Keeping on the jewelry vein from yesterday... the jewelry piece that I am dying to get right now is pretty much anything from the Alhambra line from Van Cleef & Arpels. It comes in both white and yellow gold in a lot of different styles, some with inlays of mother of pearl, onyx or tiger's eye. I love the quatrefoil shape, which they call a "clover" presumably because they figure the average moron doesn't know what a quatrefoil is. (Art history anyone???) The quatrefoil was common in Moorish architecture (thus the name for the collection, Alhambra) and later in Gothic architecture. Years ago I went to the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain), wow, seriously beautiful place. The courtyard of the lions there is amazing. 
Everyone must go!
Van Cleef doesn't have prices on their website, but according to InStyle magazine, this 18k bracelet goes for $1,500. 
That seems quite reasonable to me.
I love tiger's eye, so maybe I'd get the single pendant in tiger's eye and yellow gold.
Here's Reece who apparently has 2 different styles. 
I wonder if she actually bought them, or if they gave them to her? It looks like mabye the Byzantine Alhambra style in the first picture and either the Vintage Alhambra or regular Alhambra in the second.
You can check out all the styles here: http://www.vancleef-arpels.com/en/van-cleef.html#/alhambra/ Happy shopping (or dreaming). Cheers.
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