::full-body dry heave::

not into diamonds. the emeralds would've been offset much better by more originality with the platinum setting treatment. they're always gobbing up gemstone jewelry with diamonds so they can make the pieces more expensive.

Oh, barf. "exclusive" indeed. My mom has a pair that look awfully like that...but she got them from Avon. Pretty sure they didn't cost over $20.

Those cost more than my future house + 4 years of undergrad + 3 years of private lawschool + my car + all of my earthly possessions combined, with quite a lot left over.

Ridiculous!

And yet, even if I had the house of my dreams, I cannot imagine spending $1.9 million on a pair of freaking earrings!

Just curious ... how many carats are those?

Also, if I had an extra 1.9mil lying around, I'm sure I could find other things to spend it on.

@warmaiden: I have these beautiful gold earrings from Avon and whenever I wear them someone asks, "Where did you get those?" When I say Avon they shudder in horror.

It's plain to see that those are not good emeralds. Probably branding paying a major factor in their cost. So you need to be a brand sucker with 1.9 mill.

DO NOT WANT.

@groupie: Yes to rocking the Avon! I have a necklace from Avon that gets compliments all the time. Good old silver-tone and gold-tone.

those earrings are precisely why i'm not a jewelry gal. i have to remind myself to put on my wedding and engagement rings whenever i leave the house.

butttt, i do buy myself jewelry - from Avon, Forever21, Target....

you can almost see Elizabeth Taylor's reflection in them!

I wonder how big the earrings actually are... either those are tiny tiny diamonds, or some foolish rich lady is going to have to get reconstructive earlobe surgery after wearing those.

@mycatsnores: I thought the same thing. Those are terrible inclusions. If you're going to buy overpriced accessories, at least make sure they are of a good enough quality to send your each of your heirs on a tour of the world after they graduate from Harvard.

@warmaiden: Yeah, I think I had a similar pair in this costume jewelry set my grandmother gave me when I was eight.

So this must be the negative to being ridiculously rich- incredibly hard decisions. Hmmmm, shiny green earbobs or your own private island? Sparkly stones or financial security for the rest of your life? Tough call, I know.

If I had the cash to blow, why the hell not. They're really beautifully set.

I'm pretty sure to get a stone as large as those appear to be (better be for that price) you're going to get inclusions like that.

I would get them but I have nothing to wear them with. Also, I am broke.

@tastybites:
virtually all emeralds have inclusions and even oiled cracks/fissures (the Romans were oiling emeralds about the same time they were ripping Xtians apart for fun). If those are over seven carats with that blue-green color, they're worth a shitload - and a well-matched pair of stones? Fuggetaboutit. Practically an impossibility.

Them's some purty earbobs!

Perhaps they have magic powers. Perhaps they're green earring-ed versions of a crystal ball... or healing stones. I've heard that emeralds have pretty amazing properties. Like the ability to make you sell your house/soul/life to the devil to pay for them.

But then again, who needs a home when you can live on the street, albeit being glamorized with a set of pretentious and gaudy earrings?

Yeah, if you've got money to throw around, you ain't gonna buy million-dollar earrings out of a catalog--unless you're a European or Asian tourist.

On the flip side, who buys that jewelry behind the counter glass at Target?

Ahh ridiculous but still not quite as good as the year they had miniature donkeys for sale in the NM catalog.

who on earth even wears styles like that? like dynasty 1983?

I'm convinced that nobody buys half the crap in that catalog. It's all a big show.

And hell, if you have that kind of cash to blow, do it at Tiffany or Cartier or somewhere like that, not at fucking Neiman Marcus.