Engagement Rings With Real Star Power

By contrast, Amal Clooney’s ring is the fine-jewellery embodiment of the woman herself. The combination of the substantial emerald stone flanked by tapered baguettes in a platinum setting exudes a certain aloof glamour, while the lack of rounded shapes shows that this woman, like the ring, is to be taken seriously. Something Goldsmiths has interpreted for its platinum and diamond emerald-cut Halo design. Rather than flank the central stone with two baguettes, this option uses smaller stones to encircle the central one, flowing out onto the band like a river of diamonds.

Over the last couple of years oval stones have been growing in popularity, the naturally elongated shape makes the hand look more elegant and the stone looks larger than a round cut of similar carat. Which might be why Travis Barker chose one to propose to Kourtney Kardashian. It’s more traditional than you’d expect looking at Travis Barker. Although it’s more unusual than the standard princess-cut solitaire, it is a single stone with pavé set band, which is a traditional engagement design, one that Goldsmith’s has been inspired to reflect with its wonderfully refined Platinum Oval Solitaire Diamond ring.

If understated is your particular Pinterest mood board aesthetic, look to Michelle Obama for inspiration. Unsurprisingly for such an elegant couple, Michelle Obama’s engagement ring is a classic – a round brilliant diamond set in a yellow gold solitaire setting on a simple band, a design to which Goldsmith’s has given a 21st century update by placing a similar stone on a platinum band. However, in 2018 for their 26th wedding anniversary, this ring received an upgrade – a larger stone now set in platinum with pavé set diamonds on the band. Book sales must have been doing well.

It could only have been a ring fit for royalty when the Queen in the North, Sophie Turner, was proposed to by Joe Jonas. The central stone is a gorgeous pear-cut diamond, which is the most brilliant of all the fancy cuts, featuring 58 facets. In an unusual touch, two pavé-set bands support the top and bottom of the gem showing sensual slices of bare skin either side, which Goldsmith’s has emulated with its Diamond Pear Cut Halo ring, with the central stone here surrounded by diamonds as well. If the double-band look is too fussy for you, Goldsmith’s offers this design on a single band, also pavé-set with precious stones.

It is said that on a three-stone engagement ring the diamonds represent the past, present, and future of the relationship, which might have been what Harry was thinking of when he designed his three-stone sensation for Meghan Markle. The cut of the middle diamond is cushion, one that has been around for 200 years, which suggests a nod to tradition, while the two flanking stones were chosen from Diana’s personal jewellery collection. Goldsmith’s doesn’t have access to Diana’s jewels but aside from that detail, its Brightest Diamond Three-Stone Engagement ring is almost identical. We’d advise taking it off should you ever find yourself in the Duchess of Sussex’s company.

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