Are princess cuts really that disliked?

Hmm,

Well when I got married they were 'all the rage'.  I loved it at the time and was convinced I wanted one.  Years later I met Pricescope and discovered the true brilliance of the other cuts and fell in love with RB and Pears in particular.

I wouldn't throw a princess cut out of bed for eating crackers but I don't like it now, it was just a fad for me.  They were popular at the time so I liked them, now they aren't popular I'm not keen.

I think I am not keen because of the x shaped faceting; I think it makes me focus in the centre of the stone.  My view closes in on the x and I think it looks smaller because of that.  Funny that because the asscher cut should have the same effect but because the faceting seems so much more organised I look at the whole of the stone.  Maybe that is it, I dislike busy-ness of the princess, even in a pear I prefer to concentrate less on the pointed end as it is similarly less organised - IMO, if you get me.

Blah blah blah,  I could pontificate for the day and you would all be asleep.  Some love 'em some not so much.  To everybody who has or wants a princess cut I apologise if I offend, to each his or her own. Not saying they aren't super sparkley and wonderful cuts, just not my cup of tea.

Skippy

"The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos

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Date: 11/5/2007 2:45:21 PM
Author: sumbride

Date: 11/5/2007 2:15:22 PM
Author: Steel

Date: 11/5/2007 12:40:49 PM
Author: sumbride
I do, however, hate all the 'invisi-set' princesses out there... where they take 4 tiny princess stones and put them all together so it looks like one big one. I hate that. And half the women in my office have them.

Thank you!

I always thought they were crap. Not funny, not clever; just mutton invisibly set as lamb.

EXACTLY!!! It's like they are trying to fool us but not remotely doing a good job at it. Everytime someone holds one up to tell of her new engagement, I smile and say 'congrats, you must be so happy!' Probably the only time I never say anything about the ring!

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Travel quote of the week: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain

Date: 11/5/2007 10:54:12 AM
Author: sputat
<---- With my Princess + Trillions ring, I'm 0-2 here in Pricescopeland.

Do I give a hootenannny? Nah. I lurve my ring! The end.

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Date: 11/5/2007 3:15:53 PM
Author: Steel

TGal, I am a genuine girl. I prefer to have smaller but honest rather than larger but fake. Hmmmm, now that I think about it it applys to more than my ring! As usual no offence is intended. If you want or have illusion set then great. There is not much happiness in the world so grab it when/where ever you can, be it in the form of an illusion set ring or not.

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Travel quote of the week: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain