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It’s wedding season again which means brides all over the world will be looking at rings. The diamond solitaire engagement ring is one of the classiest rings you can give a woman. The traditional version of this ring, inspired by the original design from Tiffany’s & Co., includes one round brilliant cut solitaire diamond perched in a clasp of three platinum metal prongs. The key to the beauty of this type of ring is its simplicity. There are no other stones decorating the sides of the shank or the band itself. The diamond is simply presented high up off of the hand as if it was a trophy.
Of course to look any good, diamond solitaire engagement rings must have something to showcase at the top of its three pronged perch. Diamond solitaire purists maintain that you must have a stone of at least two carats to pull this look off and a stone of three to five carats is ideal.
However buying a quality diamond with many carats is prohibitively expensive for many people just starting out in life. If this is true for you then you might want to consider buying a diamond solitaire that is created in a laboratory. The beauty of buying these lab created diamond solitaire engagement rings is that the diamonds are home grown and are guaranteed to be absolutely flawless. These types of artificial diamonds are also often dipped in treatments that cause them to sparkle with an iridescent twinkle.
However many would say that it is the iridescent twinkle that gives fake diamond solitaire engagement rings their slightly tacky look. If you are going to buy an artificial diamond solitaire engagement ring try to choose a ring where the stone looks a little duller as it will be more successful at masquerading as the real thing.
Unique rings worn by celebrities inspire most trends in matrimonial and engagement jewelry. An excellent example is the emerald cut sapphire ring that became the must-have bauble of the eighties after Prince Charles gifted Lady Diana with a huge 18-carat deep blue oval sapphire gem circled by fourteen diamonds.
Larger than life celebrities also end up boasting larger than life engagement rings including unique sapphire rings, huge chunks of ice (slang for diamonds) and rings with museum quality jewels that are worth a King’s ransom. For instnaceCamilla Parker Bowles wed Prince Charles with an emerald ring accented by baguettes on each side, set delicately in platinum. Sharon Stone owns a huge emerald cut diamond ring flanked by two oval diamonds that was given to her by her former husband Phil Bronstein.Madonna’s engagement ring from Guy Ritchie is three round diamonds with diamond chips decorating an ornate rose gold band.