What style of e-ring do you think is most popular with millenials?

[unsettled]

I am an old(er) millennial I guess (1980). A lot of my friends got engaged in 2003ish with 3 stone rings - that's when the past, present, future ad campaign was very popular. I would say most of my friends have 60/40 split between rounds and princess cuts. Well, their original rings. A few have upgraded or reset over the years or added bands. But most of the rings I see in my area on newly engaged girls are halos with split/twisted shanks - and LOTS of pave. And most have smaller center stones. But to be honest, if we were getting engaged now, I am sure I would have gotten a smaller ring than the one my husband purchased in 2003. Diamond prices are a lot higher now!

 

[voce]

I'm a millenial born in the 80s, and I have a colored stone oval with a halo for my e-ring.

I have always wanted to be unique, though, hence the choice to go colored. No other stores beside Tiffany had high-quality colored gems, and many were trying to peddle me morganite and moissanite, not knowing that I wasn't looking for size and price, but for color. When I was browsing in jewelry shops I most liked the cushion styles of Tiffany, but figured that was way overpriced (plus they didn't have sapphire) so bought online. While online I decided I liked ruby as well as sapphire, if not slightly more.

I would guess that millenials are split two ways, depending on when they decide to get engaged. There's the mall ring crowd (dull, poor value stones) and the crowd that buys online and compares prices, and get much better quality gemstones. I'm glad my fiancee let me choose before proposing.

 

[September_Blue]

I was at a restaurant tonight with a lot of the younger millennial crowd present. I noticed ovals, cushions, and rose gold.

 

[rockhoundofficiando]

I think the younger mil. favor colored gemstones such as sapphire or morganite, or large diamond simulant (moissanite) centers, often in blinged out halo settings. I think mil. on the older side are more into quality over quantity. Of course that varies with the person.

 

[DiamondDense]

I'm a millennial

 

[justpeachy]

I'm a millennial ('86) and the only jewelry nut of my friends. Here's what I've noticed. $4,000 seems to be the cost cap, or at least average. If a friend has an exceptional quality stone, or if it is larger than .75, it is likely that they inherited and reset it. Of the girls I know, quite a few of their FDH's took late aunt mildred's cushion or oval or round and put their pennies towards a new setting. If they've got platinum its because its an antique setting. No younger millennial will touch a princess with a 10 ft pole. & the older millennials are still anti-YG. Wide, chunky, clunky, whatever you want to call it, is out. Halos are still popular for coverage. I don't think solitaires with pave bands are as popular as PSers assume, because if you can't afford a decent sized stone it's still going to look subpar. Ballerina rings with the splayed baguette halo are surprisingly popular this year. So are "tiara", "headdress", triangle, etc jackets- relatively inexpensive, yet ornate, stacking bands that serve as a temporary (trendy) halo (https://www.instagram.com/considerthewldflwrs/?hl=en has alot of examples of those jackets in their stories). Overall, we're the generation of internet shoppers. Prospective brides have instagram at their fingertips for inspiration & the bar is set as high as it needs to be to look good in a selfie

 

[cokitty]

I see more trends based on socioeconomic status, age at engagement, and degree of establishment at time of engagement. A twenty year old just finishing up undergrad is a vastly different place than someone who is ten years older owns a home etc.
Across all age groups I have not seen many "mall quality" stones/rings.

Within that it varies. I am a millennial (older end) and in my friend group the average is about 2+ cts, solitaires primarily, nearly all MRB and from the ones I have really looked at H&A and high quality. (USA-East Coast friends), out where I am now I see warmer but also more than one halo. My older sister (millennial older end) who lives in the midAtlantic region says the majority of folks she knows have rings around 1ct and classic solitaires.
Our brother (younger end of millennials, East coast) says about 1-2 carats and solitaires or three stones, MRB, and ovals. This age group seems concerned with high color and clarity.
All age groups white metal , thought I am not inclined to ask folks if they have platinum, palladium, or white gold.

My European coworkers (primarily Spain and UK) trend towards gemstone rings and some very sweet floral/cluster diamond rings. I would say center stones quality is all over the map, but size is generally a little smaller maybe .5-.7 for RB center or 1-2 for colored gemstones. The ones who are older than I am have some very impressive rings and jewelry suites which I am in awe of.
With this group I do see a mix of white and yellow metals.

I don't know anyone who owns a purely rose gold. I know two people IRL who have rose gold accents on their engagement rings and they are both pricescopers, one is a millennial.

 

[cmd2014]

Mostly Neil Lane-esque halos here among my young associates (both smaller center stones with double halos and slightly larger center stones with single ones). Not a solitaire in sight. Mainly white gold.

 

[DiamondDense]

Dollars spent are highly region and (more obviously) socioeconomic dependent.

Around here (NY/NJ) anything less than $10k is considered "affordable".

 

[tuckie]

Vintage '84 here too. My midwest highschool friends who got engaged in their early/mid 20s mostly have Neil Lane type ornate halos with ~.7-1ct round or cushion centers. My east coast grad school friends who got engaged in their mid/late twenties typically have ~1.2-1.7ct MRB solitaires on pave bands. My getting-married-in-our-30s friends have a wide array: big-ass eternities as ERs, vintage rings, colored stones, chunky bezels, etc. I'd say the of-the-moment 2017/2018 trend in my circle are ovals on rose gold pave. I must know 5 women engaged in the last year with that set up.