Engagement Ring Style Interview

Every couple wants their engagement ring style to reflect their personality and preferences, and there is no better way to do that than with a custom engagement ring. LoveToKnow Engagement Rings was privileged to speak with Dana Stone of Engaging Rings, LLC about today’s hottest styles and how couples can make their ring a unique expression of their relationship.

Dana Stone takes great care to design custom rings.

Dana Stone has a BFA in Jewelry Design and Metal-Smithing and a graduate gemologist degree from the Gemological Institute of America. After 14 years of experience managing precious jewels at Neiman Marcus and fine jewelry for Saks Fifth Avenue, Dana ventured out on her own to create high quality, exquisitely detailed jewelry through her own company, Engaging Rings.

The hottest diamond engagement ring is the pave setting engagement ring. It consists of a center stone with beautiful micro pave set diamonds all around it. It is micro pave because a microscope is needed to set the numerous small diamonds. The pave ring is done with all different shapes and sizes for the center stone. The pave makes a beautiful brilliant ring.

Another popular style that is still strong is the classic three stone ring. I personally recommend that the center stone be at least twice the size of the side diamonds to enhance the center stone and not compete with it. This can be done with three round brilliant cuts, three princess cuts, a center princess with trillions on the side, just to name a few examples.

Pave Antique Style Engagement Ring

There are many ways to spruce up an old classic. The new take on the diamond solitaire is to make it more modern and bold. Clean bold lines are changing the look of the traditional Tiffany’s solitaire. Brides are also adding multiple pave bands to it in an array of colors.

For many years the most popular diamond shape has been the round brilliant cut and it will stay in center stage. The princess cut is a close second. Other shapes come in and out of fashion. The cushion and asscher cuts, popular in the early 1900s, have experienced resurgence in the last several of years. They look terrific in the new antique style pave mountings.

White gold, palladium, and the most prestigious platinum are today’s metals of choice. Even though yellow gold is very in fashion, people still want their white diamonds in white metal.

Adding colored gemstones to an engagement ring is a great way to give a classic ring a unique look with an edge. Personally I prefer the colored sides stones be precious gemstones, such as rubies, sapphires, or colored diamonds -- just to name a few. I do love adding green, but emeralds can’t take the kind of wear that the above-mentioned can. I don’t like the idea of adding topaz or tanzanite to an engagement ring I think it can cheapen it. A good alternative for a budget is to stay with sapphires; they come in a wide range of colors. They are from the corundum family; which have high hardness and a lot of sparkle if they are cut well.

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