Helen Ficalora

Helen Ficalora has been a long time favorite of mine. I received an initial charm necklace in rose gold 7 years ago. It was purchased from the Nolita store. I’ve shopped at the Chicago location several times for gifts and to add to charms and purchase additional pieces. All of the jewelry is handmade. I love the classic charm necklace but also have the bangles and several pairs of earrings. I still love and wear them all! My necklace has held up incredibly well — it still looks new.
The ladies who work in this store are sweet and will definitely help you pick out the perfect gift. Some of the pieces are pricey but they do have some more moderately priced items and ask to see the sterling silver if gold is not your thing. Your gift will be wrapped up in a pink box w/​gold bow. Girly but not too much! If you are in the Lincoln park area it is fun to browse and try a few things on.

My husband just bought me a necklace from here. The staff is amazing, they will show you anything and everything and will not pressure you to buy. They are friendly and not pushy and thats exactly the kind of experience that people want when buying jewelry. I will continue to go here and purchase things from them in the future.

My fiancé bought me a silver Helen Ficalora necklace two years ago and I loved it. On my birthday last year, he upgraded and bought me a gold charm necklace. I LOVE it. Seriously. I only take it off when I get in the shower. It’s a perfect everyday necklace. It’s classy, simple, and it goes with everything!
When the fiancé gave me the necklace, I decided I wanted a longer chain. We went back to the store and the sales lady was very nice about the switch. I even found some additional charms that I’m just dying to own! However, I just love the simplicity of the simple «k» that I don’t think I’ll get anything else!

I walked in here today after my cousin told me that Helen Ficalora was all the rage (obviously I have to be all the rage too… kidding). Anyway, I walked out with 3 bridesmaid gifts and a necklace for me. Oops. Oops in a good way, of course.
Helen is known for her letter charms, but she has other really nice pieces as well. The store is very cute in a bright pink kind of way and the women that work there were really helpful. When I told them my price point for b-​maid gifts was a bit lower than the gold charms they were showing me, they quickly pulled out a silver box of charms that they said Helen was now selling at Bloomingdales. Apparently they aren’t pushing them in the store, but they do have them and they’re quite a bit cheaper than the gold options.
Anyway, certainly worth a trip into the store… though you might spend too much money. You’ve been warned :)

Saw a nice article in last Sunday ‘s Chicago Trib une, featuring Helen Ficalora and some of the store’s items for sale; fell in love with the star charm with a diamond in the center — in pink gold — they were so nice to me on the phone and the pkg arrived the very next morning and presentation is so beautiful — bought it for my 16 yr old granddaughter; it’s so pretty, may just get one for my 77 self. Such innovative jewelry, simple and elegant – and I’ve seen and own lots of jewelry.

Ok, ok, maybe this is cheating because although I haven’t been to the store yet, I am such a huge fan of this company. Chicago finally has a Helen Ficalora store! I fell in love with the charm necklaces a few years ago and my husband had to order one by phone for a birthday gift. They were very nice and helped him figure out what size chain for the charm. The necklace actually got lost in the mail but the company was super nice and expedited a new one to make it in time for my birthday. That’s some good customer service!
Helen’s jewelry is simple and elegant. As soon as you see her charm necklaces you’ll start seeing them everywhere on TV. I can’t count how many times I see a movie or TV show and a character is wearing one. Hell, Liz Lemon has two «L» charms around her neck for most episodes of 30 Rock. Don’t we all want to be more like Liz Lemon?