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Knife-Edge Band Engagement Rings: What It Is and Who It Suits

When you run your finger along the top of a ring shank and feel a ridge rather than a flat surface, that's a knife-edge profile. It's one of the most elegant band finishes in fine jewellery — and o...

Heart Prong Engagement Rings: What They Are and Who They're For

Heart prongs are one of those details that most people never notice — until they see them up close. Then they can't imagine choosing anything else.A standard claw prong grips the diamond with a sim...

The Proposal Ring and the Engagement Ring: Do They Have to Be the Same?

The conventional expectation is that the ring presented at the proposal is the engagement ring that will be worn from that moment onward. This works well when you know exactly what your partner wan...

Buying an Engagement Ring as a Surprise: How to Get It Right

Buying an engagement ring without your partner’s input is one of the more logistically involved things a person undertakes. You are making design decisions on behalf of someone else, guessing a siz...

East-West Ring Settings: The Case for a Horizontal Diamond

The east-west setting orients the centre stone horizontally across the finger rather than vertically along it. Where a traditional engagement ring points the length of an oval or pear toward the na...

Salt and Pepper Diamonds: What They Are and Who They Are For

A salt and pepper diamond is one that contains visible inclusions — the “salt” being white or light reflective inclusions, and the “pepper” being dark carbon inclusions — distributed throughout the...

The Best Diamond Shape for Your Hand: A Practical Guide

The relationship between a diamond shape and the hand it sits on is one of the most practically useful things to understand before buying an engagement ring. Jewellery that photographs beautifully ...

Baguette Diamonds: The Rectangular Step Cut and How It Is Used

The baguette diamond is a small, rectangular step-cut stone that plays one of the most important supporting roles in fine jewellery. Unlike the brilliant-cut diamonds that draw attention as centre ...

Solitaire Engagement Rings: Why Simple Usually Wins

The solitaire engagement ring — one diamond, minimal metal — is the most enduring design in fine jewellery. It has remained continuously in fashion since the late nineteenth century and shows no si...

Fancy Coloured Diamonds: Yellow, Pink, and Blue Diamonds Explained

Most diamonds sold for fine jewellery are assessed for how close they come to colourlessness — the D to Z colour scale exists to measure the absence of colour. Fancy coloured diamonds are an entire...