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chanel earrings

37 replies

SomeGuy · 08/02/2010 15:45

Want to get DW some for Valentines - the interlocked C logo ones. (I don't like them, but she does so.....)

Any recommendations for where to buy?

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 15:47

Chanel shop on Bond Street? They are uber expensive though.

BobtheWoodmouse · 08/02/2010 15:48

Selfridges in Manchester and London, Chanel store on New Bond St...You have to ask, earrings are all hidden away in drawers. Some of the bigger ones are clip-ons - they are not all for pierced ears.

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SomeGuy · 08/02/2010 15:53

I was hoping for mail order if possible. I couldn't find them on the Chanel website, it's a triumph of style over content.

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 15:56

You can't actually buy anything off the chanel website .

I've no idea about mail order. Can't you tell her that you no longer buy into the valentines consumerist society and you refuse to line the pockets of Hallmark/Clinton cards in order to show her that you love her as you do this all year round anyway? You shouldn't need nagging by shops to show her you care, do it off your own back any day you please.

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SomeGuy · 08/02/2010 16:01

this isn't lining the pockets of Hallmark cards, it's lining the pockets of Chanel

Nobody wants to feel left out....

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 16:05

Yes, but you'll have to get a card etc...

Do something for free, a picnic. Save the chanel earings for the week after so they are just an 'I love you' gift rather then 'It's valentines so I should get you something' gift.

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SomeGuy · 08/02/2010 16:13

they are pretty shit actually, £300 and made out of steel, not even silver.

(going off the idea).

I wonder if I could get some fakes made out of white gold when I'm in Indonesia next month.

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 16:15

Farking hell, buy her a radley handbag, cheap at half the price. Pandora charm bracelet instead with a few charms? Then you can buy her the odd one here and there so she could be spoilt more then a couple of times a year (not meaning to say that you are stingy of course )

rosieroseanna · 08/02/2010 17:19

I don't think someone that would want Chanel earrings would be the sort of person to carry a Radley bag.

butadream · 08/02/2010 17:29

You can buy online from Tiffany's official shop, I would imagine someone who likes the Chanel earrings would also like these

but if she has asked specifically for the Chanel ones I would get her those. You could try calling the Chanel shop directly or I know bespoke shoppers would be able to get them and send them to you but don't know what their charge would be.

butadream · 08/02/2010 17:31

FWIW I prefer the Tiffany's ones, it's hearts, innit, for Valentine's Day, and they've got diamonds inside - what's not to like? Plus better value (if such a term can be applied to a place like Tiffany's!!) than steel.

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SomeGuy · 08/02/2010 17:47

actually she had her eye on the Mulberry Charlie www.mulberry.com/#/storefront/c5485/4283/category/

That's got to be better vfm than Chanel.

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butadream · 08/02/2010 18:05

That looks good, sure she'd like it.

thesecondcoming · 08/02/2010 18:30

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 20:02

well, just send it to me then and I'll be grateful on your behalf

expatinscotland · 08/02/2010 20:07

Ugggh @ Radley bag and Pandora bracelet.

At least the OP's wife has some taste.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 20:14

It was a suggestion. Why splash out on someone because it's expected of him to do so? Shouldn't he want to do this off his own back?

nancydrewrocks · 08/02/2010 20:21

Please don't get her the chanel earings - every prostitute and teenage shoplifter I have ever met has sported these (tis the work I did!)

Alternatively, if you must Roman Road market does a lovely line in them - and will save you about £297.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 20:25

Great point!!

expatinscotland · 08/02/2010 20:27

I wouldn't pay £300 for a pair of steel earrings even if I were the sole winner of the Euro Millions jackpot on Friday.

That's just treating your customers like suckers.

ThatVikRinA22 · 08/02/2010 20:28

not met anyone who wouldnt love a piece of tiffany or designer bag! much better than steel ear rings imo!

DH got me some gorgeous Tiffany stuff and i love it.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 08/02/2010 20:29

You won't win that expat. It's got my name all over it. You can will next time.

nancydrewrocks · 08/02/2010 20:31

Er actually I think you'll find it's my name.

Besides I have decided on the holiday I shall be taking and chosen the house so I have to win

zazen · 08/02/2010 20:32

I'd get her the earrings she has asked for you know, the items she actually wants, and has actually specified
not what you think she would like or what you think she should have.

So what if you don't like 'em you're not going to wear them are you?

expatinscotland · 08/02/2010 20:32

Well, I don't play it so it's all yours to share with nancydrew.

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