A solitaire is one stone. A cathedral is a structural detail where the shank rises up to meet the center stone, shoulders arching like the name suggests....
The first thing to understand about an engagement ring with a pavé setting is that those tiny stones are not decorations. A pavé band can hold anywhere...
Moissanite is a beautiful stone. It is not a diamond, and I tell every client that before we go any further. The stone is silicon carbide, grown in a lab,...
I've built open engagement ring styles for exactly four clients in the last seven years, and two of them came back within a year for tightening. That's not...
Last October, a client I'll call Daniel sat in my studio for forty minutes asking about ring sizing. He didn't want to talk about the diamond, the setting,...
Last February a client named Marcus came in with a 2.4mm platinum band he’d ordered online. The stone was set low, the finish was clean, and it looked right...
Last spring Nicole came in with her grandmother's engagement ring, a 0.9 carat old European cut in a worn 14k yellow gold setting, and a box of five bands...
Likes are almost meaningless. Saves are where people park things they actually want. If you’re trying to figure out her ring preferences through her social...
Last spring a client named Daniel sat in my studio with a ring box he hadn't opened. Inside was an heirloom ring, a 1980s marquise cluster in 14k yellow...
Most rings don't age badly because of the stone. They age badly because they were built as a snapshot of a moment, not as a piece of jewelry meant to live...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.