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AI lied. AI recently translated a menu item "Haricot Verts" as Baked Beans. If they can't get green beans right, you know they know nothing about pearls.

I agree. Dyed freshwater pearls from China.

Blue baroque akoya LEATHER JACKET!!!! My Mom bought this jacket in New York in 1962. She said, "I always felt like hot shit when I wore this jacket." That's not how my Mom normally talked, haha. My blue baroque akoya pearls kinda get lost on the ice blue, iridescent leather. Pearls by Pearl...

I've never had my blue akoyas fade. My blue akoyas are still as intense as when I bought them. My pistachio akoyas are as intense as when I bought them. My Tahitians have not faded. Only my Edisons have faded. My Edisons were all intensely dark colors (deep purples, fuscia, dark green), and...

Blue and pistachio baroque akoya pearls from Pearl Paradise. These necklaces have an incredible soap bubble luster that the camera isn't picking up. Pistachio Tahitian stud earrings from Kojima Pearl.

Pomelo, my mother always said she had summer jewelry and winter jewelry, and I find that I do, too. Some pieces just feel better when it's hot or cold, or just go better with linen vs. cashmere.

Golden South Sea pearls, baroque and keshi, with a couple of Tahitians. Wire wrapped necklace with tourmalines and keshi by Hisano. Pomme de la Mer pendant from PP. Earrings from OceanRhyme.

Not hoarder. Connoisseur!

T-shirt, jeans, and formal pearls. 8mm, natural white Hanadama akoya pearl rope with white gold disco ball clasp with CZs. I didn't want to spend all my money on the clasp, and nobody can tell the difference. Pearl Paradise did me a huge favor by getting me the gold clasp set with CZs, because...

Thank you! That's a great example!

More May Day! More emeralds, and a sapphire bead. All my feather pearls. Beachy tin-cup necklace, and feather pearl pendants and earrings, all from Kojima Pearl. Necklace contains South Sea, freshwater, and baroque akoya pearls, plus a couple of shells. I had a hard time deciding which pendant...

Wow! Can you show us a recent photo of the same pearls as a comparison, please?

Thanks! That makes me want to avoid purple pearls even more, knowing that they will eventually fade no matter what. Such a shame, because they're so pretty when fresh.

I have heard from Yens that the pearl farmers have fixed the fading problem. They are using older mollusks now, and doing minimal if no processing on the pearls after harvest. There's no way of knowing if every farm has changed to the new process. There's no way for you to know if you're...

Pomelo: WOWZA, those earrings are great! Versatile, BBA's and Tahitians, and asymmetrical. All my favorite things. May Day! May Day! Green gemstones look great with pearls, be they emeralds, jade, or tourmalines. little h earrings by Hisano Shepherd of Pearl Paradise are souffle' pearls...