Unequivocally yes. I make more men's engagement rings now than I did five years ago, and the only thing still lagging is the display case at the average...
I’ll put it plainly: for most people, a local jeweler is the better place to buy an engagement ring. A chain store can work in one or two narrow...
Yes, and some of the best engagement rings I've ever worked on came out of antique shops in small towns, not estate cases at high-end jewelers. A good...
Mostly no. Pawn shops are a bad place to buy an engagement ring if you don't already know exactly what you're looking at, and most people don't. But there...
No. Usually not easily. And if you bought the engagement ring from a national chain, the answer is still no, just with more paperwork and a restocking fee...
Most creative at-home proposal ideas fail because they're built for an audience, not for the two of you. The best way to propose with a ring at home in a...
A size 6 ring at 35°F is still a size 6 ring, but your finger isn't. So no, cold weather does not make an engagement ring fit tighter. It does the opposite....
Every twelve to eighteen months. That's the schedule I give clients for a daily-wear white gold ring, and I'd rather say that up front than pretend the...
Nine times out of ten, a rash under an engagement ring is contact dermatitis from moisture and soap trapped against the skin. Not a metal allergy. I'm not a...
No. An engagement ring is not a good financial investment over time, and I say that as someone who makes a living selling them. I hear this question often...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.