Most of the proposal speeches I hear about in my studio happen weeks after the ring is finished, and the client has almost always overthought the words....
Last March a client named Daniel came in two days after proposing because the ring was too tight. He'd guessed her ring size as a 6.5. She wears a 7.75. The...
It's a ring pop. The answer is yes, obviously, it's acceptable - but the real question is who you're proposing to and whether they'll find it funny or...
David walked in last spring with a diamond he'd bought online - a 1.01 carat round, H/VS2, GIA report in hand. The stone was tight on paper. Under a...
Last March, a couple I'll call Lauren and James sat at my bench for thirty minutes before either one mentioned a number. Lauren kept pointing at a 2.8 carat...
A 2.03 carat oval sapphire, deep cornflower blue, with a milky haze that sat just below the table. Lee, a client from last spring, had bought it as an...
Skin tone is a starting point, not a rulebook. Over 20 years at the bench I've seen clients obsess over whether they're "warm" or "cool" while ignoring the...
You owe no one the number. That’s the whole answer, and I’ll stand behind it at a dinner party, in a family group chat, or at the office when someone grabs...
The short answer: you probably don't. Not really. Not in a way that feels natural for both of you. A few months back, a woman named Kate came into my studio...
Take a breath. I've seen a hundred stuck rings and only one that ended in an emergency room trip - and that was a titanium band on a hand that swelled after...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.