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Engagement Rings

Guides, stories, and answers about lab-grown diamonds, moissanite, and fine jewellery — written by our atelier.

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Pear and Marquise Moissanite Toi et Moi Ring: A Buyer's Guide

What a toi et moi ring is, why pairing a pear with a marquise works, how its three pointed tips are protected,...

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Seven decisions that look fine on a top-down render and cause problems later. All are free to change before casting and impossible...

A narrower finger makes every stone work harder for you. What sizes actually read as what, the thin-shank trap, and which shapes...

Start from what your hands do all day, not from what photographs well. Three questions, matched to real settings, and the one...

The shank is the most under-used lever in ring design. What each style does, the euro shank fix for spinning nobody is...

Thanksgiving is the opening day of American engagement season, and the dinner table is the worst place in the house to use...

Underneath the stone is where light gets in, where residue collects, and where build quality shows. Why open beats closed, and the...

From Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, America proposes. Ten weeks, four peak dates, and a lead-time problem that starts in early November —...

Prong count gets discussed; prong shape almost never does, and shape is what fails. Which type suits which stone, and the signs...

The cushion is not a modern shape wearing vintage clothes — it is the original, and the modern crushed ice version is...

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