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taylor wearing the jacquie aiche small pave emerald center eye ring

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Hello! Just out of curiosity; was Karlie given a VS ring? What are the chances the one Taylor wears is actually Karlie’s?

hi anon! i had almost forgotten to post something about this that i’d recently confirmed, so thank you for sending this ask!

as a lot of you know, i’ve written a lot about this ring in recent years, and my response to this question has been that while the rings were given to victoria’s secret Angels (not temp hire runway models, but the more famous models contracted by vs to exclusively promote the brand), the CEO ed razek probably made an exception for taylor and gave her one as well as a means of maintaining a good business relationship with her

so recently @taylorrepdetective was at a bookstore and ran into some source material on the exact matter! here are excerpts from the book:

and so, just as we assumed, ed gifted her the ring!

i encourage people to read through the masterpost if you’re interested in why we consider it a kaylor symbol. but i’ll add a screenshot of an excerpt for convenience:

here’s the masterpost

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ran into this little thing at the market yesterday.

felt like the cloud offset pear ring taylor was wearing the other day so i was like aww and i snapped it up! …came to realize on the way home that the dip of the ring she has is opposite this one 🥴

but in my defense, the shape spoke to me 😜

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i always love jewelry design that conveys a story. and i get the sense that taylor is wearing this same ring again tonight that she did to the recent football game, so i thought i would include a little bit about it since the design description is interesting, and maybe taylor would find it interesting too.

it’s the Cloud Offset Pear Ring from Shahla Karimi, and according to the description, it is a part of a collection of pieces in tribute to Anish Kapoor’s untitled mini-bean sculpture at the bottom of the jenga tower in tribeca. which is itself a piece commissioned after anish completed Cloud Gate, or The Bean, as it’s known, in chicago. here’s some stuff about that sculpture and the tower.

so an object of art that commenced in 2008, and a design with origins in chicago, now built in nyc. and while The Bean stands in a wide open park, this mini bean here is symbolically propping up a tall tall jenga tower.

i think that’s a cool thing to have as a ring.

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taylor wearing the jacquie aiche eye and diamond kate bracelet combo again to the chiefs game,

and i believe i spy another one of her jacquie aiche rings and the ofira gold tattoo ring, too.

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this ring comes from Mindy Mond NY’s Clarity line of pieces. the Clarity Eternal Band. it’s event jewelry but i thought the naming was fun ☺️

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i think this is the closest in my life i will ever come to feeling like i’ve received federal funding and the blessings of the estate itself for an historic albeit chronically online archival endeavor

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hey whats that bracelet karlie wore recently in the pap pic with the grey sweatshirt?

oh anon!! now that you mention it, she was wearing a jacquie aiche finger bracelet!

which is fun because taylor wore a jacquie aiche finger bracelet to jack’s wedding last year as well!

and she also wore a jacquie aiche body chain that weekend. annnnd also, she wore the same body chain to karen elson’s wedding 😌 what a fun little loop of symbolism

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looks like she’s wearing this combo of rings again!

she’s worn the same combo the same way before, here’s an example that we got pictures of in april

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a very clear look at the Heart Sealed Gemstone Crest from Foundrae, worn to the 2024 US Open.

a fun note that because we have such a clear look this time, i think it’s safe to call that she has the gold version (not the rose gold version). the gold version is currently not available, but here is a link to the rose gold one!

either way, i am still not over the crest of it all 🙈

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taylor wore many many pieces to the first chiefs game of the season. her stylist has identified all the pieces for us so after a little consideration i thought i would keep tabs on / take note of the following three

first, and what i think caught everybody’s attention, she wore a 1970s Ancient Bronze Coin Necklace as curated by For Future Reference, most recently as part of a collection on display at Bergdofs in NYC.

for people itching for a closeup, sadie sink has worn the necklace for a photoshoot in the past, and you can get a better look at the coin here:

next are these earrings from Three Stories Jewelry, with a really cheeky name— Single Long Love Explosion Starburst Charm earrings. the themes are theming.

and then from Retrouvaí, the Cushion Ruby Impetus Interlocking Puzzle Ring, which had the most delectable of descriptions. “puzzle shapes which represent that we are each individually part of a much larger picture […] the idea of purpose and drive. what gets you up in the morning.” this ring really speaks to me 😌

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karlie wearing a bracelet from catbird’s “sweet nothing” collection, circa a photoshoot that she did for the february 2017 edition of lovewant magazine

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taylor wearing the jacquie aiche eye bracelet during the I Can Do It With A Broken Heart music video

(and i’ll make an educated guess that she’s wearing the 7 diamond kate bracelet as well as she often wore them as a set, though it’s a little hard to tell)

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taylor wearing the Rhiannon necklace from awe in the behind the scenes footage from the I Can Do It With A Broken Heart music video

she has worn other pieces by awe before, most memorably the Le Duo necklace 😌

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feels like jewelry season is upon us 😊

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taylor wearing a pave diamond eye mini hoop from jacquie aiche, at eras tour warsaw night 1

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https://x.com/garrnglr/status/1820216172417085467?s=46&t=LGcNQeROk2Xvik2vAJqzmA

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ooh nice!!

gotta love how this is their grid rn 🥴🥴🥴