Well, let me tell ya ’bout this Vera Wang stuff at Zales, ya know, the jewelry store? Folks keep talkin’ ’bout it, so I figured I’d take a gander.

First off, this Vera Wang, she makes some fancy things. They call it a “collection” at Zales, like a bunch of shiny stuff all together. I ain’t never seen so many sparkly rocks in one place, I tell ya! They got rings, you know, the kind you put on your finger when you get hitched. And they got other stuff too, like bands, I guess that’s what you wear after you been hitched for a while.
They keep sayin’ this stuff is “Love Collection“. Love, huh? Well, I guess if you got a man willin’ to spend his hard-earned cash on this sparkly stuff, that’s love alright. But let me tell ya, these things ain’t cheap. They got diamonds, big ones and small ones. And some of ’em got blue rocks too, they call ’em “sapphires”. Pretty, I guess, but can you eat ’em? Nope. Can they keep you warm in the winter? Nope again. Still, the young folks, they seem to like ’em.
- They got these rings, engagement rings they call ’em. Big ol’ rocks in the middle, shiny as a new penny.
- Then there’s anniversary bands. I reckon that’s for when you been married a spell and want to remind your missus you still care, or maybe you just done somethin’ wrong and need to smooth things over.
Now, they keep jabberin’ about “lab-created” diamonds. What in tarnation is that? Sounds like somethin’ cooked up in a factory to me. Back in my day, a diamond was a diamond, dug up from the ground. But I guess times change. They say these lab diamonds are just as good, and cheaper too. Maybe that’s why so many young folks can afford ’em these days. They got these lab diamonds in all sorts of things, rings, bands, you name it. And they put ’em in white gold, yellow gold, all sorts of colors.
Zales, that’s the store sellin’ all this stuff. They got pictures of it online, on that internet thingy. My grandkid showed me. All sorts of folks postin’ pictures and talkin’ about how much they love their Vera Wang sparklies. They use words like “eye-catching designs” and “stunning”. Well, I guess they are pretty, if you like that sort of thing. But I tell ya, back in my day, a simple gold band was good enough. Didn’t need all this fuss and bother.
They even got this Vera Wang lady givin’ advice on how to wear the jewelry. Says somethin’ about “modern-vintage”. I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout that. Sounds like a bunch of fancy talk to me. But I guess if you’re gonna spend all that money on jewelry, you might as well know how to wear it right.

And the prices! Lord have mercy! They talk about carats and clarity and all sorts of things I don’t understand. But I do understand numbers, and some of these prices got a whole lotta zeros after ‘em. Makes my head spin just thinkin’ about it. They got some cheaper stuff too, but even the cheaper stuff ain’t what I’d call cheap. You gotta have a good job or a rich husband to afford this Vera Wang collection, that’s for sure.
So, that’s the lowdown on this Vera Wang collection at Zales, as best as I can tell ya. Shiny rocks, fancy names, big prices. If you got the money and you like that kinda thing, go for it. Me? I’ll stick with my old locket. It ain’t fancy, but it holds memories, and that’s worth more than all the diamonds in the world.
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