Tiffany's DYES Their Pearls!

[iLander]

And coats them too! Even the South Seas Goldens and Freshies!

Don't take my word for it, see it for yourself on the Tiffany site:

http://www.tiffany.com/shared/pdfs/carebooklet.pdf?v=2010

I don't know about you, but I think that is shocking at the prices they charge . . .

 

[bgray]

okay now this is depressing

 

[ForteKitty]

wow, they're selling filled corundum?! "infused with colorless substances to improve color and clarity".... wtf!

 

[that_someone_special]

I don't think the white pearls are dyed, but they are definitely bleached. When I first started getting into pearls I had also bought an aqua set from them and was sent that book. Reading through it I was like that is a lot of treatments!!! So, I did not buy anything from them. I have actually been selling off my Tiffany stash...


ETA I have seen those strands in person... not a fan.

Also, did you know Tiffany and opened their own.. I don't know.. "sub"store that was only pearls? It didn't do well and it tanked. I can't remember of the name of the store, but you can find a lot of their stuff on ebay True to Tiffany, they charged an arm and a leg, hoping that consumers were not educated.

 

[HHPmom]

Also, did you know Tiffany and opened their own.. I don't know.. "sub"store that was only pearls? It didn't do well and it tanked. I can't remember of the name of the store, but you can find a lot of their stuff on ebay True to Tiffany, they charged an arm and a leg, hoping that consumers were not educated.

Irridesce. There was a website too. No more.

 

[bright&shiny]

Gee - it's nice to know they have such high standards for what kind of enhancements they will allow.... everything but those that enhance weight! I agree - it is shocking.

For our wedding this spring, we looked at Tiffany's - but did not like their strands - we looked everywhere and I finally had a beautiful hanadama natural white set put together by PP. They have outshone every strand we looked at in person - including the strands from Tiffany's! Funny, because I told my husband that the Tiffany strands looked like plastic (one strand particularly so)...perhaps it was that 'natural protective coating'