Age vs. diamond size/type?

[jan can]

Date: 3/17/2010 6:33:20 PM
Author: sarap333
Styles do come and go, and some styles are certainly ''recycled.'' For example, when I was married the first time in the 1980s, I had what I thought was a stylin'' ring for the time, a yellow gold criss-cross setting, which was a knockoff of a Tiffany ring (long gone from the Tiffany line!).

It looked very much like this David Yurman, which is a fairly new design in that company''s bridal line!

Check out BGD''s rope solitaire. It is so similar to this without the small diamonds. It is what I based my new ring on.

Age likely affects our tastes. It definitely does for music; our favorite tunes are from our youth. I''m older/old and my preference is solitaires and always has been.

 

[EllaMarie]

I think in some ways age has to do with it but as others have mentioned, priorities, social status, etc. My Mom has a beautiful 1 ct diamond yg solitaire ring from 1972. It wasn''t just a plain band, it had some ''ridges'' so it was a bit more interesting. Later, in the 80''s, my Dad got her a wrap for the ring so there was a little swirl of diamonds around the sollitaire. My grandmother, who would''ve been 98 this year, wore a simple yg band. I don''t think she even had an e-ring as she got married in the depression era and my family doesn''t exactly have wealthy roots.

My Mom remarried seven years ago. She is very modest and chose a SMALLER diamond than the one she had with my Dad. Significantly smaller. Like .25. I was shocked and somewhat upset by this. My Mom is a really good, caring person and I thought she ''deserved'' a bigger ring but it just isn''t something she sees as a priority. She is 57 y/o and now has a smaller yg diamond solitaire in her second marriage. Sometimes I encourage her to "go bigger"--but she and her husband find traveling more important (and I agree--if I were to choose).

I am a librarian and work with a lot of middle aged women--most of them have yellow gold solitaires, but a lot of them also have multiple rings in all manner of metal colors & gems. Most of the women I work with don''t have children so I think they have more $$ to spend on jewelry, perhaps.

I chose a halo because I thought it looked so interesting when I saw it several years ago--maybe 2004 on the "a diamond is forever" website. Yes, it does make the ring look bigger, but to me, it kind of defines the diamond. I don''t know if it will look dated in 15 years... we''ll see. There are just so many beautiful rings out there---older, newer, it all depends on your taste and budget. I live in an area of about 250,000 people. I don''t see a lot of halos. Mostly princess cuts in wg and rounds in yg.

 

[Lula]

Date: 3/17/2010 11:08:13 PM
Author: jan can

Date: 3/17/2010 6:33:20 PM

Author: sarap333

Styles do come and go, and some styles are certainly ''recycled.'' For example, when I was married the first time in the 1980s, I had what I thought was a stylin'' ring for the time, a yellow gold criss-cross setting, which was a knockoff of a Tiffany ring (long gone from the Tiffany line!).


It looked very much like this David Yurman, which is a fairly new design in that company''s bridal line!

Check out BGD''s rope solitaire. It is so similar to this without the small diamonds. It is what I based my new ring on.


Age likely affects our tastes. It definitely does for music; our favorite tunes are from our youth. I''m older/old and my preference is solitaires and always has been.

Wow -- that''s my ring from 1981! (Styles do recycle!).
Do you have your ring yet? I''d love to see pictures of it.

 

[Phoenix]

Hmm...interesting Q.

I personally think that, at least from what I've observed/ learned about, is that that the size of the diamond and the style (be it halo, 3-stone, or solitaire; round vs. asscher or EC whatever) are largely dependent on the geographical area. After that, age may come into consideration. Other external factors like PS also come into play!

So for example, in Hong Kong and Singapore there are LOTS (HK more so than SG) of larger RB solitaires, like 2-5carats. Granted the people with large diamonds are much fewer in number than those with smaller diamonds, there are still lots of the former around (meaning you can walk round the streets and the stores on any given day and you *may* catch one or two such wearers, esp in the high-end shopping areas - obviously, LOL). I remember when I first got here, I saw a 4ct RB in Larry Jewellery (a large well known B&M in this part of the world) and I asked the sales person why on earth anyone would wear anything so large and so vulgar?!!

(yeah, I know I know, famous last words, LOL). Also, when DH and I went to Antwerp to look for my upgrade ering (only in 2006, I think it was?), I uttered the same sentiment. Now, I'm having to eat my own words and am the one hankering after such a stone. Moreover, it appears (from my observation anyway) that most erings are in WG though YG, esp the high karat version, is still very popular (which is a "staple" amongst Asians).

The trend seems to be catching up in Shanghai as well (I don't know so much abt other cities in China), but it seems that more and more girls here (though admittedly still a very small number as a proportion of the whole population) are sporting diamond erings and again they are mostly solitaires and in WG. This diamond wearing "trend" is still lagging behind the house and car trends, meaning that people with new money here (there's no old money in China) would buy a house and/ or a car first before they buy diamonds. I think I've stated elsewhere on PS that my SIL (who's in the jewellery biz) and other diamond vendors in HK tell me that more and more mainly Chinese are coming to HK to buy large diamonds - with CASH!

Another interesting tidbit: my Chinese teacher tells me that before they even start to speak, she can always tell which ones of her students are Americans and which are Europeans - the Americans are the ones with the large blingy diamonds and their European counterparts smaller ones (or they may not even wear any diamond at all). And all this despite the fact that most expats here have a car complete with chauffeur. She said that when I first came to her class, she couldn't tell where I was from. I didn't have my BGD earrings on me though I did have my ring on. Also, we don't have a chauffeured driven car and I tend not to dress up so much here (the stupid cold and wet weather

), so I reckon that most people think that my ring is fake - which is fine with me, ha ha (since my diamonds are for my own enjoyment - first and foremost)!

Oh yeah, also, my halo'ed pear-shaped ring is a DIRECT result of being on PS

. In this part of the world, halo's are not so popular and step-cuts, particularly asschers, are even a rarer sight. Pears are not so common either, but once I saw at a jewellery show (but of course - where else!

) this Indian woman with a HUUUUUGEEE diamond pear ring. I reckon it must have been 15ct or so!! Man, that thing was absolutely HUGE and

!

And, older ladies here (myself included, older that is

. I don't have a 4ct+ diamond) would have comparatively larger diamonds than younger ones, though I've seen with my own eyes a few younger professionals or taitai's with 4-5ct erings. One of my fave jewellery stores in SG once showed me a 10ct RB of D IF specs and they told me that the owner was a lady in her forties, and that she was tiny - like 5 foot tall and under 100lbs (so no correlation btw diamond size and height/ weight, he he

- not that you were asking, OP; I just thought I'd throw it in

).

 

[Gypsy]

I have a plain shank halo setting. If my diamond were larger I would have a three stone though, hands down. But alas, no upgrade is my husband's only request, and so... a halo it is. I used to have an X prong solitaire.

As for 'test of time'... who knows? Resetting is always an option... there's no restriction on that. Things are always going to date... some date well, some date poorly, there's nothing you can do about it. Either accept the change and change with it, or stick to your guns. No wrong answer.

 

[reader]

Humm, this is interesting to me, and I made a mental note of the women who wear diamonds in my office.

Drea''s is 3/4 carat rb, in yellow gold, white gold head, second marriage in 2002. She is 39
Tressa''s is a .50 rb, also in yellow gold, white gold prongs, with a six stone wrap, first marriage, 1994. She is 38.
Karen''s is a .75 rb in a wide white gold band, second marriage 2003, age 42.
Jenny''s is a anniversary type band of step cuts, white gold, second marriage 2009, age 37.
Christie''s is a 1.5 carat princess, rather tinted color, yellow gold and a full double band wrap, second marriage 2008, age 50.
Margaret is over fifty, and wears a nice one carat in a white gold halo she got for her fifteenth anniversary. She remarked she has now been married 25 years, wonders where her upgrade is.

My other female friends outside of work have colored stone rings, plan bands, or family stones that have been remounted into ''artistic'' wedding bands.

I remember as a kid loving to see women with the classic YG Tiffany setting, with two bands, usually sparkling like mad in the sun at the beach. Little old ladies in my church had platinum settings and wonderful stories to tell little girls who loved staring at the ornate designs and flower like halos.


My diamond is out of step with the women that surround me. Its a marquise, thin halo in platinum 1.76ct. (Marriage number two, I am 36 and this is ring number two in the marriage) Most of the time people assume its a fake as this ring does not fit any part of my socioeconomic strata. I have heard rude cracks about it from people of all walks of life. I have also heard some really neat stories and met some really wonderful people because I was wearing it. I don''t care if this ring makes me look like I have old money, new money, no money, class or no class.

I have it because it makes me happy. I wear it because it makes me smile everyday and I see it dance in the light. My daughter would love to remount it as its too ''gaudy'' to her, my husband said if I die he will geocache the ring and give the coordinates to my diamond friends so that my kid doesn''t remount the ''good old stuff''.

 

[Natylad]

Beautiful hand and beautiful ring Gypsy!!!

 

[vespergirl]

I do think that setting styles go in and out of style. I see solitaires as being timeless and classic. But the 80s were all about channel set, the 90s were all about trellis set (like a Lucida), and the 2000s were all about micropave and halos.

Since I''m going to reset my solitiare this year, I''ve been having a mighty struggle with what I want, but I think that I''m going to end up with a 6-prong Tiffany-style solitaire made by Leon Mege, because I think that will stay in style for a while.

 

[Miss Sparkly]

Date: 3/17/2010 10:18:07 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/17/2010 8:31:44 PM
Author: AprilBaby
I am still wearing the YG in my 3 stone cause I love it, so no offense taken DF. My daughter, who is 22, wants a yg ring after years of saying only white gold for her. I think it is coming back!!! PROUD to be 50!

yes,i think so too (within the next 3 yrs) just like my BIG bell bottom pants of the 70''s.

lol! They already came and went again

Flare leg jeans of the 1990''s and early 2000''s

 

[purselover]

Date: 3/17/2010 6:33:20 PM
Author: sarap333
Styles do come and go, and some styles are certainly ''recycled.'' For example, when I was married the first time in the 1980s, I had what I thought was a stylin'' ring for the time, a yellow gold criss-cross setting, which was a knockoff of a Tiffany ring (long gone from the Tiffany line!).

It looked very much like this David Yurman, which is a fairly new design in that company''s bridal line!

My almost 60 year old mother had a .38 rb solitaire in yellow gold when she got engaged. A few years ago my dad bought her a champagne and white diamond scatter type ring in rose gold that she started wearing as her ering. When my mom gave me her original ering last year I reset it in rose gold - in a few years when we buy a new ering for myself I want this David Yurman ring, I fell in love with it last year after trying it on. Btw I just turned 25.

 

[yssie]

I was just reading a thread in the archives, from 2005 - about which styles would be dated to ''05

.. interesting read - halos and pave were discussed as possibilities, that obviously didn''t happen!

 

[Lula]

Date: 3/18/2010 9:36:43 AM
Author: purselover

Date: 3/17/2010 6:33:20 PM

Author: sarap333

Styles do come and go, and some styles are certainly ''recycled.'' For example, when I was married the first time in the 1980s, I had what I thought was a stylin'' ring for the time, a yellow gold criss-cross setting, which was a knockoff of a Tiffany ring (long gone from the Tiffany line!).


It looked very much like this David Yurman, which is a fairly new design in that company''s bridal line!

My almost 60 year old mother had a .38 rb solitaire in yellow gold when she got engaged. A few years ago my dad bought her a champagne and white diamond scatter type ring in rose gold that she started wearing as her ering. When my mom gave me her original ering last year I reset it in rose gold - in a few years when we buy a new ering for myself I want this David Yurman ring, I fell in love with it last year after trying it on. Btw I just turned 25.

And I was in my early 20''s when I owned that ring. So maybe there is a 20-25 year trend from elaborate (1920''s styles, halos, pave) to modern (bold, geometric)?

When my mother was married in the early 1960''s -- the "Madmen" years -- she had the diamond removed from my grandmothers engraved art deco setting, and set into a classic yellow gold Tiffany setting with a platinum head. The style then was very minimal/classic -- think Jackie Kennedy. All her life she disliked vintage/fussy jewelry - perhaps because her generation saw it as old fashioned?

If she were alive today, I''m thinking she would frown on my current "tall halo"!

Black Jade, I really liked your description of the trends/attitudes toward jewelry through the decades, and your description of what type of jewelry members of a certain social sect wear -- I thought it was very accurate, and it matches what I see here in my Midwestern university town.

The old money wears high quality vintage jewelry that is handed down from generation to generation. Diamond engagement rings rarely contain anything over a carat, and are simple and understated in styling. No halos. No resets. If you go to the opera/symphony in my city, the old money is wearing well-made, but out of style clothing, and perhaps pearl earrings and necklaces.

The "new" money people are decked out to the nines in outfits that would be striking if they''d known when to quit, i.e., just wear the evening gown with a diamond bracelet and earrings, instead of the evening gown, the rhinestone encrusted shoes, a bracelet on each arm, a necklace, earrings, and several large rings. Bling-bling!

Then there are the academics, several of whom are quite well off, but who show up to any dressy event wearing Patagonia shirts and pants with a Lands End fleece over the whole thing and Merrill hiking boots. Don''t forget the Citizen Eco Drive watch. No jewelry on the guys, but the women are partial to "artsy" jewelry, which in this town means some pretty lumpy, unfinished looking, bezel-set pieces. Seriously, some of the jewelry artisans around here do work that''s no better than what I did in high school art metals class.

 

[joxxxelyn]

I think you can always see society''s issues in fashion and jewelry. I think halos mark a time of wanting more: more finger coverage, more sparkle, more diamonds. But people don''t necessarily want to pay for more in the center diamond. More for less, just like our financial outlook has grown to become with people wanting good deals and feeling like they have a lot of value for the $. The rise of Wal Mart and its publicity came about within a decade or so preceding the halo''s popularity. Same thing with SUVs. They all represent either wanting more and paying less, or just wanting more for the purpose of safety and security. Like so, the halo encases the center diamond in a barrier of stones.

I think vintage style jewelery is becoming more popular as the economy has waned. People desire more stability and turn to the past because it feels safe at a time when things are so unpredictable. I anticipate more of this trend, especially if the recovery continues to be slow.

Of course I don''t think these things explain all purchases or even most of them. I don''t mean to imply that people buy halos for the above reasons at all or that anyone buys things for a certain reason. I just think it could be a subtle influence in some regard and that they are symbolic.

 

[PumpkinPie]

jewelry will always cycle in popularity and style - just like fashion. I agree that it''s also very geographically varied - I live in Western Canada and visit the east coast often and have only ever seen one halo ring - most are 3 stone or simple solitares

 

[lightningbug]

Phoenix, that was such an interesting post! Thanks for sharing your insights.

Hmmm...It would be fun to have a ''diamond perspectives from around the world'' thread.

 

[Lula]

Date: 3/18/2010 9:36:43 AM
Author: purselover

Date: 3/17/2010 6:33:20 PM

Author: sarap333

Styles do come and go, and some styles are certainly ''recycled.'' For example, when I was married the first time in the 1980s, I had what I thought was a stylin'' ring for the time, a yellow gold criss-cross setting, which was a knockoff of a Tiffany ring (long gone from the Tiffany line!).


It looked very much like this David Yurman, which is a fairly new design in that company''s bridal line!

My almost 60 year old mother had a .38 rb solitaire in yellow gold when she got engaged. A few years ago my dad bought her a champagne and white diamond scatter type ring in rose gold that she started wearing as her ering. When my mom gave me her original ering last year I reset it in rose gold - in a few years when we buy a new ering for myself I want this David Yurman ring, I fell in love with it last year after trying it on. Btw I just turned 25.

I checked ebay''s Tiffany listings just for kicks and giggles, and lo and behold, an original Tiffany criss-cross ring (which they call and "X" ring) in 18 kt. yellow gold is up for auction. If it was my size, I''d be tempted, but then DF would know I''m over 50

According to the seller, the ring is from 1998, so Tiffany kept making this style well into the 1990s.

 

[coati]

Date: 3/17/2010 7:58:52 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/17/2010 7:40:08 PM

Author: sarap333

Date: 3/17/2010 7:27:27 PM

Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/17/2010 2:00:41 PM


Author: AprilBaby


I am 50 and I had a yellow gold solitaire .38 in 1980. Changed it to a 3 stone in 2000. My SIL has a marquise, married in 1988. Screams 80''s to me. The Princess cut seems to be going out, as it says to me 2000-2008. The Three stone says 2000-2003. I think the Halo will go the same way in the next 10 years and something else will take its place. I am loving the cushion right now but have no plans for another change.

April


you didn''t need to post your age

most women wearing a YG Ering are in their 50''s.

Or men over 50. Or hipsters wearing high-karat-YG.


Which category are you in, DF?

no matter their age...Chinese people been wearing high kt gold for the past 3000 yrs.

yah DF, so you should know that gold is timeless.

Gold has Soul.

Btw, I''m in my early(ish) 30s and I have a couple e-rings in yellow gold.

 

[Lew Lew]

Date: 3/18/2010 1:14:51 PM
Author: coatimundi

Date: 3/17/2010 7:58:52 PM

Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/17/2010 7:40:08 PM


Author: sarap333

Date: 3/17/2010 7:27:27 PM


Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/17/2010 2:00:41 PM



Author: AprilBaby



I am 50 and I had a yellow gold solitaire .38 in 1980. Changed it to a 3 stone in 2000. My SIL has a marquise, married in 1988. Screams 80''s to me. The Princess cut seems to be going out, as it says to me 2000-2008. The Three stone says 2000-2003. I think the Halo will go the same way in the next 10 years and something else will take its place. I am loving the cushion right now but have no plans for another change.

April



you didn''t need to post your age

most women wearing a YG Ering are in their 50''s.

Or men over 50. Or hipsters wearing high-karat-YG.



Which category are you in, DF?

no matter their age...Chinese people been wearing high kt gold for the past 3000 yrs.

yah DF, so you should know that gold is timeless.

Gold has Soul.


Btw, I''m in my early(ish) 30s and I have a couple e-rings in yellow gold.

My e-ring is yellow gold as well. I''m 37. I got engaged in 1994, my senior year in college, and got married in 1996. All of the girls who were getting engaged at that time and place (IL) also had yellow gold e-rings.

Now I live in western New York, and many of those in my age and peer group have yellow gold wedding sets. A few of the "younger" ones (by 5-10 years) in my peer group have white gold or platinum. I guess I missed the white gold craze by a few years. So I wouldn''t say that it is mostly the 50+ age group. More like the 30+ age group, in my experience.

When I get an upgrade, hopefully next year for my 15th anniversary, it will be in platinum. I have been "converted" to the white metals.

 

[caolsen]

Date: 3/17/2010 7:27:27 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/17/2010 2:00:41 PM
Author: AprilBaby
I am 50 and I had a yellow gold solitaire .38 in 1980. Changed it to a 3 stone in 2000. My SIL has a marquise, married in 1988. Screams 80's to me. The Princess cut seems to be going out, as it says to me 2000-2008. The Three stone says 2000-2003. I think the Halo will go the same way in the next 10 years and something else will take its place. I am loving the cushion right now but have no plans for another change.

April
you didn't need to post your age

most women wearing a YG Ering are in their 50's.

Hey; I have a YG/WG blend and I am in my 30's!

I am amazed that some fancies seem to be so unpopular. I am a big pear fan. A nice pear never goes out of style to me, but younger women stare at mine like, 'what the hell is that?'

 

[purselover]

Date: 3/18/2010 12:33:41 PM
Author: sarap333

Date: 3/18/2010 9:36:43 AM
Author: purselover

Date: 3/17/2010 6:33:20 PM

Author: sarap333

Styles do come and go, and some styles are certainly ''recycled.'' For example, when I was married the first time in the 1980s, I had what I thought was a stylin'' ring for the time, a yellow gold criss-cross setting, which was a knockoff of a Tiffany ring (long gone from the Tiffany line!).


It looked very much like this David Yurman, which is a fairly new design in that company''s bridal line!

My almost 60 year old mother had a .38 rb solitaire in yellow gold when she got engaged. A few years ago my dad bought her a champagne and white diamond scatter type ring in rose gold that she started wearing as her ering. When my mom gave me her original ering last year I reset it in rose gold - in a few years when we buy a new ering for myself I want this David Yurman ring, I fell in love with it last year after trying it on. Btw I just turned 25.

I checked ebay''s Tiffany listings just for kicks and giggles, and lo and behold, an original Tiffany criss-cross ring (which they call and ''X'' ring) in 18 kt. yellow gold is up for auction. If it was my size, I''d be tempted, but then DF would know I''m over 50

According to the seller, the ring is from 1998, so Tiffany kept making this style well into the 1990s.

Thanks for sharing, I had no idea Tiffany used to make rings like that and here I thought David Yurman was so original! It''s a gorgeous ring, and my size too bad not in the budget right now.

 

[Black Jade]

Phoenix, it was interesting to read your post.
The ''old money'' in China went to either the US or Taiwan in 1949. This generation is mostly dead now. They had some beautiful jewelry--but not diamonds. I''m not thinking of just the spectacular pieces in jade (this was from before you had to worry about your jade being ''composite'' or just plain fake) or of the 24k gold (which I still see at weddings) but some incredibly crafted silver, even. Wonderful hairpins that looked like flowers, lucky pendants in the shape of temples with the most beautiful cloisonne, gorgeous bracelets, all kinds of things that you see only in museums now. I was privileged to see some of the jewelry that the officials wore in the late Qing dynasty---huge carved jade disks on silver chains--very unwearable nowadays but so spectacular.

It must be interesting be somewhere where 3 and 4 carat diamonds are ''common.'' I''ve never seen diamond bigger than about 2.5 in person. And a lot of my relatives are Manhattanites who work in law or finance.

I have heard that a lot of very large diamonds are sold in the Middle East as well where of course they are only seen in private, women being veiled in public so that their jewelry can''t be seen. (I didn''t phrase that very well, but you know what I mean."

 

[Black Jade]

EllaMarie, to be honest, if I could get to travel, I''d switch to a .25 diamond too, just like your Mom. I used to travel a lot when I was single--now DH and I are waiting until he retires so that we can get to do that together.

 

[Black Jade]

Reader, your marquise sounds beautiful. I have a soft spot for marquise diamonds (possibly because I came of age in the 80''s) and I like them set N-S, so they elongate your fingers--dating myself completely I know! But you can''t help what you like. Do you have a thread somewhere with photos?

 

[Black Jade]

Date: 3/18/2010 10:39:06 AM
Author: joxxxelyn


I think you can always see society''s issues in fashion and jewelry. I think halos mark a time of wanting more: more finger coverage, more sparkle, more diamonds. But people don''t necessarily want to pay for more in the center diamond. More for less, just like our financial outlook has grown to become with people wanting good deals and feeling like they have a lot of value for the $. The rise of Wal Mart and its publicity came about within a decade or so preceding the halo''s popularity. Same thing with SUVs. They all represent either wanting more and paying less, or just wanting more for the purpose of safety and security. Like so, the halo encases the center diamond in a barrier of stones.

You might something here, although, as you say, you can''t assume that each individual who has these things is doing it for these reasons.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 3/18/2010 3:10:48 PM
Author: Black Jade

It must be interesting be somewhere where 3 and 4 carat diamonds are ''common.'' I''ve never seen diamond bigger than about 2.5 in person. And a lot of my relatives are Manhattanites who work in law or finance.

BJ...
a PSer once said... 4-5ct rings are a norm on the streets of Rancho Santa Fe,Ca.

 

[Black Jade]

Date: 3/18/2010 7:46:13 PM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 3/18/2010 3:10:48 PM

Author: Black Jade


It must be interesting be somewhere where 3 and 4 carat diamonds are ''common.'' I''ve never seen diamond bigger than about 2.5 in person. And a lot of my relatives are Manhattanites who work in law or finance.

BJ...

a PSer once said... 4-5ct rings are a norm on the streets of Rancho Santa Fe,Ca.

I guess I need to take a trip there!

 

[Lola0918]

My mom (God rest her soul) had a beautiful and delicate .80 RB in a simple YG Tiffany setting. Classic to this day. My stepmom (married to my Dad the surgeon) insisted on a GIANT cluster ring that was just hideous. At the time I was a little girl and in awe of the sparkle.
When I got married 8 yrs ago, my ex husband gave me a 1ct princess in a platinum channel set band. EVERYWHERE I LOOKED, I SAW THAT RING!! But it was so pretty.
Now that I am PATIENTLY, ok not so much, for my BF to propose, I have my heart set on a 2.5 cushion set in the HW halo.
Soooooo, my point is, IMO, trends are trends. If I was still married, I would be wearing that channel set band with a Princess center and I would still love it. Now that I have a second chance at love, I have a second choice in rings!!!

 

[gardengloves]

So today on the E train commute home in NYC -. I was surrounded by amazing rings. A rare day- just wish I could have shot photos. Opposite me, a young woman leafing through papers with at least a two carat eternity paired with a,maybe, 1.5 round, but scintillating, just scintallating, could not take my eyes off this honey, like a train light in a tunnel. Besides me, a woman around mid forties, very understated with a major maybe 3.5 - 4 carat , with stacked eternities- no make up, sunglasses on head, but that hand of hers- I did not know where to look first. I'm telling you, a movie star could have gotten on that train, but nothing could have pried me away from these rings. Oh, and a very young girl hanging on the bar sporting an emerald.. I.5, maybe, like a clear summer lake.

No halos sighted today, major center stones, supported by eternities .. from the subways of NY

All ages, all size diamonds... . reporting from NYC

 

[trillionaire]

haha, clump me in with the dated split shank bunch!

 

[trillionaire]

the evidence...

(that would be a trillion center, with a pave split shank band...) Yeah, I'm a little non-traditional... though FI choose the setting!


ETA: And please ignore the fact that it looks like I have nubbins rather than fingers... freakish!