Does "cocktail ring" have perjoritive connotations?

[Imdanny]

HI:

I think it is the best name ever! Name after my own heart.....

I used to hear such rings also called "dinner rings", and I have no idea where that came from.

Were these terms created to indicated any ring (other than school ring) other than ones ER or wedding ring?

FWIW, when I think of cocktail ring, I think Oscar Heyman. Or Harry Winston. I'll take a dozen or so of those 1950 babies: swirls, and layers with pears and marquise. YES PLEASE! No negative connotation for me!

cheers--Sharon

Hi Sharon, Oscar Heyman has cocktail rings on its home page.

 

[Imdanny]

HI:

I think it is the best name ever! Name after my own heart.....

I used to hear such rings also called "dinner rings", and I have no idea where that came from.

Were these terms created to indicated any ring (other than school ring) other than ones ER or wedding ring?

FWIW, when I think of cocktail ring, I think Oscar Heyman. Or Harry Winston. I'll take a dozen or so of those 1950 babies: swirls, and layers with pears and marquise. YES PLEASE! No negative connotation for me!

cheers--Sharon

Hi Sharon, Oscar Heyman has cocktail rings on its home page.

 

[Imdanny]

Hiya Danny!! Nice to see you posting again!

minousbijoux, hi! Thanks!

 

[Imdanny]

Cocktail is an old-fashioned 1960's phrase, so it implies the ring style is dated as well.

How have you been? Did you find a great new place to live?

We've been worried about you!

Hi iLander! Thank you. We did find a great place and moved. A change is good and TBH I didn't realize just how stressful living at the other place was on a daily basis because of the um, stuff that was never ending.

I'll definitely write more about my new place when I have regular Internet again.

 

[Imdanny]

As a former owner of an e-ring that definitely looked like a cocktail ring, I definitely don't think the term is pejorative at all! One has to know that if you halo an above average size stone, it is going to look like a massive flying saucer of some sort. Of course, my halo was not delicate in the least; but even with a small halo, it would have looked like a cocktail ring anyway! I didn't ever entertain the notion that it was a style most would love, but I liked it while it lasted! Bring out the cocktails!

But in the end, who cares? I love cocktail rings, dinner rings and all rings of a certain era. The term sounds glamorous, even if most cocktail rings aren't my style. Who's to say engagement rings have to be a certain size to be acceptable? I wonder if a huge solitaire with the diameter of a cocktail ring would be called a cocktail ring or it's not just the size but the style? Yekutiel at IDJ has a ~4 carater with my name on it and in a simple Vatche U113, I'll bet someone will still call it a cocktail ring! LOLOLOL! I'll drink to that!

Bliss, LOL!

I think "cocktail ring" is no more perjorative/ negative/ bad than "cocktail dress".

In other words it seems like a neutral term to me because like them or not/ they are well or badly designed, it's a description of a kind of ring and has apparently been one for a long time.

 

[iLander]

Cocktail is an old-fashioned 1960's phrase, so it implies the ring style is dated as well.

How have you been? Did you find a great new place to live?

We've been worried about you!

Hi iLander! Thank you. We did find a great place and moved. A change is good and TBH I didn't realize just how stressful living at the other place was on a daily basis because of the um, stuff that was never ending.

I'll definitely write more about my new place when I have regular Internet again.

Yay!

So happy to hear this, Danny! I really feel much better for you guys, really relieved.



Have you checked out the public library for internet? They have tons of computers these days, free all the time, and some have free Wifi.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

I think it is the best name ever! Name after my own heart.....

I used to hear such rings also called "dinner rings", and I have no idea where that came from.

Were these terms created to indicated any ring (other than school ring) other than ones ER or wedding ring?

FWIW, when I think of cocktail ring, I think Oscar Heyman. Or Harry Winston. I'll take a dozen or so of those 1950 babies: swirls, and layers with pears and marquise. YES PLEASE! No negative connotation for me!

cheers--Sharon

Hi Sharon, Oscar Heyman has cocktail rings on its home page.

Danny:

They have an Estate Aqua on their site....I wonder what that baby would go for.....

cheers--Shaorn

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Thought of you Danny:

http://jewelry.1stdibs.com/jewelry_item_detail.php?id=56319

cheeers--Sharon

 

[Imdanny]

Cocktail is an old-fashioned 1960's phrase, so it implies the ring style is dated as well.

How have you been? Did you find a great new place to live?

We've been worried about you!

Hi iLander! Thank you. We did find a great place and moved. A change is good and TBH I didn't realize just how stressful living at the other place was on a daily basis because of the um, stuff that was never ending.

I'll definitely write more about my new place when I have regular Internet again.

Yay!

So happy to hear this, Danny! I really feel much better for you guys, really relieved.



Have you checked out the public library for internet? They have tons of computers these days, free all the time, and some have free Wifi.

Thanks iLander!

I can't get to the library easily but the real issue is no cable in my house, a delicate issue because they strung a cable for television without permission before they rented it. We want wifi in the house but haven't figured out a way to get it.

I'm getting too blind to read my iPhone. I want a 7 in tablet.

Tie thread is a perfect example of the difficulty I have keeping up 'in real time' even when I try, between limited Internet (my phone is metered) and other things (I'll post about that- SO"s knee might need to be replaced soon).

We have a safe, enjoyable place to live though.

 

[Imdanny]

HI:

Thought of you Danny:

http://jewelry.1stdibs.com/jewelry_item_detail.php?id=56319

cheeers--Sharon

Sharon, Thanks! Beautiful. Emerald is SO's birthstone. I'm trying to work that into a way I might have one someday. Hehe!