Real or faux? Can you tell?
The New York Times' Style magazine, T, is a great online read; click here to have fun with one article, "Real or Faux". You'll be shown a collection of aphrodisiac jewelry, some of which is fake.
You get to guess, then click on the images to see which is five-figure freight and which can be had for the price of Style Spy's left shoe.
Just to warm up: Shown, top to bottom: Tom Binns cuff (fake); Taffin brooch (real); two Verdura crystal necklaces (real).
Lots of other luscious features, and as usual I wonder who buys the ravishing evening gowns.
Comments
As long as the good taste prevails that's so important and you have given me so many great ideas for the store.
Keep on blogging!!
James de Givenchy at Taffin is so much more than a jeweler. He is an artist. (He's also an extremely charming gentleman...and soooo handsome!)
The Verdura that I love are the original pieces designed for Chanel. Today's Verdura is just so expensive. Who can justify buying it retail?
As for the costume bracelet...pretty certainly but such a waste of money. There are costume pieces in the market now for over $9000. Insane!
For me it's either estate jewelry at prices that are maybe 40% of retail, or have the pieces that I like copied by a quality bench jeweler.
I'd never pay full retail for jewlery.