Tag: celebrity engagements

ask jeff cooper: the halo engagement ring trend

We predicted that halo rings would be big this year, and how right we were!

When we wrote about the adorable and lovely Alexis Bledel’s engagement to Vincent Kartheiser here, she wasn’t yet wearing a ring.

Now she’s stepped out in a vintage-inspired octogonal halo style, similar to our Tate Octet Ring.

Halo rings got some attention on TV when Catherine Giudici accepted ‘Bachelor’ Sean Lowe’s proposal with a square halo ring similar to Tallulah. ‘Bachelorette’ Emily Maynard wears a halo engagement ring, too.

The singer Brandy, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Wilde and Kate Middleton are but a few of the stunning celebrity brides who light up the room in halo rings.

Name a few more? Natalie Portman, Jennifer Hudson, Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Clarkson, Gwyneth Paltrow… it’s easier to name who’s not wearing a sparkly halo!

What say you? Are you on board with the halo trend?

The featured image is our Heather Engagement Ring.

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Engagement Ring Trend: Mixed Metal Wedding Rings

White gold and platinum settings will always be popular, but we’re seeing adventurous brides (and grooms) gravitating toward mixed metals for a cool, personalized look.

It’s not just edgy fashionistas and bohemians! In the tradition of classic beauty Audrey Hepburn and her stack of mix and match wedding bands, modern brides are mixing metals, and it looks totally chic.

Keira Knightley surprised everyone with her wedding outfit, then surprised us again, by combining an understated two-carat solitaire diamond in a platinum setting with a simple yellow gold wedding band.

Kate Middleton also dared to mix metals. As the world knows, Prince William proposed with Princess Diana’s blue sapphire ring set on a platinum band. Her wedding ring is a simple yellow gold band fashioned from a nugget of Welsh gold, a royal tradition.

Some brides feel that mixed metal wedding sets free up more options for mixing metals in all your jewelry and accessories, but most brides stick with (and love) a matched set.

This year we designed some of our wedding sets with rose gold accents for a mixed metal look within a perfectly matched set. The featured image above is the Larissa Rose Set, from our Laurel Collection.

What say you? Love it or leave it?

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soul surfer bethany hamilton engaged

Bethany Hamilton is an inspiration to millions, especially young women, and we’re thrilled to share in her happiness.

She was on her way to a career in professional surfing when a shark attack took her left arm. She conquered her fears, got back on the board, and was competing again the next year.

Her amazing story is the subject of the biopic “Soul Surfer.”

Bethany is engaged to her boyfriend of one year, Christian youth minister Adam Dirks.

She wrote on her Facebook page, “One year ago today, I met an amazing man, now we will spend the rest of our lives together!”

Congratulations, Bethany and Adam!

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reid scott engaged

Cute couple alert!

Veep actor Reid Scott is engaged to his long time girlfriend, the beautiful and talented Elspeth Keller. He proposed in Palm Springs, but not before flying secretly to San Francisco to ask her father first.

Awww.

He proposed with a bold and intricate engagement ring bedecked with Art Deco details. Here’s our version of the look, the movie star worthy Halle Engagement Ring.

 

Best of luck to these two, they make the sweetest couple!

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The featured picture is an overview of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley via Lonely Planet.

 

Nate Berkus Engaged

Celebrity interior designer Nate Berkus is engaged! And the other lucky guy is fellow interior designer Jeremiah Brent, who we love from our guilty pleasure reality show, The Rachel Zoe project. The couple made it official atop Machu Picchu in Peru. Can you think of anything more romantic?

Congrats to the stylish and happy couple!

We really love matching Emmet Wedding Bands for Nate and Jeremiah. The hand-hammered finish gives a tactile, earthy quality to a clean, modern ring. That’s just the kind of understated contrast makes their designs so beautiful.