WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.760 Welcome back to another episode of Excuse My Grandma. It's Kim and my cohost. 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:04.560 Grandma Gail. 00:00:21.225 --> 00:00:35.340 Okay, Grandma. We have a guest this week. I'm very excited. I feel like we talk about jewelry a lot, And it's also kind of taken over my social media feed, my friends discussions. Like it's always engagement rings and look at that piece. 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:37.340 We were even at the Bravo thing 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:38.140 we did the other week. 00:00:38.140 --> 00:00:40.220 We were like looking at every housewives jewelry. 00:00:40.220 --> 00:00:41.900 They have a lot of jewelry on. 00:00:41.900 --> 00:01:10.040 There's all the group chats between natural and lab. And just the fact that when we're getting dressed, jewelry and accessorizing can really change a whole outfit. And what's funny when we have these discussions, I feel like the generations, they do think of jewelry a little bit differently. You really just wear your classic pieces that you've had forever other than a few costume items. And then I feel like girls my age, they're mostly buying things for themselves. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:22.505 Right. Where correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like a lot of women of your generation, like, they're gifts from, like, a husband or passed down from a parent or whatever. It's not like you're going shopping. No. 00:01:22.505 --> 00:01:50.625 Because most of us right. And when we got the jewelry, we weren't we weren't working. So it was really usually our husband's money or our parents gave, you know, heirlooms. But the funny thing is on the red carpet the other night, I wore a little brooch on my little vest that was a hand down from your grandmother, your great grandmother on your Poppy's Poppy's side. Andy Cohen didn't stop looking at the I 00:01:50.625 --> 00:01:51.265 know he's obsessed. 00:01:51.265 --> 00:01:58.900 He was obsessed with the jewelry. Yeah. So jewelry is still what people love. It just takes different forms in every generation. 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:08.180 And so I'm really excited to talk to a guest about it as well as Mother's Day coming up. Right. And it just made me think of how jewelry is one of those things that feels so meaningful as a gift. 00:02:09.175 --> 00:02:09.975 Whether it's For it. 00:02:10.215 --> 00:02:31.420 Lockdown or it's a new item. So today, Wegman is here with us. She founded Ring Concierge back in 2013 and has obviously built this massive modern jewelry company for women, by women. And I went to the new Soho store the other day and tried on the million dollar necklace, and I have not stopped thinking about it. So we're gonna talk about that. 00:02:31.420 --> 00:02:32.700 But Nicole, welcome. 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:35.500 Well, thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here. 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:36.460 Yeah. We're so excited 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:45.635 to have you. So let's start all the way at the beginning. What kind of led you to the jewelry industry? Were you, as a kid, interested in jewelry? 00:02:46.115 --> 00:02:57.950 So I've always been interested in jewelry. I've always been, like, very girly into fashion. There's this story my mom always tells me. I went to Mardi Gras with her when I was, like, three. I don't I don't know why I was at Mardi Gras, but I was. 00:02:57.950 --> 00:03:09.685 Right. And there's pictures of me with, like, 100 strands of the beads that I was collecting off the ground. Oh, funny. So I've always loved it, but I never thought about it as a career path. We went to the same school. 00:03:09.685 --> 00:03:17.845 We just we just chatted about that. And millions. Yes. And I went for fiber science and apparel design. I always knew I wanted to come to New York City and be in fashion. 00:03:17.845 --> 00:03:41.615 And so that's how I started my career. Never thought about jewelry as a career path because I didn't know anyone that sold jewelry. Then when I was getting engaged, I was 26 in New York. My now husband and I went to 47th Street and did the whole thing and looked for diamonds. And I'm coming from this industry that's all women, pretty much, designing apparel for women. 00:03:41.615 --> 00:03:42.095 Mhmm. 00:03:42.095 --> 00:03:50.430 And now I'm shopping for the most expensive item I'd ever bought at the time, and it was all men. The whole street, the whole diamond industry. 00:03:50.430 --> 00:03:56.510 Oh, it's an orthodox industry on 47th Street, basically. We have to say that to our viewers. 00:03:56.510 --> 00:04:02.865 We do. Yeah. And older men. And I was this 26 year old fashion girly. I'm like, this is 00:04:03.025 --> 00:04:03.185 This 00:04:03.185 --> 00:04:19.760 is how I'm gonna design something I'm supposed to wear every single day. And it just felt so disconnected. And I I felt like I had to figure it all out on my own. Who do I trust? I certainly didn't trust their aesthetic over my own. 00:04:19.760 --> 00:04:29.760 And so I ended up finding an antique ring and loved it, and I still love it. But that's what sparked the idea of there needs to be a different experience for women. 00:04:29.760 --> 00:04:30.240 Mhmm. Mhmm. 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:40.735 The world has changed just like you guys were talking about. Women are designing and buying their own jewelry today, but we're not represented in the diamond industry. Right. And so that's how the company started twelve years ago. 00:04:40.735 --> 00:04:59.020 That's very exciting. Yeah. Because I could remember when I got my ring. You're absolutely right. Both I had several rings, but the last ring, you go to these places that are rooms with all kinds of locks on the door, and you're you're they're buzzing you in from one thing to the other, and they're basically old men bringing out stones. 00:04:59.020 --> 00:05:02.105 You know? Do they have, like, taste? Do they understand? Well, it 00:05:02.105 --> 00:05:13.065 doesn't matter. When you're it depends what you're buying. I would never buy a piece of jewelry from these fellows, but if you're buying diamond solitaire Uh-huh. They were the most knowledgeable. That's that's I'm sure all changing now. 00:05:13.065 --> 00:05:56.190 I mean, because they would have it approved if you were buying a stone that had papers or whatever. You know, there was a, what do you call that, a cronyism amongst the whole group of, and you knew there were maybe really big ones. There were maybe four or five really big ones, and then the rest of them were on the street. But it was a really intimidating experience because you're spending a lot of money on a stone that you're relying on somebody's good word that that's the real stone. So when I really got up to the point where I said, well, that's what I want, the stone had to go to someplace to give us the shape, the picture, certification, because you're not gonna lay out that kind of money and not have it certified. 00:05:56.430 --> 00:06:08.815 But, you know, I don't know what people look at. It's so beautiful the way they do the settings. When I bought, it was just in a platinum setting with maybe too little baguettes on the side. Now the settings are as beautiful as the stone in many 00:06:08.815 --> 00:06:42.610 cases, That's isn't a really fun evolution that's actually shifted over the course of my time being in this industry is lately, people are getting really creative with their settings. It used to all be about a solitaire, and solitaires are still really important. They're our number one category. But I think women are feeling like they want the ring to be unique to their personality and match their style. And so we are seeing chunky settings, curvy settings, diamonds sent to a set to a slant, like, all of these things that didn't exist ten years ago, which is really fun because it is personal. 00:06:42.610 --> 00:06:49.090 It's probably the most personal piece of jewelry you'll ever own. So it's kind of fun to not have it look so cookie cutter. 00:06:49.090 --> 00:06:59.045 For sure. I didn't even realize it's only been the last, like, ten years or so that that's been a trendy thing to switch it up a little bit because I feel like it's all over my feed that people have really interesting 00:06:59.445 --> 00:07:01.845 Well, because you are pushing that that that button. 00:07:01.845 --> 00:07:15.970 Well, yeah. My whole Discover feed is probably engagement rings. Exactly. But even so, I feel like there's so many different options. But then at the same time, I feel like everyone kind of talks about wanting that timeless ring or even just in general, timeless jewelry. 00:07:15.970 --> 00:07:19.090 Like, do you think that even exists? Definitely. 00:07:19.090 --> 00:07:42.870 It's a tricky balance with figuring out how to style yourself in a way that feels uniquely you, but not invest in something that is going to run its course too quickly. And so you can do it a couple ways. You can go really classic with the ring. Maybe you do a solitaire, but you think of a wedding band stack that's super chunky and cool. And if you did get sick of it, it's not that big of a deal. 00:07:42.870 --> 00:07:47.030 Right. Or you can always reset. Mhmm. People reset all the time. All the time. 00:07:47.030 --> 00:08:08.120 Even if you do the most classic platinum solitaire, in five years, you might think, like, I just wish it was yellow gold. Like, it's pretty hard to predict what you're gonna wanna wear every day that far out. So I always tell people, find the diamond shape you love because that's the investment. And then just pick a setting that you feel really good about probably for the next five to ten. 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:09.320 Right. Don't worry about it. 00:08:09.320 --> 00:08:11.480 That you probably can't plan past that. Right. 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:31.015 Yeah. That's good advice. We talk about family a lot on our podcast, obviously. And I love how you were saying when you guys went to Mardi Gras, like your mom knew even then that you were wearing a ton of beads and would be interested in jewelry. I relate to that because I feel like we had something at my apartment called, like, the play closet. 00:08:31.015 --> 00:08:37.910 Do you know what I'm talking about? Like The dolls? Yeah. Like, I had dolls in there, and then I also had a trunk of dress up clothes Right. Where I would just try stuff up. 00:08:37.910 --> 00:08:39.430 Eye. Wasn't that the best? 00:08:39.430 --> 00:08:41.190 The best. It was the best. 00:08:41.190 --> 00:09:04.600 Taking out a tutu and all the little accessories, and you would just go in your trunk every day after school, which Yeah. Now I wish it was more exciting to go in my own closet. Like, I feel like that's more fun. But how from that age did either your mom or anyone in your family kind of like foster that interest or what was their involvement up until Ring Concierge? 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:16.280 Well, it's pretty interesting because my mom is, like, the least girly fashion. She's not any of those things. She doesn't like to shop. Like, she'll go to TJ Maxx. She just wants to get, a deal. 00:09:16.280 --> 00:09:30.015 Doesn't really care. Funny. My dad is into nice things. He's always been into having a nice car, having some nice watches. So I think that piece of me that really loves because I I love shopping. 00:09:30.015 --> 00:09:49.315 Like, I'm not gonna show you, but, like, love shopping, loves nice things, jewelry. That's actually from my dad. Interesting. But then from my mom, she's always been a big feminist, big about pushing boundaries, being in industries that women aren't typically in. Like, she was out protesting in the seventies. 00:09:49.315 --> 00:10:02.755 She's probably been to jail and just didn't tell me. And so I think it's the combination that led me to love the finer things in life, but then push through an industry where I wasn't necessarily welcome in the beginning. 00:10:02.755 --> 00:10:13.930 Yeah. That makes sense. I feel like do you think in our family that's been something that, I don't know, that ethos has kind of been passed around or less so maybe? 00:10:14.010 --> 00:10:27.805 Well, I don't I don't know. You mean it for for in jewelry or just in the general the general being Well, I don't know. I I think no. You know, my mother wasn't as outspoken as I am. That's right. 00:10:27.805 --> 00:10:56.785 And and my daughter wasn't as outspoken as I am. So I think I broke a mold, and then you inherited that from me. Perhaps. So I think it's all about how you develop as a person, what experiences you have going through high school, through college, and what triggers your intellectual you know, spark that all of a sudden lights you on a subject? I mean, you know, for me, it's been politics. 00:10:56.785 --> 00:11:13.810 For you, it's writing and theater. For Nicole, it's about beautiful things and how she can create beautiful things. So I think everybody has a, a a point, and I was thinking what she said about a ring. You know, it's funny. When you're when you're getting engaged, you think, oh my god. 00:11:13.810 --> 00:11:28.360 This ring is so important. And after first of most people don't even walk around, especially in a big city, don't walk around with an engagement ring anymore. They do wear a band or they wear something. I would never put my engagement ring on in Manhattan. I would feel very uncomfortable. 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.440 And square it, like out for dinner? 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:41.965 Well, maybe out for dinner. Yeah. Out for dinner, but not walking on the street or going to a job. I just wouldn't do that. But everybody is different, so therefore the other pieces around the ring might even become more important. 00:11:41.965 --> 00:12:01.570 The wedding band for me actually is more important than the ring itself. The ring has been sitting in a safe place for years, and so I think business has evolved. You want more funky things now that you can wear during the day. Even hear you say more chunky earrings, more, you know, that kind of Totally. Exactly. 00:12:01.650 --> 00:12:25.110 Versus the studs that everybody wanted in the 2000s and 2010s. Everybody had to have diamond studs in their ears, whether they were going up the ear or through their nose or whatever they were doing. So I think trends come and go, but if you get one good piece that you can eventually look at or even pass down, it's still worthwhile. It's still a beautiful thing to have. 00:12:25.110 --> 00:12:38.825 And I think there's a few pieces that will or categories within jewelry that hold the test of time. Watches. Well, watches, but classic diamond studs. Right. They're They're one of our best selling items. 00:12:38.825 --> 00:12:49.945 Best selling items by a landslide. People just love them. Everybody wants a pair. And whether or not they trend in or out, they're never gonna really be out. And what shifts is the styling. 00:12:49.945 --> 00:12:59.300 Right. Whether or not they're being worn formally, casually, whether or not you have three other things up your ear, but you still like want the stud. Stud. Tennis bracelets. Yep. 00:12:59.380 --> 00:13:05.780 Tennis bracelets and tennis necklaces are are never gonna go anywhere. What's changed though is that people are wearing them casually now. 00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:05.940 Right. 00:13:06.015 --> 00:13:12.175 Right. Ten years ago, you'd only wear them to, like, an event. Right. And now you wear them with a t shirt and a bunch of gold chains, and it's super cool. Yes. 00:13:12.175 --> 00:13:20.095 So there's a few things that I think are an investment that you would never regret. It's how they're being worn and where they're being worn that keeps changing. 00:13:20.095 --> 00:13:24.210 Mhmm. Where should people get inspo for jewelry styling? 00:13:24.370 --> 00:13:53.280 Oh, besides our Instagram ring concierge. I think it's really fun to look at the different not necessarily runways because I think runways are a little hard to interpret as just, you know, a regular person. But some of the really cool fashion influencers and the people that attend the shows might take a trend and interpret in a way that you could digest and say, okay, cool. Like broaches. Broaches are big right now. 00:13:53.280 --> 00:13:58.320 But they were all over I think it was the Oscars recently. And the Metropolitan 00:13:58.320 --> 00:13:59.920 started it. And that's 00:13:59.920 --> 00:14:05.375 a little hard to say, okay. Yeah. Sure. She's in a an Oscar de la Renta gown wearing a brooch. That doesn't apply to me. 00:14:05.375 --> 00:14:08.735 Right. But then you start to see it on people in a blazer. Right. 00:14:08.735 --> 00:14:09.615 Okay. I get it. 00:14:09.615 --> 00:14:11.615 I could do that. I could pull that off. Right. Mhmm. 00:14:11.615 --> 00:14:19.340 Yeah. Well, it sounds like your dad has very cool, like, items potentially. Is there anything you'd wanna steal from his collection? 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:28.220 No. No. I mean, like, has a classic Rolex. Right. No one's saying no to that, essentially. 00:14:29.885 --> 00:14:38.765 But, no, I'm really I do understand the appeal of jewelry being passed down. I'm not really gonna get much from my family. 00:14:38.765 --> 00:14:39.085 Right. 00:14:39.085 --> 00:14:41.165 So I'm busy making my own over here. 00:14:41.165 --> 00:14:41.965 She's gonna do it. 00:14:41.965 --> 00:14:56.960 My daughter, like, is gonna be in a ridiculous place. It's almost too much that she's gonna get. Lucky her. But no, I had to figure out ways to get it myself, and that does go back to women are now just buying it, which is very different from your generation. Exactly. 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.600 You know? And it's 00:14:57.760 --> 00:15:23.820 Well, you you would always have an anniversary or birthday or Valentine's Day, and your husband, at least my husband, always brought me something. But then what he did do, and I'm laughing about it, was if I said I liked something, a particular design, every year I got the same design in a different color, which I love, by the way. The things he bought me were beautiful. But after a while, I had five or six of these necklaces. I said, that's it. 00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:25.180 I can't wear more than that. 00:15:25.180 --> 00:15:27.260 Why don't you just mention another thing for him to get? 00:15:27.305 --> 00:15:31.465 Well, did eventually. He said, Stop with the necklaces. I can't wear anymore. 00:15:31.465 --> 00:15:31.705 That's 00:15:31.705 --> 00:15:46.520 funny. But they do because they're not really You know, they don't have a venue like your stores at the time. So he would go to a department store that carried a particular brand that I liked, and he would say, Well, if she liked it in white, then she'll like it in pink or she'll like 00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:48.920 I it in could so see him doing 00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:49.640 it. He did it. 00:15:49.640 --> 00:15:52.360 And he probably just wanted a sure thing. A sure thing. 00:15:52.360 --> 00:16:00.865 And he knew this saleswoman in there knew me and then he would go right to her and he would say, alright. Just give me a new one. Wrap it up. So And that's part 00:16:00.865 --> 00:16:11.610 of what our team tries to solve for is being the female voice if it is a man purchasing for their partner because they don't know. You know? They're going in kinda blind or they're going in very liberally, apparently. 00:16:11.610 --> 00:16:12.090 Correct. 00:16:12.250 --> 00:16:21.985 And so how do we guide them? There's instances with engagement rings when we're working with a client where we say, show me her picture. Let me see her style. Let me go through her Instagram. Okay. 00:16:21.985 --> 00:16:27.025 I get it. Like, I know her vibe. We can figure out how to create a ring for her. I have guess important. 00:16:27.025 --> 00:16:29.905 That was not happening, I'm guessing, at the diamond. 00:16:29.905 --> 00:16:43.410 It's still not happening at the Diamond District. You have to have a very different team to do that. And our team are primarily women, primarily younger. So they get it. Like, they get what the average bride wants when they're coming to us. 00:16:43.410 --> 00:16:43.890 Right. 00:16:43.890 --> 00:16:46.815 Would you say that's more than half of your business, 00:16:46.815 --> 00:16:56.575 the engagement ring? It's not more than half. It's actually less than that. The bigger piece of our business are all the other fine jewelry categories because women are self purchasing. Okay. 00:16:56.575 --> 00:17:01.550 And so it's about 75% of our website purchases are by women just shopping for themselves. 00:17:01.710 --> 00:17:03.950 Could go online and buy an engagement ring. 00:17:04.030 --> 00:17:08.830 People do. They do? We sell them online. Most are done in person. Most are done here in New York City. 00:17:08.830 --> 00:17:10.190 But, no. People do. 00:17:10.190 --> 00:17:11.630 But you have stores in many different cities. 00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:15.765 We have we have a store in LA. We have one down in Boca. 00:17:15.765 --> 00:17:19.605 Ah, alright. So people can go they're in they're in big cities. 00:17:19.605 --> 00:17:27.685 Yes. Okay. I'm scared to ask this, but what is the most expensive item that Ring Concierge Was it your necklace? The $1,000,000 necklace. 00:17:27.800 --> 00:17:41.080 We've sold a few 7 figure pieces, some really cool ones. It's always the most fun when it's a solitaire diamond that costs over $1,000,000 because, obviously, it's visually impactful. 00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.320 Yes. 00:17:41.845 --> 00:17:52.405 I think it was a 16 carat, like, colorless oval we sold once that was over 1,000,000. We've sold a really rare pink diamond that was over 1,000,000. 00:17:52.405 --> 00:17:55.285 I'm glad she brought this up. You've told this story so many times. 00:17:55.930 --> 00:18:21.935 I didn't tell it to her. When I was getting my solitaire, it's now forty years ago, my husband, I was in Israel on a trip, and he says, I just went to the jeweler who was a friend of ours. And he had Russian contacts in the time we're talking about long time ago, and he said, I saw the most gorgeous pink diamond. I was 40 years old. It was for my fortieth birthday. 00:18:22.415 --> 00:18:37.860 He said, You have to have this. I said to my husband, what am I gonna do with the pink diamond? Nothing goes. Of course, I didn't get the pink diamond. If I had gotten the pink diamond, it would be zillions of dollars to get And the point and white one has gone down. 00:18:38.025 --> 00:18:45.065 Yeah. So but I laugh about that, the pink diamond. I said, what what goes with pink? It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. 00:18:45.065 --> 00:18:48.185 It was so pink diamond if you're given a pink diamond. Exactly. 00:18:48.185 --> 00:18:50.105 So stupid. Be a Gramma gal rule. 00:18:50.105 --> 00:18:51.865 It's a pink diamond. Diamond. 00:18:51.865 --> 00:18:57.670 Well, here's a fun, like, quiz. What do you think is the most rare diamond color? 00:18:57.670 --> 00:18:59.670 Yellow? No. Oh. No. No. 00:18:59.670 --> 00:19:04.710 I know nothing. I would've I would've said either red or has to 00:19:04.710 --> 00:19:04.870 be 00:19:04.870 --> 00:19:09.110 one of the the odd colors because, you know, they're they're really so red in nature. 00:19:09.315 --> 00:19:12.595 Yeah. Red. I believe it's red first then green. 00:19:12.595 --> 00:19:13.155 Yeah. Green. 00:19:13.155 --> 00:19:17.475 And I think it goes because they're so rare. Pink and yellow. Yellow's not that rare. 00:19:17.475 --> 00:19:17.875 No. Right. 00:19:17.875 --> 00:19:19.875 There are a lot of people with yellow diamonds. 00:19:19.875 --> 00:19:20.995 Yeah. But I guess what I was thinking of it, 00:19:20.995 --> 00:19:23.880 like Not a yellow bad diamond, but a true Yeah. 00:19:24.520 --> 00:19:28.920 Fancy yellow. I didn't even know there were red and green diamonds. 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:31.960 I mean, they're so incredibly rare. It's not like you're seeing them 00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.360 Every 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:35.400 on the street. No. They're, like, in bolts. Yeah. 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:44.085 Yeah. Wait, grandma. Curious. Like, was there ever a time that you saw stuff and you're like, oh, I just wanna buy that for myself, and it was, like, annoying that you weren't going to? 00:19:44.085 --> 00:20:03.420 I bought everything for myself that I ever wanted. You're asking the wrong person. I never had to ask anybody for anything. I could have gone out and and bought anything I wanted any time in my life because I had my own money, but the truth of the matter is that it was never anything I wanted to do because I liked the idea of getting a gift. 00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.900 It was more such 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:18.305 a So I was it was then what what? It it was just the way it was. And, you know, you can't look like what the girls are doing today. In the sixties and seventies, it was really finished by the time of the seventies. You really wanted to receive a gift from your loved one. 00:20:18.305 --> 00:20:26.220 Would it be a stigma if, like, a friend of yours said, oh, where'd you get that ring? I love it. And you were like, oh, I bought it for myself. Would they be like, well, why didn't David Well, I 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:41.705 bought rings for myself, but not die but I bought the ring I'm wearing for myself. Yeah. I mean, I can go into a store and buy a ring, but I wouldn't have bought my bought bought a solitaire by myself. Yeah. Because that's really something that somebody would have given me That's still as this thing of love. 00:20:41.785 --> 00:20:45.465 However Alright. I would have said yes until, like, six months ago. 00:20:45.465 --> 00:20:45.865 Okay. 00:20:45.865 --> 00:20:51.120 We have made for a few different VIPs we work with, divorce rings. Right. 00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:52.480 That they Yeah. Oh, that's a very 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:56.880 big thing. For themselves. Okay. The first one was with Brooks Nader. Mhmm. 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:09.485 The second one actually is with Rachel Zoe. Right. Amazing. And so there's a few other people we're working with on it. And it's the idea of part of it is because they had nice rings to start, and then they separated, got divorced, etcetera. 00:21:09.645 --> 00:21:21.790 I'm like, why don't I get to wear a big diamond anymore? Right. And so we're calling them the unbothered rings. Because it doesn't necessarily have to be about something negative in your life. It could just be about I'm single, and I wanna wear a big diamond. 00:21:21.790 --> 00:21:40.165 Powerful. It's very powerful. And so we're really excited about this because I think it further leans into women feeling empowered within this category and within, you know, the company that we've built, which is meant to really have women feel like they can be empowered. A 100%. And so I think we're gonna see more and more of that. 00:21:40.165 --> 00:21:52.700 I really do. I think people are gonna take their original engagement rings and trade it in or reset it and just get them because you get used to wearing a diamond every day. It's a little sad to not. And so Brooks and Rachel have these 00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.180 Yeah. 00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:55.820 Massive divorce rings that are just I 00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:56.220 have to look at 00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:59.180 them. They're so good. They're so good. 00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:09.865 Speaking of celebrities, I feel like Ring Concierge does a lot of collabs partnerships with influencers and celebrities. Like, what is the value of that do you 00:22:09.865 --> 00:22:28.580 think to the company? Well, what's interesting and I think what people don't realize is the majority of people we work with are already Ring Concierge customers, fans of the brand. Almost all of our bridal partnerships, if you will Mhmm. Approach us. And some of them, it wasn't a partnership. 00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:41.425 They just bought a ring. And we were lucky to be in a category that people want. Right? Like, no matter who you are, celebrity or influencer, everybody would like diamonds and jewelry. So it's a very easy relationship to cultivate. 00:22:41.425 --> 00:22:55.440 We don't have to knock on people's door and say, like, can we pay you to wear something? You know, they're thrilled to wear diamonds. But on the flip side of that, yes, there is a business element to, of course, influencers specifically. Yeah. 00:22:55.760 --> 00:22:59.840 Taylor Swift created a whole industry around that antique diamond that she got. 00:23:00.115 --> 00:23:02.275 She made it very popular. Yep. Yes. 00:23:02.275 --> 00:23:06.115 I mean, all of a sudden, everybody was talking about antique settings. You know, that 00:23:06.675 --> 00:23:08.035 Salina with the marquee. 00:23:08.035 --> 00:23:14.170 Yep. Yeah. So well, I have a hot marquee. Is that an in stone end? 00:23:14.170 --> 00:23:15.290 Marquee is very in writing. 00:23:15.290 --> 00:23:15.610 Oh my 00:23:15.610 --> 00:23:16.890 god. Oh, you're with it. 00:23:16.890 --> 00:23:17.290 Oh, I'm 00:23:17.290 --> 00:23:17.850 with it. 00:23:17.850 --> 00:23:22.490 I'm with it. We could reset it, maybe make it cool. You know what else people are doing? They're doing, like, big diamonds on their pinky 00:23:22.490 --> 00:23:34.585 wings so you can make it a pinky ring. Well, I don't think mine would go in a pinky ring, but I was thinking actually of doing it this way. Then I said, Oh my God, I'm not even gonna wear that thing. It's too big. But I love the way yours is set. 00:23:34.745 --> 00:23:39.000 This is our most Now is that popular your engagement engagement ring? Pretty. 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:42.680 No. It's just your I change what ring I'm wearing Let's see. Every day. 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:45.640 But I like it because I it's set in plain. That's the perk 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:51.960 of the job is I can just change my ring every day. Isn't that pretty? So that's our most popular setting. It's Yeah. Like that setting. 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.000 Hey. Wait. Can I try it on? 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.480 Of course. 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.965 Oh, no. I'll put it on my 00:23:54.965 --> 00:23:55.205 right hand. 00:23:55.205 --> 00:23:56.005 I'll just bill you later. You 00:23:56.005 --> 00:23:57.445 should It fits have perfectly. 00:23:57.605 --> 00:23:59.605 Oh, then that's 00:23:59.605 --> 00:24:13.020 an oval. That's an oval. That's Five carat oval. So it's funny because you were saying you're uncomfortable wearing big jewelry around the city. I'm like wearing eight carat studs and a six carat ring every day, and I feel fine. 00:24:13.020 --> 00:24:14.060 But I think it's Are walking? 00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.980 Walking or are you To 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:19.020 be fair, I don't really do it on the subway, but I'll walk around 00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:20.540 the city. I love it so much. 00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:23.035 I'm not like You love it so much. You can swear it 00:24:23.035 --> 00:24:26.555 the rest of this episode. It's fine. Okay. Yeah. But I'm not We're gonna be confused. 00:24:27.595 --> 00:24:31.035 Yeah. I don't think you get used to this. All of a sudden, you're gonna get calls. Oh, you got engaged. 00:24:31.035 --> 00:24:41.420 You need Which, by the way, happens all the time for, like, all for no reason. Like, people like, I'll be like, I have an announcement, and I'll be like a new podcast guest. And they'll be like, you're engaged. Like, it so let's knock down the re 00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.620 Let's not give them a reason 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.660 right fine maybe. 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:46.540 Yeah. But I know you have some other pieces that we're gonna take a look at in a minute. 00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:48.940 Which is so much fun. Kimberly's gonna be so excited. 00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:51.420 Yeah. Okay. Let's get into Mother's Day 00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:51.820 Mhmm. 00:24:51.900 --> 00:25:11.410 A little bit. So I feel like people struggle with any gift giving. Yeah. Husbands to wives, sons and daughters to mothers, would love to hear your recommendations depending on age or maybe it's like no matter what their age is, it's the same price range, whatever you wanna give. So I think it 00:25:11.650 --> 00:25:28.065 I think age and price range matter, but it also comes down to what do they already own. Right. So for, like, the men out there that don't know what to get their wives or their partner, if she doesn't already own studs, very safe place to start. And we have so many sizes of studs. Right. 00:25:28.065 --> 00:25:35.950 So, like, you don't have to spend $10,000. You can spend a thousand dollars on a beautiful pair of studs. Right. Or tennis. If she has studs, get her tennis. 00:25:35.950 --> 00:25:42.350 K. She'll never regret a tennis bracelet. Same thing. Huge variety of sizes. So if you can afford a bigger one, like Right. 00:25:42.350 --> 00:25:54.725 Sure. Get a four or five, six carat, but we also have a one carat that's super affordable. Then I would say that's probably a little pricey for a son to buy from mom and also maybe a little too, like, cereal. 00:25:55.045 --> 00:25:56.885 Stick with flowers or candy. 00:25:56.885 --> 00:26:02.645 Or you do personalized jewelry. A piece that's engraved with maybe, like, her kids' names. 00:26:02.645 --> 00:26:03.045 I like 00:26:03.125 --> 00:26:04.565 Or if she has grandkids, 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.120 we 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:25.545 have so many pieces you could put birthstones in, which I think is a nice subtle nod if you're not into having initials Yeah. Or names. We have a lot with birthstones that are very, very easy to style and stack. So I think that's a really nice thing to buy for any mom, any grandma, something that is very personalized that she can wear every day. 00:26:25.545 --> 00:26:28.665 Right? Say, oh, look what my granddaughter or grandson gave me. 00:26:28.665 --> 00:26:32.470 Yeah. Well, grandma, what kind of jewelry might you want to receive? 00:26:32.790 --> 00:26:39.190 I think some like a charm. Okay. Like Nicole was saying, any kind of little thing with a stone in it would be pretty. 00:26:39.270 --> 00:26:40.310 Step on earrings? 00:26:40.550 --> 00:26:43.670 No. Damn. But my daughter's been asking for a pair of doesn't have 00:26:43.670 --> 00:26:43.990 her ears. 00:26:43.990 --> 00:26:52.575 I don't have my earrings. Nope. I'm not gonna pierce them either. Anybody who wants my earrings is just gonna wear them clips or they'll have to then take them in 00:26:52.575 --> 00:26:53.375 and do it. 00:26:54.095 --> 00:26:54.415 Because I'm 00:26:54.415 --> 00:26:56.095 just Why didn't you pierce your ears? 00:26:56.255 --> 00:27:05.870 I thought it was barbaric. Really? I really did. Then my daughter did it after she got married because I never let her do it. Then it became everybody was doing it. 00:27:06.030 --> 00:27:10.605 And then I think Kimberly wanted me to do it once when she did it, and I said, I can't. 00:27:10.605 --> 00:27:12.525 Oh, really? I don't even remember that. 00:27:12.525 --> 00:27:18.365 And then what do you do with all your old earrings? You have to put little You have to convert them. I know. That's too much. Too much work. 00:27:18.365 --> 00:27:19.085 Too much effort. 00:27:19.085 --> 00:27:29.590 Okay. Well, we'll do a different piece for you. Right. Does on the back end, do you see like certain pieces do better on Mother's Day compared to like Christmas, Valentine's? 00:27:29.590 --> 00:27:37.165 Yeah. Mother's Day is big for personalization. Okay. Which we have a pretty big personalization assortment. And the prices range from like, you know, 100 to Right. 00:27:37.165 --> 00:27:52.510 4,000. So it's that's the time I think people want something sentimental. Right. Because it's meant to represent family in some capacity. But and then for other holidays, it's usually something more classic. 00:27:54.270 --> 00:28:01.070 What's interesting though with men, they don't think that far out. So personalized jewelry sometimes requires some thought. 00:28:01.710 --> 00:28:04.190 I'd rather go into the store and say, I'll take that in blue. 00:28:05.015 --> 00:28:10.375 So that's why we have a whole collection of just initials where they can save themselves. Oh, this is like, I picked this out just for 00:28:10.375 --> 00:28:13.015 you with the letter m, but he got it the day before. Yeah. Great. 00:28:13.015 --> 00:28:13.815 That's perfect. Yeah. 00:28:13.815 --> 00:28:14.135 It's great. 00:28:14.135 --> 00:28:16.375 You wanna make them look good when they're giving 00:28:16.375 --> 00:28:17.015 a gift. Yeah. 00:28:18.830 --> 00:28:29.710 And also, there's such a thing as people I see it on Instagram all the time, and we had it too, but we didn't make as big a fuss about it after somebody has a child. Then you expect a little better present. 00:28:29.710 --> 00:28:30.350 Push present. 00:28:30.350 --> 00:28:31.150 Push present. 00:28:31.150 --> 00:28:31.630 You're a 00:28:31.630 --> 00:28:33.695 thing, though. That's a thing. Right? 00:28:33.695 --> 00:28:35.855 That's when women can really kinda Yeah. 00:28:35.855 --> 00:28:36.255 They really 00:28:36.255 --> 00:28:49.120 something because rightfully so. Rightfully so. So that's when usually people will come back for a bigger eternity band that maybe was out of budget during their wedding. Exactly. Like, I just did that, I'd and like an eternity band. 00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.360 Yeah. 00:28:49.360 --> 00:29:05.325 You know? Are there any other, like, wild new excuses, but like holidays, people are making up, or like reasons to get gifts that you've noticed? Still a big No. But like a rand like, I feel like push presents. I guess that's been around for a while, but someone might come in and be like, it's national. 00:29:05.725 --> 00:29:07.405 Like, I don't know. Whatever day. 00:29:07.405 --> 00:29:10.045 So Saint Patrick's Day doesn't warrant too many big gifts. 00:29:10.045 --> 00:29:10.605 I guess so. 00:29:10.605 --> 00:29:12.340 I don't know. I I I still think it has 00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:16.900 to Anniversary is like a Anniversary. Anniversary. I feel like Well, that's big thing. Do monthly anniversary. 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:24.100 Well, you know what I think women are finding reasons to treat themselves without it being Right. A holiday, like a promotion. 00:29:24.375 --> 00:29:25.255 Yeah. Like, we'll have 00:29:25.255 --> 00:29:41.350 women that come in and buy a tennis bracelet or just like a killer gold chain because she got promoted. Yeah. She wants to maybe it's a little bit of an excuse, but, like, go for it and something to just feel proud of where she's at in life that she could afford herself. 00:29:41.350 --> 00:30:02.535 A 100%. Okay. Should we look at some pieces? For those who are just listening, make sure you're following us on social, excuse my grandma, or watching the episode on YouTube, cause you're going to wanna watch this portion of the episode. Grandma's listening on Spotify, you can also be watching on Spotify because we have some gorgeous pieces of jewelry out in front of us. 00:30:02.535 --> 00:30:08.800 See, what I think is so beautiful first of I love this shaped stone. So what is this? Enemerald. This is what my mother had. And then what is this called? 00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.280 Paul And I 00:30:09.280 --> 00:30:10.400 love No. No. The bevel. 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.800 Those are channels that's a bezel set. 00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.360 That's all gone. 00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:17.680 And then they're channel set sideways baguettes going on. 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.760 Oh, there are baguettes? Oh my god. But you can't even see 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:23.905 ring is actually really has a lot going on, but it seems simple. 00:30:23.905 --> 00:30:28.785 This shape I love. Look how pretty that is. Very classic. Now how big is this stone? 00:30:29.265 --> 00:30:32.545 I'd have to double check, but it looks about like Four. Three and a half to four. 00:30:32.545 --> 00:30:35.370 Yeah. No. This is this is a bear. See, this I could wear every day. 00:30:35.370 --> 00:30:36.250 That looks good on your hand. 00:30:36.250 --> 00:30:39.050 So you must have a much bigger I do. So okay. Yeah. 00:30:39.050 --> 00:30:41.930 Why did this look bigger on her hand 00:30:41.930 --> 00:30:44.810 than my hand? Or do you not see fingers are longer. 00:30:44.970 --> 00:30:46.570 Doesn't it look bigger on her hand? 00:30:46.570 --> 00:30:52.715 No. Finger side like, overall hand size makes a difference. Like, I have longer fingers, and things look smaller on me. 00:30:52.715 --> 00:30:53.035 Right. 00:30:53.035 --> 00:30:53.275 So I 00:30:53.275 --> 00:30:53.755 just have 00:30:53.755 --> 00:30:55.515 to go very big. Yeah. You can't show it. 00:30:55.595 --> 00:30:56.395 No option. 00:30:56.395 --> 00:31:05.170 Yeah. So you could use that in your favor. Maybe no. Maybe that you don't like that that shape. See, that's why people have to try on shapes. 00:31:05.170 --> 00:31:07.490 Right. So Everybody's hands look different. 00:31:07.490 --> 00:31:09.250 My hand's bigger than your hand. 00:31:09.490 --> 00:31:12.450 It's than my hand. That's why. So you have you have an 00:31:12.450 --> 00:31:17.515 excuse to have to go bigger. Right. Yeah. But also different shapes look bigger. Like, ovals and marquise Look big. 00:31:17.515 --> 00:31:26.555 And hair look bigger than any other shape, which is partially why they're so popular. Like, this looks gigantic. Now this is an probably only a carat bigger. Right. 00:31:27.115 --> 00:31:30.075 Right? That's an oval? I I I can't see. 00:31:30.075 --> 00:31:33.940 This is oh, yeah. That's an oval. See, some of the 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.020 Okay. It could be a pinky ring. 00:31:36.020 --> 00:31:38.180 We have to describe what we're seeing for the listeners. 00:31:38.260 --> 00:31:41.060 Okay. So that's another An oval solitaire. 00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:42.020 It doesn't fit my finger. 00:31:42.020 --> 00:31:43.700 But it could be a pinky ring, and that's a vibe. 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.500 Yeah. Think that. 00:31:45.965 --> 00:31:50.045 These are too these are too small. Oh my gosh. It's a lovely pinky ring. 00:31:50.045 --> 00:31:50.605 Piss the ring. 00:31:50.605 --> 00:31:55.405 It's beautiful. Now these yeah. Let's go to the next category. This Tennis. The tennis. 00:31:55.405 --> 00:31:56.925 Now I have something like this. 00:31:57.405 --> 00:32:06.970 So that one is made with emerald cuts. The most classic tennis and the majority of what we sell are Round. Around. There are really unique ways to do it. Or if you already have a round and you need 00:32:06.970 --> 00:32:08.170 something so pretty. 00:32:08.170 --> 00:32:10.730 And you guys do natural and lab. Exactly. 00:32:11.130 --> 00:32:18.855 Most of our jewelry is in natural, but we do have many pieces available in both. So tennis, for example, comes in lab as well. 00:32:18.855 --> 00:32:20.455 So fabulous. 00:32:21.575 --> 00:32:23.335 I'm showing it on the video. You guys 00:32:23.335 --> 00:32:24.535 are watching. Alright. 00:32:24.855 --> 00:32:26.375 So now I'm gonna put this away. 00:32:26.455 --> 00:32:26.775 There you 00:32:26.775 --> 00:32:33.710 go. Nicole, we love it. Now these are bangles Yes. I gather. And you would always do this in a in a in a series of more than one. 00:32:33.710 --> 00:32:46.975 Well, I don't I'm wearing just one today. That's another thing that changes with the trend. Oh, I see. Few years ago, it was all about, like, three Yes. And now I think I'm it's a little bit like less is more happening with bangles, which is where one 00:32:47.055 --> 00:32:48.495 That's good for me. Mhmm. 00:32:48.495 --> 00:32:53.935 Less is Wait. So, yeah, I wanna hear more about trends too because that's really helpful. Like, sometimes 00:32:53.935 --> 00:32:55.215 I like the bigger gold one. 00:32:55.630 --> 00:33:00.350 I can see how wearing a few might look dated, and this is, like, chicer just to have 00:33:00.350 --> 00:33:00.670 Yeah. 00:33:00.670 --> 00:33:01.230 I mean, I think 00:33:01.230 --> 00:33:08.510 about think back, like, five years ago when it was all about the love bracelet. Right. And then that was meant to stack, and now it's kind of shifted from that. 00:33:08.510 --> 00:33:13.825 Right. See, and I like the plain gold one, like Nicole is wearing. I think that's so 00:33:13.825 --> 00:33:14.705 chic. Yeah. 00:33:14.865 --> 00:33:22.225 So it also looks cool to wear one on each wrist, which is a thing right now. Because it used to be all about one big That's what I have. 00:33:22.690 --> 00:33:25.410 Would you wear two big ones on either wrist, 00:33:25.410 --> 00:33:27.890 or does that look like superwoman? No. People are doing that. 00:33:27.890 --> 00:33:35.505 I have those Elsa Prudding bracelets from the seventies. I one to I have two. Yeah. So she said two is too much. So she wore one. 00:33:35.505 --> 00:33:38.225 Of course. But if people are wearing them over the sleeve I 00:33:38.225 --> 00:33:38.945 can't see, Kim. 00:33:38.945 --> 00:33:39.505 Okay. I'm giving you 00:33:39.585 --> 00:33:43.665 Like, if you dress it up, you could wear one over each sleeve of, like, a tight 00:33:43.665 --> 00:33:45.105 It's very cool, Kim. I told 00:33:45.105 --> 00:33:51.380 you to take I'm telling you. Thank you. That's cute. What else are we looking at? You've got some great angles. 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:59.300 I'm to the next tray. So far, like everything. I love that one bevel. I like that bevel thing, but they look better in certain shapes. 00:34:00.195 --> 00:34:12.675 Or Yeah. You each setting needs to really be custom for the shape It's a different. I had something similar to So what's cool about those earrings Yeah. Is the bottom two circles can come completely off, and then the top could just be a 00:34:12.675 --> 00:34:15.620 giant huggie. So you're basically getting two sets of earrings. 00:34:15.620 --> 00:34:20.100 Two for the price of one is how I like to think about it. But, yes, we try to make pieces that 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.980 Very pretty. 00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:28.025 Are multiuse. Mhmm. Because if you're investing in a nice piece of jewelry, it'd be great to get different ways to wear it out of it. 00:34:28.025 --> 00:34:30.665 They're beautiful. Yeah. Very pretty. 00:34:30.745 --> 00:34:32.105 So what would you wear that with? 00:34:32.105 --> 00:34:37.785 Black top. That is evening. Yeah. That that is I've worn those many times to events, but then you can take the bottom off, and 00:34:37.785 --> 00:34:37.945 you just 00:34:37.945 --> 00:34:38.345 have a huggie 00:34:38.345 --> 00:34:38.825 that you 00:34:38.825 --> 00:34:40.265 can wear to dinner or to work. Yeah. 00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:43.300 Oh, that's the earring I love. This mommy has something. 00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.860 Oh, I yeah. 00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:47.300 So these this simple. See, this to me is just classic. 00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:51.300 Yeah. So we're holding up a gold chain where what would you call this? 00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:57.705 Chain. This is our multi link earring. Same thing. The bottom can come off, and, like, the one that you're holding, Gail, you could swap it. 00:34:57.705 --> 00:34:58.505 Same thing. 00:34:58.505 --> 00:35:00.825 Got it. Diamond link on the bottom. 00:35:00.825 --> 00:35:01.465 That would be 00:35:01.465 --> 00:35:02.665 cool. It's super cool. 00:35:02.665 --> 00:35:06.105 It's one one would be the diamond, and one would be plain. 00:35:06.105 --> 00:35:09.465 Yeah. You could keep the top gold and the bottom diamond, which price the top. Great. 00:35:09.465 --> 00:35:13.030 I love that. I I actually feel like I would wear that all the time. That's very cool. 00:35:13.190 --> 00:35:14.550 Yep. The whole thing is cool. 00:35:14.550 --> 00:35:18.390 Yeah. And then you could also just wear the top link and not the bottom. Right. A lot 00:35:18.390 --> 00:35:20.950 of these gonna make earrings pierced ears that are cool. 00:35:20.950 --> 00:35:21.750 Yeah. There's the Here 00:35:21.750 --> 00:35:23.565 it is. This is the one we Oh, yeah. 00:35:23.565 --> 00:35:26.045 Like the but it does require a piercing. 00:35:26.045 --> 00:35:30.525 Yeah. Well, can't do it. So Kimmy will have it. Cheers. Very pretty, sweetie. 00:35:30.765 --> 00:35:34.285 Yay. These are lovely. Very pretty. Fun. I would do this all day. 00:35:34.285 --> 00:35:36.230 Well, this is it's fun. Like, we're dressing up. 00:35:36.230 --> 00:35:38.310 Yeah. You're in the closet. We're back in the trunk. 00:35:38.310 --> 00:35:39.030 Back in the play closet. 00:35:39.030 --> 00:35:39.910 Back in the closet. 00:35:39.910 --> 00:35:45.350 Is a son could buy for his mother. Anyone could buy it. Any could buy. Yeah. And I think this is ageless. 00:35:45.350 --> 00:35:47.830 Like, I could see someone in her twenties wearing it, 00:35:47.830 --> 00:35:49.510 and I could see someone like, you could wear it. 00:35:49.510 --> 00:35:52.205 You know? It really Bot Bitzvah gift. That's true. 00:35:52.205 --> 00:35:53.325 Which I think is beautiful. 00:35:53.325 --> 00:35:54.045 It's a nice pot mitzvah 00:35:54.045 --> 00:35:57.965 Just so people listening, we're holding a gold chain with a little heart 00:35:57.965 --> 00:35:58.365 Here, Kim. 00:35:58.525 --> 00:35:59.965 On it that has an initial. 00:36:00.205 --> 00:36:06.860 It's so pretty. It's beautiful. And may I ask, how much would this sell for? 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:12.300 The charm that's a great question. I should know these things. The charm is a couple 100, maybe like 2 to 300. 00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.980 Well, because it has a little diamond. 00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:16.780 And then you can buy any chain you want Exactly. For 00:36:17.615 --> 00:36:18.975 See, has the little diamond 00:36:18.975 --> 00:36:19.455 on it. 00:36:19.455 --> 00:36:20.655 And you can engrave it, 00:36:20.655 --> 00:36:21.775 which makes it feel very special. 00:36:21.775 --> 00:36:22.175 I can 00:36:22.175 --> 00:36:23.455 see that. Don't know because 00:36:23.455 --> 00:36:23.615 I 00:36:23.615 --> 00:36:25.215 I can't see can't 00:36:25.215 --> 00:36:25.375 read 00:36:25.375 --> 00:36:31.455 without my glasses anymore. Diamonds, she can see. Diamonds, I can see. Diamonds are forever. Okay. 00:36:31.455 --> 00:36:31.695 Thank you. 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.680 It's a miracle. 00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.560 It is a miracle. 00:36:33.560 --> 00:36:34.440 I love that. 00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:39.320 Now wait a minute. I've gotta find my own ring. There. Okay. Amazing. 00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:46.965 So that was fun. You for that was like being in fantasy world. I really love this ring. I might have I might have to buy a second ring for myself. 00:36:46.965 --> 00:36:55.685 You should. Imagine this. We have some whiteboards here because we're gonna play a little game and reveal it, our answers. So basically, we're 00:36:55.685 --> 00:36:55.845 gonna 00:36:55.845 --> 00:37:10.750 do I'm gonna say an occasion, like a first date, and then we can each write the jewelry the jewelry we would wear to that occasion. On a first date? Well, yes. I'm gonna give a few different Okay. And then we'll reveal and compare our answers. 00:37:10.750 --> 00:37:11.630 Okay. Don't peek. 00:37:11.630 --> 00:37:16.565 Okay. Okay. Deal. So let's do that first. Let's do jewelry for a first date. 00:37:18.245 --> 00:37:20.245 Okay. Are we just writing one piece? 00:37:20.245 --> 00:37:29.640 Like, the key piece? The key piece or a few key pieces if you think that you need a few. Okay. Okay. Tell me when you guys are ready. 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.880 Ready. Ready. 00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:36.200 Okay. 123. Okay. So 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:46.535 Oh, okay. You said simple gold hoops. I said diamond huggies, which are similar. Yeah. Just like little earrings, and then I said some gold chain bracelets. 00:37:46.535 --> 00:37:47.975 I like You're like, totally naked. 00:37:47.975 --> 00:38:02.180 I like that. I yeah. I wrote simple, small gold hoops, like, you know, just a little something. I feel like I don't I didn't when I was going on lots of dates, I didn't want guys to, like, pay attention to the jewelry I was wearing. I just wanted it as, like, a little embellishment. 00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:04.580 And I said a watch and simple earrings. 00:38:04.580 --> 00:38:06.180 Okay. Why a watch? Simple. 00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:07.220 Because I always wear a watch. 00:38:07.275 --> 00:38:09.835 Oh, I thought you were gonna say so you know when to get out of the date. 00:38:09.835 --> 00:38:11.195 Well, that's a good idea too, 00:38:11.195 --> 00:38:12.395 but I always wear a watch. 00:38:12.395 --> 00:38:13.035 Okay. Let's So 00:38:13.035 --> 00:38:16.955 I know that you always say you have your phone, but I like wearing a watch. So the summary is 00:38:16.955 --> 00:38:18.395 go simple on your first date. 00:38:18.395 --> 00:38:19.755 Yes. Exactly. 00:38:19.755 --> 00:38:24.620 Okay. Next one is jewelry for meeting his parents. 00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:29.660 Oh, god. It also depends who his parents are. 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:32.700 But alright. Meeting his Okay. Well, that's interesting. Why? 00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:42.605 Well, because if if they have a lot of money, then I would I would go up. If they don't have a lot of money, I would dress down. Okay. But alright. We're just saying an average person. 00:38:42.605 --> 00:38:44.525 Correct? Sure. Okay. 00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:53.260 Okay. One, two, three. Oh, we are, like, insane. Good. You're the Okay. 00:38:54.060 --> 00:38:57.580 Nicole said Small diamond studs and maybe a little tennis bracelet. 00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:59.020 Yes. K. Beautiful. 00:38:59.020 --> 00:39:00.540 I Oh. K. You go next. 00:39:00.540 --> 00:39:14.885 Yeah. I I also said small diamond stud. Again, just like it's pretty, a little something, and unless I I don't know. At first, I was thinking like, would I do a necklace? But I'm probably not wearing like a super low cut top or anything. 00:39:14.885 --> 00:39:15.845 Let's hope not. 00:39:15.845 --> 00:39:23.340 Yeah. Right. So then it's like don't know. I feel like let's not pay attention to the decollete and pay more attention to the face. 00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:28.620 Okay. I said the same thing as before. Simple earrings because I always wear the same earrings and a different watch. 00:39:30.855 --> 00:39:34.775 Okay. Let's do jewelry for running into your ex. 00:39:35.175 --> 00:39:37.175 Oh. Now 00:39:37.175 --> 00:39:38.535 we are switching gears. 00:39:38.535 --> 00:39:50.400 Switching gears. Okay. Okay. Ready? One two three. 00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.960 Lariat necklace. 00:39:53.120 --> 00:39:55.760 So a lariat necklace is the kind that drops down Yeah. 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.320 The low. 00:39:56.320 --> 00:40:02.435 So you would wear the top you should not wear to meet his parent. Right. Draw all the attention there. 00:40:02.675 --> 00:40:10.515 I think that's a good one. I said show off, like stack a lot of necklaces. So, yeah, I think eyes to the chest. And 00:40:10.995 --> 00:40:15.040 I wrote large diamond solitaire plus showy watch. 00:40:15.040 --> 00:40:19.280 Yeah. Okay. Things are going really went great without you. 00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:20.640 Right. Exactly. Exactly. 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:26.160 Let's do one One more, Kim? Love these boards. 00:40:26.855 --> 00:40:27.735 I'm between two. 00:40:27.735 --> 00:40:29.255 Do these pens last forever? 00:40:29.495 --> 00:40:40.135 Probably not. Okay. Let's do let's do two more. Jewelry for a wedding where you don't know anyone. Oh, you're a guest. 00:40:40.135 --> 00:40:49.960 You're a guest. No. Wedding What kind of wedding? Is it a, you know, a black tie New York wedding, or is it a country wedding? Give us give us a parameter. 00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:51.000 Like, are we in a barn? 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.960 Because that's very different. 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:57.225 Right. Okay. Fine. New York wedding, classic wedding guest. 00:40:57.225 --> 00:40:57.785 Okay. 00:40:57.785 --> 00:41:00.505 So black tie optional? Sure. Okay. 00:41:03.145 --> 00:41:07.865 I always actually struggle with this when I go to weddings because I also feel like it's a simple thing. 00:41:07.865 --> 00:41:12.040 Wear. If you're if you're going to a country wedding, you're not wearing the same thing you'd go to the Waldorf. 00:41:12.040 --> 00:41:26.825 Feel like I do. Oh, what is it called when it's, like, not teardrop, but it's, like, multiple I have a pair of earrings that are like this. It's, like, diamond, string, diamond, string, diamond. 00:41:27.065 --> 00:41:32.825 Not string. It's like a diamond station earring, but you want, a diamond drop? Like a drop. A statement earring. 00:41:32.825 --> 00:41:35.680 Yeah. A simple statement. Called? A drop earring? 00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:37.360 Yeah. Drop earring would be a 00:41:37.520 --> 00:41:39.520 I'm telling you. We are, like, really 00:41:39.520 --> 00:41:40.640 going What on 00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:44.800 with that? Wrote diamond drops, and I meant, like, similar, like a long dangly earring. 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:47.200 Nothing too busy. Exactly. Mhmm. 00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:52.475 Diamond drops and what? Or a tennis necklace. Okay. You know, would do both. You I'm you you do both. 00:41:52.475 --> 00:41:57.595 Click a princess. It's not good. You do one or the other. Statement earring or a statement necklace. Never both. 00:41:57.595 --> 00:41:59.115 Okay. Grandma? 00:41:59.115 --> 00:42:07.490 Okay. I have diamond earrings, but, you know, mine are, of course, clip on, but they could be hanging. Probably not in this case because I'm also wearing a diamond long chain. 00:42:07.490 --> 00:42:08.050 Oh, good for you. 00:42:08.050 --> 00:42:10.050 So then you go a little more simple on the earrings. 00:42:10.050 --> 00:42:11.970 Perfect. Well, they would never be simple. 00:42:12.610 --> 00:42:14.610 So for grandmas, it's okay. For grandmas 00:42:14.690 --> 00:42:16.055 I think so. Like, I do does not go 00:42:16.055 --> 00:42:19.175 so I do think you hit a certain age and, like, you then it does become more as more. 00:42:19.175 --> 00:42:21.735 You know? Exactly. I can't wait for that era for myself. 00:42:21.735 --> 00:42:22.695 I think I'm gonna thrive. 00:42:22.695 --> 00:42:33.080 Yeah. I can see gonna be in heaven. But the the truth is the old diamond necklaces, which I possess, are very sad because they are really never gonna come back, I don't think, because 00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:34.440 Wait. We're doing our last one. 00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.720 Oh, would you be another one? 00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:37.320 Last one is girls' night. 00:42:37.640 --> 00:42:39.160 Oh, girls' night. Oh. 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:41.240 Are we at dinner? 00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:44.815 Yeah. Where are we, Kim? Give some parameters. They're not playing mahjong, are we? 00:42:44.815 --> 00:42:48.735 I was thinking that, but then I'm like, that's really casual. Let's do girls night out dinner. 00:42:48.895 --> 00:42:49.535 Okay. 00:42:51.855 --> 00:42:55.935 Okay. Ready? Mhmm. Okay. Reveal. 00:42:57.050 --> 00:43:06.570 Nicole? I said lots of gold layers, like a bunch of chains, maybe gold stacking rings. Yeah. I like to stack up gold when I'm going out with the girls. 00:43:06.730 --> 00:43:07.370 Great point. 00:43:07.370 --> 00:43:08.410 Glad you like that too. 00:43:08.410 --> 00:43:23.635 I do that. And I feel like I didn't think to write rings for some reason, and that is definitely like, I always feel more I don't know. Especially because you're spilling the tea, you're talking with your hands, like, like having rings on. I said stacked tennis necklaces, but I'm kinda over that. Or gold chunky earring. 00:43:24.115 --> 00:43:24.355 Okay. 00:43:24.870 --> 00:43:26.870 And I said funky gold earrings 00:43:27.030 --> 00:43:27.190 Oh. 00:43:27.270 --> 00:43:29.590 Wedding band, and a watch, naturally. 00:43:29.830 --> 00:43:30.550 There we go. 00:43:30.710 --> 00:43:36.550 Are you watching wearing a watch right now? Yes. Oh, that's pretty. Gold, though. So it's like Gold. 00:43:36.645 --> 00:43:39.285 But I have lots of different colors. Feminine, fancy. 00:43:39.445 --> 00:43:42.565 I like I love white a lot. White or black. 00:43:42.965 --> 00:43:49.365 Yeah. But gold goes with everything, and platinum goes with everything. So it's just a matter of what you feel like, what you're wearing on your ear. 00:43:49.365 --> 00:43:50.245 Mhmm. Fair. 00:43:50.790 --> 00:43:54.710 Amazing. This was so fun. Fun. Love everything you showed us. 00:43:54.710 --> 00:43:55.830 Yes. Me too. Go ahead. 00:43:55.830 --> 00:44:01.430 Inspiration. Yeah. Inspiration. We try. And it's and it's beautiful. 00:44:01.430 --> 00:44:01.830 Thank 00:44:01.830 --> 00:44:09.055 you. And I love women doing it for women, and it it's really something new. That's what I think is even more so exciting for for me to see. 00:44:09.055 --> 00:44:11.615 Yeah. It's really inspiring. So thank you for joining us. 00:44:11.615 --> 00:44:12.975 Thank you for having me. 00:44:12.975 --> 00:44:16.735 And tell everyone where they can find you. Find a ring concierge. 00:44:16.975 --> 00:44:29.420 So you can find us at Ring Concierge on Instagram, or that's our website, ringconcierge.com. And we do have a few stores and two are in New York City. So if you're local, come say hi, especially our new Soho store. 00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:33.405 Yeah. It's gorgeous, and it's like the best location. It's good. Yeah. Okay. 00:44:33.405 --> 00:44:42.925 Amazing. Another great episode of Excuse My Grandma. Remember to follow us, Excuse My Grandma on social. My personal is Kim Merstein. 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