isn't variety like at Tiffany. I just bought a beautiful, more expensive Marc Jacobs bag because I would never pay $1,000 for a bag that everyone else has. Coach can get away with it because Coach is only marginally "designer"...most of its bags are in the $275-$400 range. I have several Coach bags, but I carry them because they're classic and professional, not to show off. It is not as much of a status symbol as a LV bag is supposed to be. But now LV is no longer a status symbol...everyone has one, or a knockoff that most people probably think is a real one. The LV store on Rodeo Drive sees a ridiculous amount of foot traffic.

[adpiucf]

For those of you talking about registries, check out www.myregistry.com. You download a tool onto your browser with just one click and you can add anything from any internet store (Walmart, Best Buy, The Limited) onto your registry -- it is genius, really. I've been saying for years that instead of having 4 different registries at Pottery Barn, Macy's, Target and Crate and Barrel, you should be able to merge them into one. Oh and Tiffany and Co, too, I guess! Anyway, I'm kicking myself someone else got to it first, but it is a pretty cool idea!

[Tom Earp]

Tiffany report, had a positive sales increase.

Oh, wan't there a movie?

"Breakfast at Tiffinay's"?

Got a silver tooth paste tube saver from there once as a gift. My Ex got that too!

Wan't that expensive either.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Got a silver tooth paste tube saver from there once as a gift. My Ex got that too!

Wan't that expensive either.

I think that's what we're getting at, Tom...Tiffany is supposed to be expensive.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Dude, you're starting to scare me now. Talk about your truck or fishing or something.

Ha, I know, just have had some experience buying it quite a few times.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

You obviously don't have a clue.

I've SEEN Yurman. It's ugly tacky new money cocktail jewelry.

[tunatartare]

Ok, I've been to the Yurman store and a lady in my office wears it quite a bit so I've seen a lot of pieces. Some of the stuff is tacky, but generally, I like Yurman.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

I don't care to argue.......but you would be disagreed with by countless classy, southern, old money women. Do you know the difference between old and new money? Doesn't sound like it. Cocktail jewelry? I have to laugh at your ignorance.

That shit that thugged out rappers and ghetto fab women wear in their teeth and around their neck is "tacky new money" jewelry. But i'm sure you love it.

Here is some allegedly "classy" Yurman jewelry:


$5,100...for, um, what? Something you can buy at Wal-Mart?


These are classy - if you are 80 and having your portrait painted for the family estate...


Y-necklaces? The cast from the third season of friends would approve!


Looks like a gaudy piece of cocktail jewelry to me...


Look honey, my bracelet matches the travertine counters!


And another cocktail ring, just for good measure!

And since you edited, things I think are standard classy old-money jewelry - pearl studs. Simple diamond studs. Small, tasteful hoops. I've never liked the big gaudy crap that rappers wear because the jewelry overshadows them - people should wear jewelry, jewelry shouldn't wear people. I have no problem with expensive jewelry if it's worth the price, but I think Yurman is paying for a name and nothing else.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I guess I tend to think of Harry Winston, Cartier, etc. as more traditionally old money. But looking at the Yurman Web site, it's pretty stuff...