Engagement Rings Have Various Designs

An Engagement Ring is Important To Her

The diamond ring is perhaps is the most important piece of jewelry she’ll own and that you'll give.

Wedding bands can express our unique personality, as well. In fact, one of the chicest ways to wear your jewelry is by forgoing the bridal set altogether and opting for an eternity ring which are encirlced stones on the band symbolizing a love without beginning or end.

This ring style throws off sparkle from every visible surface, like a little galaxy of bright stars orbiting your finger.

Vintage
Yearning for some good old fashioned romance? Jewelry designs are simulating those your great-grandmother, even your great-great grandmother would’ve worn. Contemporary brides-to-be are happily going the retro route, embracing a look that’s at once both delicate and incredibly detailed.

Settings covered with intricate handiwork like carved scrolling, delicate floral and filigree patterns and airy latticework. Stones also reflect an antique aesthetic — cushion, round, pillow and Asscher cuts are classic shapes and their larger facets radiate more fire under less light (this was especially important in the past when the main sources of illumination were candles).

Another reason to consider these bygone beauties — the shanks shine with ornate diamond micro-pavé, milgrain beading and intricate engraving for extra overall bling that still radiates pure class.

Pavé
The pavé technique involves setting smaller stones so close together that no metal can be seen between them, thus maximizing the wattage of the ring without pushing the cost into the stratosphere.

For example — diminutive diamonds are nestled together to give the impression of one larger stone. But this cunning effect isn’t the only, or even the primary, reason that pavé is seeing a resurgence among those betrothed. The intensive piece-work is also breathtakingly beautiful when used to accent a bigger center stone. You’ll see a myriad of traditional rings with dazzling fully faceted, pavé-set diamonds encrusted on the band (sometimes on three sides) and winding their way up the basket to the solitaire.

Non-Traditional
I know what women want. Well, at least when it comes to our modern engagement rings. We’d like them to reflect our individual sense of style and represent the love we share with our intended. Classic rings like the diamond solitaire are enduringly popular, but gaining ground are designs that are decidedly out of the ordinary.

Colored stones have transcended trend and are now widely available and quite affordable (especially if we aren’t talking colored diamonds). Sapphires, rubies and emeralds are all properly precious stones whose hardness is suitable for this most important piece of jewelry.


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