Faux pearls - good enough for royalty, Hollywood and the White house - good enough for us !

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Let these faux beauties bask in some limelight

What you got to show us ?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Lets start off with @Grymera and her beautiful new Swarskovi faux white and golden SS's

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

My inspiration Queen Alexandra
DIL of Queen Victoria, great grandmother of Elizabeth II
Adaughter of the king of Denmark, sister of the Tsarina of Russia and sister of the King of Greece
Queen of the UK (and NZ) Empress of India

High society woman mimicked her limp she was so fashionable
And wore all those pearls on her neck to hide a scar

When more is definatly more

Who knows which ones are fake ?
Ive read her fakes were French



Some of these of course would have been exspensive and genuine

When she was the Princess of Wales

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

this is my favourite faux piece of my own
I brought it in 1990
Ive worn it lots

I would love to have it made in real pearls one day
maybe with an interchangeable centre

 

[Made in London]

My inspiration Queen Alexandra
DIL of Queen Victoria, great grandmother of Elizabeth II
Adaughter of the king of Denmark, sister of the Tsarina of Russia and sister of the King of Greece
Queen of the UK (and NZ) Empress of India

High society woman mimicked her limp she was so fashionable
And wore all those pearls on her neck to hide a scar

When more is definatly more

Who knows which ones are fake ?
Ive read her fakes were French



Some of these of course would have been exspensive and genuine

When she was the Princess of Wales

OMG look at her tiny waist!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

OMG look at her tiny waist!

She kept her figure after 6 children and then into old age
She must have been the last Princess of Wales before Diana

 

[Grymera]

@Daisys and Diamonds thank you for adding my piece! It was a fun project and I highly recommend the Swarovski pearls. They have excellent color and faux luster.

My dream strand of faux pearls would be from Chanel, or a brooch. Sigh, it's so gorgeous:

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

@Daisys and Diamonds thank you for adding my piece! It was a fun project and I highly recommend the Swarovski pearls. They have excellent color and faux luster.

My dream strand of faux pearls would be from Chanel, or a brooch. Sigh, it's so gorgeous:

Thats sublime

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I just checked out a NZ supplier of Swarskovi pearls
OMG they were much much much cheaper than i thought they would be
Certainly cheap enough for a play with some faux Wilma's
Cheap enough to practice knotting

And I also have my eye on some light blue ones

 

[737liz]

Fun thread! These belonged mostly to my grandmother. A few strands are freshwater but the rest are all costume. I brought them All back from my parents house on the transatlantic plane ride... around my neck. I was a few pounds over my baggage limit. So pulled out all my faux bling, a coat, and donned it all at Virgin Atlantic's check in counter. I looked insane.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Fun thread! These belonged mostly to my grandmother. A few strands are freshwater but the rest are all costume. I brought them All back from my parents house on the transatlantic plane ride... around my neck. I was a few pounds over my baggage limit. So pulled out all my faux bling, a coat, and donned it all at Virgin Atlantic's check in counter. I looked insane.

Queen Alexandra would have been so proud
Looks like a few Lbs

it must have been heavy
and hot

In glad you claimed your grandma's pretties
imangine all the fun she must have had with them

 

[Made in London]

Thats sublime

@Daisys and Diamonds thank you for adding my piece! It was a fun project and I highly recommend the Swarovski pearls. They have excellent color and faux luster.

My dream strand of faux pearls would be from Chanel, or a brooch. Sigh, it's so gorgeous:

These are my Chanel faux pearl necklace & brooch. Sorry for the extra pics The computer had a mind of it's own

 

[Grymera]

@Made in London - splendid pieces! Your long necklace is a dream piece for me, for sure.

 

[MMtwo]

I bought two faux pearl necklaces for mom with cool magnetic clasps so she can get them on. I will post when they arrive.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

These are my Chanel faux pearl necklace & brooch. Sorry for the extra pics The computer had a mind of it's own

Thats looks so lovelly

May i ask does it pull your hair and hurt ?
The long necklase is beautiful
I love that style

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I bought two faux pearl necklaces for mom with cool magnetic clasps so she can get them on. I will post when they arrive.

Love the sound of those catches

 

[Made in London]

Thats looks so lovelly

May i ask does it pull your hair and hurt ?
The long necklase is beautiful
I love that style

No it has never pulled my hair thank goodness

 

[Made in London]

I have just ordered a fun strand of faux golden SS shell pearls. They had the rich gold or champagne colour.I chose the champagne from Youpearl

 

[MakingTheGrade]

I also ordered some Swarovski pearls! I am using 22k gold beads in a necklace but the holes for the beads are gigantic compared to the thread, like almost 3mm, so i wanted beads to put next to it so I could knot them in place. Right now I’m using small 3mm black spinel beads but I think 3mm Swarovski might look nicer. I didn’t want to use real pearls since I know the edges of the gold bead would discolor it something terrible. I can’t wait to play with faux pearls!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Mix of faux and natural blue akoya baroques.

The faux pearls are great because otherwise this would be too heavy!

 

[Made in London]

Mix of faux and natural blue akoya baroques.

The faux pearls are great because otherwise this would be too heavy!

Oh I love that!!!!!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Mix of faux and natural blue akoya baroques.

The faux pearls are great because otherwise this would be too heavy!

I feel quite honoured some of your pearls are gracing this thread!
Queen Alexandra would approve !

 

[Made in London]

My Golden South sea shell pearls have arrived from Youpearl.com.The price is unbelievable! Plus you can choose which 925 clasp you want.I chose the rose

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

My Golden South sea shell pearls have arrived from Youpearl.com.The price is unbelievable! Plus you can choose which 925 clasp you want.I chose the rose

Very pretty- I love the flower clasp!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

My Golden South sea shell pearls have arrived from Youpearl.com.The price is unbelievable! Plus you can choose which 925 clasp you want.I chose the rose

These are gorgouse !

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I just read this interesting article on Mrs Bush
i remember my mum really liked her

Industry Remembers Barbara Bush, Popularizer of Pearls - JCK

Former first lady Barbara Bush, who died yesterday at age 92, was known for her tart tongue, her unvarnished look, and, especially, for her pearls. And

www.jckonline.com

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I comp3letky forgot Ccoo mixed and matched faux and real pearls

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

The stolen Oscar dress

Lupita Nyong'o Oscars gown returned after thieves discover pearls are fake

Dress taken from actor’s hotel had been said to be worth $150,000 – but that was when the world was being told the pearls were real

www.theguardian.com

 

[yssie]

The stolen Oscar dress

Lupita Nyong'o Oscars gown returned after thieves discover pearls are fake

Dress taken from actor’s hotel had been said to be worth $150,000 – but that was when the world was being told the pearls were real

www.theguardian.com

Wow.
I live under a rock and have no idea who this woman is, but she is a vision in white. So beautiful!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Wow.
I live under a rock and have no idea who this woman is, but she is a vision in white. So beautiful!

I life under a similar rock
I saw the dress when looking for Mrs Bush