i'm going to tell you everything you need to know about the van cleef and arpels bracelet resizing
including the things that no one else told you about and also the things i wish i would know
a little earlier watch the entire video and let me know if you still have any questions or which
part of the video is most helpful for you and let's get right into the video let's start with
the time changes when it comes to the resizing vca provides one time free resizing service when
you make a bracelet or necklace purchase if you watched my comprehensive vca buying guide video
i'll link that video down below for you to check it out after this video you may remember that you
have 90 days from the purchase date to resize your piece for free end of last year vca has
updated their 90-day policy to one year which meaning now you have one year window to decide
if you want to resize the bracelet or necklace for free and after the one year window you can still
do the resizing it will just come at a cost when it comes to the resizing you can either
make your bracelet or necklace shorter or longer if you decide to shorten your pieces they will
return the actual links that they take out from the bracelet or necklace back to you after the
resizing for the necklace if you add or remove two inches is free of charge for bracelet if you add
or remove one inches is free of charge as well if you want to remove or add more than their normal
range you can of course do it it will just come at a cost and you can check with your local boutique
to get a quote how much it'll cost you if you shorten your piece and you have the extra links
and then one day you decided to add the links back to your bracelet or necklace
and it will come at a cost as well if you purchase your piece from your boutique you can do it in
person by making appointment with your sa if you purchase it online you can do the resizing either
by visiting your local boutique or they can send you the measurement kit and then they will do the
resizing and send it back to you next let's talk about how the resizing works when you go to the
boutique your SA has different metal bracelet in different sizes for you to try on to determine
your sizes vca calls two links connect together as one link when they say they take out one link
it means that they take two links connected together like this overall vca will try their best
to balance out the links they remove in between different motifs to make them look even like my
sweet alhambra bracelet they took links from both ends if it's not possible they will decide where
to remove the links to ensure the bracelet looks the best and you can try on these metal bracelets
in the boutique to find out the best size for you i personally tried on the most smallest the length
that they can shorten with the metal bracelet it's still really loose and big on me as you
know i have a really thin wrist so i'll definitely have to pay extra to make it a tight fit for me
generally speaking the resizing takes about two to three weeks but my sweet alhambra bracelet end
up taking five weeks because of all the delay and all the issues we're experiencing right now after
you've done the resizing they will return the extra links that they removed for you you want
to save these links just in case you want to add them back in the future even mostly you're not
going to add them back but still good to have them the other nice thing vca does is that when i did
my resizing i only give them my bracelet after my resizing service they give me a new vca box and a
new travel pouch when i pick up my bracelet after the resizing which is really really nice should
you make your bracelet longer or shorter this is really great question because if you are wearing
the bracelet by itself tighter or loose it totally up to you it's more of your personal preference
but if you are planning to stack with other pieces like what i'm doing it's actually better to make
the piece more tighter the reason is because you want to decrease the chances the bracelet tangle
together with other bracelet and decrease the chances it gets more scratches so it's actually
better for your bracelet that way i made my sweet Alhambra bracelet shorter and i did the
resizing in the boutique and the main reason is because it was tangled with all my other
bracelet like crazy when i did the resizing i tried to make it a really tight fit i wish
i knew this earlier because after i shortened my sweet Alhambra bracelet the first time i pick up
the bracelet and try to put it on myself i regret it because i realize it's shortened to the degree
that is impossible for me to put it on myself and i struggle so much especially every single time
when i'm in a rush to go out and i was like oh my god i just can't put it on don't get me wrong if
i knew this would happen i would probably still shorten it i just didn't have a better way to put
on the bracelet by myself until i discovered this super amazing tool it's basically a metal piece
from my research this metal piece shouldn't damage your rose gold or gold because after all they're
rose gold or gold so it's really really convenient i want to put the lobster hook into the loop that
is even tighter so that the bracelet will be a tight fit this is a a clip here and then you can
open it up and then you basically what you do is you clip on the top part and then what you do is
you use your left hand whichever where you want to put your bracelet on and you use your other
hand to press the lobster clasp and then you wrap around your bracelet and then you can see the loop
voila you put it on already and then you unclip it and then if you are having any trouble
that to take it off and you can do the same way and just clip on it this tool totally saved my
life and it's also super affordable i'll link it down below in the description box for you
if you needed some help to put on the bracelet yourself i made a final decision not to resize my
van cleef five motif guild shape bracelet at all despite the fact that i will be stacking which i
will tell you my solution in a bit let me explain the reason first because if i resize it my wrist
is super thin that they might be able to make the bracelet really really tight for me even i paid
extra to make the bracelet super tight but the problem is that after they make the bracelet super
tight the distance between the motif will become shorter and for some of you that if your wrists
happen to be in a size that they cannot take the same amount of links in between every single motif
the distance looks even more off and would that happen is that it will look really weird if i
wear it as a necklace if i resize my bracelet personally it's really important for me to be
able to wear this five motif bracelet as a necklace if you want to know how to wear
this bracelet as a necklace in six different ways and i have a dedicated video to go into all the
details about how you can do this easily and i will link that video down below for you to check
it out after this video i know what you're gonna ask because if the bracelet is so long and how can
i wear it as a bracelet not tangling and a scratch with all my other pieces like crazy over time
right so after a lot of research and also talking to my SA i have found the best solution for you
basically the best solution is that you hold on to one end of the bracelet and you keep twisting the
the chain to the same direction and you don't turn to different direction and you turn every single
motif after you turn it the bracelet is shorter and you can sort of adjust it to make sure that
after you turn it the distance between different motifs are pretty much even and when you put it on
the distance between each motifs will look shorter the bracelet will look a much better fit the only
thing is that after you do it the twisted this way you will not be able to put it on by yourself
that's why this tool comes handy again basically you do the same thing and you wanted to clip on
this bracelet and what i'm doing is i hold on to this clip tool one hand and then i keep
twisting it by twisting each motif after you twist the entire chain what you do
is you clip on the lobster clasp and then you hook it on and then after you put it on
you unclip it this is how the bracelet look on my wrist right now it feels much more tighter and i
really like the distance between different flower it looks much more visible the flower and you can
see three flower on the top and the only thing is that you sort of see the chains are tangled
which i don't mind it at all because i feel it's more important for me to be able to wear it as a
tight fit bracelet i really like how this tool helped me to solve all the issues i know a lot
of you probably heard of people talking about it online that where you can clip on the fourth
motif and have one motif dangling down when you wear it as a bracelet so my SA actually told me
this way is not recommended and the reason is because it takes a tow
on the lobster clasp and it will damage the claps in the long run so that's why i don't
want to do it and the other reason that i don't want to do it is because if i have one motif
dangling down it doesn't solve my issue at all because when i'm stacking it still the dangled
motif will hit like crazy and the scratch with all my other pieces that i'm wearing which is
something that i really really don't want to see so personally i wouldn't wear the motif dangling
comparing to the twisting and the dangling option i like the twisting option way better especially
after i have this tool it just makes my life so easier so basically i'd love to wear my fine motif
bracelet as her necklace because when i'm wearing it as a necklace it looks like a 10 motif necklace
which costs way more to get it's just really important for me to be able to max out the value
to make more use of this piece that's why i decided to use the twisting method that i
showed it to you guys and also use the tool that i purchased to help me to put on super
tight bracelet easily but if you don't care about the necklace option and you would prefer it just
fit naturally perfect on your wrist then feel free to schedule appointment with your SA to find out
the best size for you i'll link the tool down below in the description box for you let me
know if you think this is helpful or if you have any additional questions i'll see you soon bye