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What I meant to say is that designs are popular for a while, then go out of style and are replaced by a new trend. Yellow gold, thick ring shanks and marquise cuts have all been trendy and then fallen out of fashion. Yellow gold and marquise stones have been around for a long time - you could call them classics, yet some people consider them dated. My point is that it is great if you can find something that YOU love, regardless of trends. Besides, I'm not even sure that being able to associate a certain style with a particular time period is inherently bad. It reveals (roughly) when you got engaged, no shame in that! I was not critisizing the pave style, just trying to give a historical perspective and encourageing the OP to think outside the box.
I understand what you're saying... and the OP's FF expressed that pave was exactly what she wanted, so I see no reason for anyone to mention that it's their opinion it's trendy and may fall out of fashion as maybe a forewarning of sorts. There is no reason to think outside the box when the intended wearer has given the OP her wishes. As a matter of fact, trying to come up with something "different" for the sake of it almost always ends badly... esp when the FF has explicitly told him what she wants.
That said, if the wearer is the one purchasing and/or designing a piece and wants to be different, I see nothing wrong with entertaining the opinions and ideas of others and helping him/her "think outside the box"... KWIM?