Design

Engagement Ring – Design and Practicality

Attention: open in a new window.

The practicality of the engagement ring’s design is often overlooked since the attention of the purchaser is occupied by the desire to impress as well as the effort to break the riddle of diamond quality versus cost into manageable bits. The ideal engagement ring setting should provide aesthetic satisfaction, comfortable wear and easy maintenance. The order of importance of these three elements is vastly dependent by one’s personality and life style. Women with active lifestyle for example prefer minimalistic engagement ring designs with less detail and low set stone. They are favouring study settings with rounded edges. The tension set diamond engagement ring is a good example for such type of setting.

Engagement Ring – Diamonds and Gemstone Alternatives

Attention: open in a new window.

The choice of the stone set in an engagement ring is a longevity factor with major importance. We don’t just want to have the stone in place in 20 years - we certainly want it to retain its beauty too. At the top of the hardness scale the diamond is the undisputed king of the engagement ring gems. It has two shortcomings though. It is extremely expensive and it is rather common. As much as the diamond industry is trying to convince the modern jewellery buyer how rare this gem is, it feels like every woman has one. Diamonds of sizes less than half a carat does not appeal to people who love impact jewellery, and when affordability becomes an issue one has to look for gemstone alternatives. Two or three carats of sapphire engagement ring has far greater visual impact than 0.50ct diamond one and the cost is about the same.

Build Your Own Engagement Ring - Is The Design Really Yours?

Attention: open in a new window.

To build your own ring, as you are often invited on some interactive jewelry sites have nothing to do with taking part in its design. Although it sounds very much like you are part of the creating process it is in fact a facility allowing you to choose diamond that suits better your budget and the setting you want it set in. This way of trading is usually highly cost efficient since you can place almost any design in certain budget frame. It also provides separate price for the diamond and the setting creating platform for comparing values and easier choice. Knowing that the customer is able easy to compare, the merchant is adjusting his margins to a very competitive edge.

Designer Engagement Rings - What is the Difference?

Attention: open in a new window.

The title “designer” applied to any jewelry piece instigates ideas of high quality, exclusivity and individuality. It is however not properly clarified and sometime by my opinion misused. Marketers have their tools and use them shrewdly wherever possible. If you think of it, the design is the first process of creating jewelry and designer`s efforts (some more successful than other) lay behind every single piece, including the low end mass produced ones. Does that make them designer jewelry? On the other hand what defines designer jewelry and how much of a deviation from an existing design, for example classic solitaire, constitutes new one. There is no base for precise classification of design changes and the definition of some terms often used in the jewelry industry presented bellow is my own.

Classic diamond engagement rings – Things you need to know before you buy

Attention: open in a new window.

diamond solitaire knife shank engagement ring

Classic diamond engagement rings are broad design category. The name “classic” applies to any design with solid aesthetic values and massive popularity. The first ones that come in mind however are the prong set classic solitaires and they are the subject of his article. Every classic solitaire is a combination of two parts: setting, called also basket and shank. These two parts are often viewed as separate interchangeable design elements and then combined in order to find the arrangement that suits best the requirements of the customer. As general rule the classic solitaire diamond engagement ring lacks small detail and complications and is assigned to hold and in the best case, highlight the diamond. It should be delicate and open yet strong and comfortable.