Katharine’s more famous for her love of sparkly ring things around these parts, but it’s my job to introduce our ring feature to you today! We hand-picked some of our favorite sparklers for the last issue, captured in the ultimate glamour shot by some of our favorite photographers. What does your ring look like? Do you love it? Anyone out there considering or already have a non-diamond ring?
Image credits
First row, left to right: Poser / W. Scott Chester / Millie Holloman
Second row: Jeff Newsom / Amelia Lyon / The Image is Found
Third row: The Image is Found / Sarah Evans / Meg Perotti
Fourth row: W. Scott Chester / Melissa McClure / Mark Brooke Photographers
Fifth row: Mark Brooke Photographers / Next Exit Photography / Next Exit Photography
P.S. Photographers, send your best ring shots to Katharine for possible inclusion in the next issue! Deadline is June 1. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got!
I am recently engaged and we went with a nontraditional ring. We used the band (diamonds and platinum) that my great grandmother then grandmother wore and added a center stone – a lovely green sapphire (yes – sapphires come in every color imaginable! I had no idea until we started the ring process) set in a bevel setting. I’ll email you pic because I"m just so in love with it! :) We have gotten so many props for going the nondiamond route! I just love it!
Yep, I bought my fiancee a lab-created sapphire. It’s a lighter blue color, and generally fits her more simple but colorful style. I had been thinking about a round cut but decided in the end to go with the more rectangular cut because with a colored stone we think it just looks better and really shows off the lab-created clarity! I also went about 1/3 carat larger than I would have in a diamond (she didn’t want anything too crazy), again to offset (IMO) the colored stone.
I’ve only got an engagement ring for now, but my fiance went out of the way to get it as non-traditional as possible. I have a simple white gold band with two yellow pearls sitting right on the top. I don’t have any affinity towards jewelry in general, but I have a long string of pearls my great aunt bought for me some years ago and I absolutely love them, so I’m pretty sure he got his inspiration from that. I love the ring because of how personal it is and because I know he put a lot of time and effort into making it perfect for me.