Go Vintage for Diamond Engagement Rings
When you are ready to settle down with the one you love, why not choose something rare, classic, antique and vintage as an engagement ring idea, rather than the typical diamond engagement ring. Not to say there is anything wrong with diamond engagement rings, but if you really want to be different, try to find a vintage ring with a story.
Some of the reasons vintage jewelry is so in-fashion these days, include the quality, craftsmanship and uniqueness of the jewelry. You can find so many styles and designs in vintage jewelry to get your hands on; beautiful designs that represent a different time, a different place. Currently, you see many trendy people wearing vintage everything. Whether vintage diamond earrings, vintage bracelets, vintage necklaces or even vintage blue topaz brooches. (Blue topaz jewelry and other colorful gemstones can be really nice in pendants and brooches.)
Vintage jewelry is highly fashionable and is becoming an increasingly hip and chic way to say “I love you”. Notably, Vintage Filigree Diamond Engagement Rings came as a response to De Beers 1947 marketing campaign “A Diamond is Forever” which still rings true today. At that time, De Beers controlled 65% of all the diamonds in the world.
Rings are a very symbolic token of love. The Egyptians were said to believe that a vein connected the ring finger to the heart. Diamonds are also very meaningful, as the diamond is one of the most solid and strong minerals on earth. Diamonds can resist fire and steel. They represent the strength of love and the union of marriage.
There are so many different styles of vintage engagement rings to choose form that it could be a nice to try finding one with a story behind. There is a certain element of mystery and allure to jewelry that has lived through generations. Especially to see whose hands they end up in.
If you are going to consider a vintage engagement ring, see if the jeweler you are buying it from knows much about where it came from. Find out how old it is and what its significance is. You may be surprised at what you find out, and it could make your proposal all the more romantic.
The romance of engagement rings is a tradition that will continue, but also evolve. Going vintage for the engagement ring is an original and lovely way to keep the charm.
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April 10th, 2009
In like it. That the ring for anyone, ok