Dear Queenie,
My mother-in-law gave me a necklace and earrings set that was given to her when she got married. I love the necklace and I wear it all the time, but the style of the earrings is so out-of-date that I never wear them.
Queenie, would it be okay to have the stones in the earrings reset to be more fashionable?—Jewellery Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
Technically it would not be wrong to have the stones reset, but your mother-in-law’s feelings might be hurt. Why risk starting a family feud?
Put the earrings away in a safe place and try to find a new set of earrings that also match up with the necklace. Who knows? In time the old earrings may become fashionable again. It does occasionally happen, you know.
