tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post6296841357857433543..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: Pearls: To great lengthsDuchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-78733897208338652632018-02-07T08:05:14.686-05:002018-02-07T08:05:14.686-05:00Nelson Bartley: Knowing your length, especially wh...Nelson Bartley: Knowing your length, especially when it is a non-standard such as "a little longer than a choker", or "short end of opera" is super useful and prevents mistakes. <br /><br />Leslie Milligan: Tilda Swinton has a very particular and fey beauty- as well as that talent. This was not my favourite film of hers, but I loved the character's costumes. You are lucky you got the pearls from a specialist (and especially Sarah), as she has the stock to extend your necklace, and the eye. Points out yet another reason to not buy pearls from a department store or big-brand jeweller who could never do that and most of the time has little interest. <br /><br />Vancouver Barbara: Jackie Kennedy once said that "pearls are always appropriate". They are also always fun to wear, if they are "you" and I especially like the more unusual but not necessarily expensive varieties and shapes.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-76122168323241385802018-02-06T23:36:26.383-05:002018-02-06T23:36:26.383-05:00You look stunning. Love the array of pearls worn w...You look stunning. Love the array of pearls worn with the turtleneck. Super glam yet easy-dressing.Vancouver Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003537173366037602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-32597424791436458352018-02-06T22:32:11.288-05:002018-02-06T22:32:11.288-05:00I also forgot to add that you look beautiful in th...I also forgot to add that you look beautiful in these pictures. It has nothing to do with the pearls. Just a lovely woman at any age.Leslie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372692743147163062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-73511191955992365612018-02-06T22:29:41.764-05:002018-02-06T22:29:41.764-05:00Thank you for this post. My Kojima necklace, which...Thank you for this post. My Kojima necklace, which I love, is between a checker and princess length on me. (Now I know I need to lose 15 pounds to make it look longer.🙂) But, it feels too short and this post confirms my suspicions. I am waiting for Sarah to return from the Tucson show and will ask her to reno it for my current life and body. I also love that you included Tilda Swinton. You admire Jane, (as do I), but I want to be reincarnated as Tilda. The pearls on her are icing, in my opinion. Leslie Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372692743147163062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-37507572317029975702018-02-06T21:57:55.601-05:002018-02-06T21:57:55.601-05:00Very helpful and very true. I just took some large...Very helpful and very true. I just took some large silver beads to be restrung- they had broken- and the jeweler asked if they were all there. I assured him they were and he said “o, it looks like enough for a choker.” Well, I have a long face and a long neck...so I wear my necklaces pretty short to stop the eye. Not quite a choker, maybe a Princess length. But the length that works for me. Nancie N Bartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943116376807209833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-54005132339972972302018-02-06T19:38:29.343-05:002018-02-06T19:38:29.343-05:00Thanks for this very interesting and informative p...Thanks for this very interesting and informative post.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899506698574749866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-21531934507551474382018-02-06T18:06:32.010-05:002018-02-06T18:06:32.010-05:00materfamilias: That is a beautiful piece (as well ...materfamilias: That is a beautiful piece (as well as sentimental) and I hope you show us you wearing it when it's shortened.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-34557009098129547882018-02-06T15:57:06.389-05:002018-02-06T15:57:06.389-05:00Reading your comment on that WIW post of mine was ...Reading your comment on that WIW post of mine was a real SMH moment -- How had I not known or at least intuited that the problem was the length? Or, at least, I'd remarked on the awkwardness of the look a few times, but then either ignored the problem and wore the pearls anyway (rarely, I must admit) or, more often, simply tucked them back in their case for another day. Especially because of the story of their gifting, I felt guilty about this, but until you aimed your jeweler's loupe my way, it never occurred to me that this was an easily fixable problem. Top of my list now: getting this necklace shortened. Thank you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-44131194243491954672018-02-06T15:16:58.135-05:002018-02-06T15:16:58.135-05:00LauraH: Nd useful for beaders who are making piece...LauraH: Nd useful for beaders who are making pieces for others. My friend who makes spectacular necklaces makes nearly all at 18-20 inches.<br /><br />Lynne L.: Somewhere around 18", though you should experiment, as I described, because even one inch can make the difference between pleasing and it looking like it's "someone else's necklace". It is not your height- It is were the eye goes, no matter how long your torso is, and how the necklace sits in your preferred necklines. Also, the girth of your neck will change the proportion, 18" does not land the same place on everyone. <br /><br /> Also (no one ever thinks of this) if you gain or lose around 15 lbs or more, the necklace will sit differently.<br /><br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-46945155292683609622018-02-06T10:42:13.626-05:002018-02-06T10:42:13.626-05:00This is really helpful. My mother loved to make n...This is really helpful. My mother loved to make necklaces, and she generally made them opera length (not until this blog did I know what to call that length). Most do not look good on me, and now I know why. I'm short (5'2"),very broad shouldered and have a medium bust-- what would look best on me?Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402459402926219046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-67830562833687896262018-02-06T10:17:46.685-05:002018-02-06T10:17:46.685-05:00Great tutorial, so useful for any type pf beads an...Great tutorial, so useful for any type pf beads and necklaces in general. And I love the photos of you in pieces from your collection, especially the multiple strands. You pull this off so well.LauraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402103522466794364noreply@blogger.com