When Lauren Hiltner, 21, and her fiancé William Hoffman, 23, began discussing marriage earlier this year they may not have had an exact engagement ring in mind, but they knew what they wanted; old world style with a modern twist. “We both favor a three-stone design over a solitaire and the Princess cut feels more…
News of Prince William’s engagement spread across the world like wildfire after his father, Prince Charles made the announcement yesterday. Despite the global interest the news inspired, the exact details were sparse, and speculation began. However, in their first official interview, which aired yesterday in the U.K., William himself confirmed that the engagement ring he…
The highly anticipated auction of the rare, “potentially flawless,” over 24 carat pink diamond went off without a hitch on Tuesday, smashing world records and making history. Often referred to as The Pink Panther diamond, the 24.78 carat, fancy intense pink diamond was sold at an auction administered by Sotheby’s in Geneva, for $46 million,…
Just days ago it was announced that Jessica Simpson was engaged for a second time, with much attention being given to her new engagement ring; a 5 carat center Ruby flanked with two diamonds on either side. And despite the beauty and unique design of the ring, many people have focused more on price due to…
Every 30 years or so, the most romanticized monarchy in the world, the United Kingdom, holds a royal wedding that is dubbed ‘the wedding of the century.’ The last such wedding was in July of 1981 when Prince Charles married Diana Frances Spencer, but yesterday Prince Charles announced that his eldest son Prince William is…
More often than not, divorced women who are in the spotlight get a raw deal. Mostly going the way of Jennifer Aniston; forever portrayed as a bitter reject or labeled the saddest person in the world. (Despite a full life of friends and box office hits.) Much was the case last week when Jessica Simpson’s…
In 1886 Tiffany’s introduced the six-prong solitaire ring design. In 1947 the diamond company DeBeers took it one step further, pairing engagement rings with their “a diamond is forever” campaign. Today, the combination of the two, the single diamond solitaire design, is one of the most popular styles for engagement rings today. Although the traditional…
Country music stars somehow manage to simultaneously be some of the biggest celebrities in the country and separate from the mainstream. However, they are out in full force this week for the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. And it’s hard to tell who dazzled more, the stars or their diamonds. The host of the…
Sometimes, some wins are just chalked up to luck. Or at least that’s what Bailey Grose, who recently married Andrew Grose, believed when she won her engagement ring in a Verragio Facebook contest this past summer. Grose, who entered the contest because she liked the designs from Verragio, won a Venetian 5007CU in a…
The LA Lakers basketball team boasts some of the most famous players in the NBA, but they also boast some of the most famous WAGs (wives and girlfriends) who often steal the limelight on the sidelines. It’s no wonder that with all that media attention, they would be wearing diamond that could rival the movie…