The holidays are officially upon us, as any time after Thanksgiving is fair game, and as we know, the holiday season is overwhelmingly the most popular time for marriage proposals. Thanks to Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s Eve, 13% of all proposals in 2009 took place during the month of December, according to Condé Nast…
Diamond settings are, more often than not, simply named for the look it is meant to invoke, like the always popular Pave’ setting named for the stone paved street-like look it is meant to achieve. And again the rule holds true for Channel setting, in which diamonds are placed into a metal channel set into…
Michael Buble proved he was not only a modern man, but an opened minded one when he began wearing a male version of an engagement ring after he proposed to his Model girlfriend, Luisana Lopilato. Although more men today are embracing the idea of wearing a ring as a symbol of their commitment pre-wedding, most…
The holidays are a time for family and loved ones. It is also a time for gift giving and togetherness, making the holiday season an ever popular time to propose. It combines all the best elements of the season: being with the ones you love, giving gifts that express your love for one another, and…
When Lauren Hiltner, 21, and her fiancé William Hoffman, 23, began discussing marriage earlier this year they may not have had an exact engagement ring in mind, but they knew what they wanted; old world style with a modern twist. “We both favor a three-stone design over a solitaire and the Princess cut feels more…
Just days ago it was announced that Jessica Simpson was engaged for a second time, with much attention being given to her new engagement ring; a 5 carat center Ruby flanked with two diamonds on either side. And despite the beauty and unique design of the ring, many people have focused more on price due to…
In 1886 Tiffany’s introduced the six-prong solitaire ring design. In 1947 the diamond company DeBeers took it one step further, pairing engagement rings with their “a diamond is forever” campaign. Today, the combination of the two, the single diamond solitaire design, is one of the most popular styles for engagement rings today. Although the traditional…
Sometimes, some wins are just chalked up to luck. Or at least that’s what Bailey Grose, who recently married Andrew Grose, believed when she won her engagement ring in a Verragio Facebook contest this past summer. Grose, who entered the contest because she liked the designs from Verragio, won a Venetian 5007CU in a…
When Kelly Johnson’s fiancé, Lorenzo Wells, proposed, it may have been a surprise, but the engagement ring definitely wasn’t. Johnson, who works at Christopher Williams Jewelers in Virginia, said she always knew a Verragio ring was in her cards. “Ever since my first day of working at the store, I was amazed by Verragio’s designs.…
Singer and actress, Mandy Moore was married before most people knew she was engaged to singer Ryan Adams in 2009; it was almost one month to the day that the couple exchanged wedding rings after announcing they were engaged. For that reason, Moore’s interestingly unique diamond ring doubles as both and engagement and wedding ring. The…