Engagement Ring Trends in 2010

Engagement Ring Trends in 2010

There were a slew of celebrity weddings in 2010, as well as a number of prominent engagement announcements.  With the year shortly drawing to a close, here is a list of some of the more popular diamond engagement ring trends from this past year. Non-Diamond Rings In 1947 DeBeers created the slogan, a diamond is…

Giving Love a Second Chance: Shania Twain Wears an Engagement Ring Again?

Giving Love a Second Chance: Shania Twain Wears an Engagement Ring Again?

Shania Twain, famous for her love songs, is reportedly giving marriage another try, according to the publication The Daily Mail.   Twain, one of the biggest Country to Pop music crossover artists ever, topped the charts for fourteen years with many songs written or produced by her then husband Mutt Lange, until the couple separated in…

The Best Kind of Surprise: A Verragio Engagement Story

The Best Kind of Surprise: A Verragio Engagement Story

When Eric Steidinger proposed to Cecelia Martinez this month, he made sure everything was a surprise, even the engagement ring.  Risky business sometimes, but Steidinger didn’t exactly go in blind. “I have had a couple friends get engaged this year and so I told Eric my favorite parts of their rings,” Martinez said.  “He incorporated…

Tony Romo Engaged: Continuing to Make Birthdays Special

Tony Romo Engaged: Continuing to Make Birthdays Special

Tony Romo, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, has been known to have some pretty high profile relationships in the past, having first come onto the pop culture radar when he dated  Country music star, Carrie Underwood in 2006. However, it seems like his dating days are over now that he has reportedly proposed to former…

No Beginning and No End: The Round Cut Diamond Ring Gets a New Look

No Beginning and No End: The Round Cut Diamond Ring Gets a New Look

The popularity of diamond engagement rings started with a single solitaire Round cut diamond design and has continued to stand the test of time.  The round cut diamond however you use it though, has also continued to be the most popular cut for diamonds, no matter how hard the Princess cut is chasing at its…

From Engagement Rings to the Big Top: Weddings turn into a Circus

From Engagement Rings to the Big Top: Weddings turn into a Circus

In news that should surprise no one, considering how this family has a history of publicizing their drama, Hulk Hogan’s wedding turned into a bit of a circus the other day. The former pro wrestler and reality television star exchanged wedding rings  ith girlfriend Jennifer McDaniel, whom he has been dating since shortly after his…

Nicole Richie’s Engagement Ring: Sealed with a Halo

Nicole Richie’s Engagement Ring: Sealed with a Halo

When recent bride Nicole Richie became engaged to Rocker boyfriend Joel Madden, of Good Charlotte, he gave her free reign on the engagement ring.  The fashion minded mom teamed up with her jewelry designer, in February of 2010, to create an over four carat Round cut center diamond set into an octagonal halo, with pave’…

A Gown Fit for a Princess

A Gown Fit for a Princess

Getting tired of the Royal Wedding already?  Too bad, because it is, as one person described it, the gift that keeps on giving, and we have almost five more months to go.  In today’s monarchy news: fashion and travel, two things that normally go hand in hand in an elite set. The announcement has been…

Big Winners: Constance Katsafanas and Paul Eza

Big Winners: Constance Katsafanas and Paul Eza

Constance Katsafanas had her heart set on a Verragio engagement ring,  but in her 3rd year of medical school in Orlando, it seemed a little unattainable.  About four months ago Katsafanas and her boyfriend, Paul Eza, began looking at engagement rings in different stores, but it was her mother who happened upon a Verragio ring…

What Exactly is a Tracer Band?

What Exactly is a Tracer Band?

That is question I asked myself when an associate at Verragio mentioned them to me.  Often referred to as ‘Shadow band’ or ‘Contoured band,’ a tracer is a type of wedding band that is made especially to fit flush against your engagement ring. There are many women who like the look of two separate rings…