Which Engagement Ring Category Do You Fall Into?

Which Engagement Ring Category Do You Fall Into?

Engagement ring styles, like all other areas in fashion, can exhibit a something new and fresh, or a resurgence of a once popular look.  And the added beauty of the bridal jewelry world is that more than one look can be in style at once, with celebrities as our fashion plates letting us know what…

Give Them Your Heart: Valentine’s Day Gifts

Give Them Your Heart: Valentine’s Day Gifts

Valentine’s Day is about love, the heart, and romance. With traditional symbols like heart outlines, and cupid wings.  Everyone remembers the days when greeting cards and chocolates were exchanged in the school room in our younger days, but this holiday why not celebrate in a similar by slightly more grown up way. Not only is…

Cushion Cut Diamond Leads to Good Fortune

Cushion Cut Diamond Leads to Good Fortune

There seems to be two categories of female celebrities this year, those getting engaged, and those that are announcing they are pregnant; either way love is in the air.   Ivanka Trump, daughter of New York City real estate mogul Donald Trump, has recently announced that she is joining the latter group, and she and her…

The Year’s Hottest Wedding Bands for Her

The Year’s Hottest Wedding Bands for Her

The holidays are one of the most popular times of the year to propose, as is evident by the rash of celebrity engagements  that have been announced in the first month of the year.  And as the saying goes, ‘first comes love, then comes marriage,’ which would explain the hottest and the latest wedding ring…

Gilded: Traditional Yellow Engagement Rings still making an Impression

Gilded: Traditional Yellow Engagement Rings still making an Impression

The most basic, traditional symbol of a couple’s commitment is a simple gold band, yellow gold to be specific.  And while this year platinum is expected to soar and bridal fashion has gotten fancier, there are still some stars out there that favor the classic look of yellow gold. She may be facing a bit…

What a Way to Lift Your Spirits: Raised Engagement Rings

What a Way to Lift Your Spirits: Raised Engagement Rings

So many designs are being listed as the newest or hottest engagement ring trends in 2011, whether through fashion makers or fashion forecast, ‘Raised’ engagement rings being the latest trend to make the cut. The raised look is created when the center diamond is slightly raised from the top of your finger, by some underneath…

Out of the Gate, Emeralds to Make a Splash in 2011

Out of the Gate, Emeralds to Make a Splash in 2011

Surprisingly sparkling green emeralds have come up from behind to perhaps take the lead in the 2011 gemstone popularity contest.  It’s a contest that happens every year, most likely influenced by social trends and patterns, and it is surprising because there has been little emerald mention in the world of fashion in 2010. Sapphires made a…

Natalie Portman Celebrates Award with a Halo-Style Engagement Ring

Natalie Portman Celebrates Award with a Halo-Style Engagement Ring

Newly engaged actress Natalie Portman has been seen around town recently wearing her new diamond engagement ring from fiancé, Benjamin Millepied.  The couple, who met on the set of her latest movie, Black Swan, where Millepied worked as a choreographer, announced their engagement as well as the arrival of their first child, this past December.…

Sapphires Taking Center Stage

Sapphires Taking Center Stage

It is no surprise that requests for Sapphire rings has sky rocketed since Prince William proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton using his mother’s sapphire and diamond engagement ring.  For William it was a gesture meant to fill the void of his mother’s absence, and perhaps surprisingly it was for the public as well.…

Diamonds For the New Year

Diamonds For the New Year

There is nothing more New Year’s Eve centric or iconic than the Time Square ball drop in New York City, which symbolizes the end of the year gone by and helps to usher in the new one.  Although it may look like a tiny flicker on your television screen at home, it is actually 12…