Engagement Ring Ideas

Designer engagement rings are always good places to start out when trying to figure out what you would want in an engagement ring. This way you start out with an idea for a design and then go into a practical evaluation of how suitable such a design would be for someone in your circumstances.

For instance, if you work in an office environment and you're always going into filing cabinet drawers then you would certainly want a ring where the diamond does not sit too high up in the mounting. Similarly if you're a nurse you may not want to fuss with an engagement ring hat's going to catch on your latex gloves or get in the way when attending to patients.

The engagement ring styles that we find attractive may not serve us well practically speaking. I'm not saying that we should choose function over style. It's just that if we want to wear our engagement ring on a daily basis without having to remove it except in the evening then we should consider the practical side of things as well. We're going to first look at designs that fit into a busy lifestyle without getting in the way but still have a lot of style, character, and pizazz.

Designer rings like diamond wedding rings also have practical considerations that must be adhered to so they can be worn when and how you want to wear them instead of having to take them off whenever you come home or before you go to bed. For instance most women would prefer to wear their wedding bands all the time without having to remove them for fear of damage or loss

It is quite possible to find wonderfully designed women's engagement rings that suit your active lifestyle. As mentioned before if you rather an engagement ring that suits your work environment and you don't wish it to stick out too much or offer places for fabric to grab onto then these types of clean designs from Whitney Boin are for you. I should know because I got my wife to be an engagement ring like you see above except that her shank is was single instead od double and it was in yellow gold. her eternity band is like the one above laying horizontally but also in yellow gold.

The engagement ring design is sleek and offers full protection for the center stone even though it is only held by two prongs. The finish is smooth and corners are rounded so it doesn't catch onto stuff. the center diamond is mounted a little higher in the setting than i would have done. I had her diamond mounted much lower with the culet almost touching the bottom of the "U" shape. This gave it a more streamlined profile so the ring is relatively unobtrusive if your daily work involves going into files or wearing rubber gloves or handling children.

The diamond anniversary band or wedding band by Whitney Boin is also a great streamlined modern look. OK, the diamonds are a little small but then so is my wifes finger so it scales nicely on her. the diamonds are well protected in the channel yet they show up nicely without too much of the diamonds being covered

Sophisticated brides and second timers with better than average household income want natural and lab created diamonds in various colors as the center piece for their diamond engagement rings. How about a splash of ocean blue, a sunny yellow, or a dash of pink?

Colored diamonds in women's engagement rings have been part of red carpet diamond looks for at least the last ten to fifteen years. they have come to the fore of mainstream fashion because of all this red carpet exposure and so every bride of means at least thinks about the colored diamond option when shopping for an engagement ring. For one the color stands out and is different from the rings of her peers. It screams "expensive" the way only a bright and big emerald cut canary yellow diamond can. Using colored diamond center stones also allows for the use of colored gold in the design whether it be 18kt rose gold or yellow gold.

Normally I would go with the classic black velvet jewelry boxes for diamond engagement rings but with colored diamonds there is nothing like a pure white leatherette ring box for an engagement ring with a canary yellow center diamond.