Insider spoke to private jeweler Anna P. Jay about engagement ring trends. Sasha Gulish / Getty Images Engagement ring trends come in and out of style, and some are better for lifelong wear than others.
Insider spoke to private jeweler Anna P. Jay about the most impractical engagement ring styles. Engagement rings with ultra-thin bands and rings with prong settings can be impractical.
An engagement ring is typically unlike any other type of jewelry a person owns. They, of course, signify a lifelong commitment to someone, and they are typically intended to be worn every day, which means they have to be more durable than most other pieces of jewelry. But some recent engagement ring trends don’t keep durability in mind, even though they may look pretty.
Insider spoke to Anna P. Jay, a private jeweler based out of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Charleston, South Carolina, about trending engagement ring styles that are the least practical for everyday wear. “I don’t like super-thin bands personally because sometimes they’re not sturdy,” Jay told Insider.
Although thin bands create a sleek look and can make a stone look bigger, they aren’t supportive, particularly if your ring has a large stone. Thin bands can be impractical. Olena Ruban / Getty Images”When you have a larger stone on the top, it becomes top-heavy, so it’ll constantly be spinning,” Jay said.
They can also bend with use. Jay said it’s better to get a slightly thicker band, which probably won’t even be noticeable to the eye. “A matter of tens of millimeters makes a huge difference,” she added.
Jay also said that ultra-thin bands likely won’t be in style much longer, so a bigger band is probably a better investment. “I think that those are going to begin to fade out as we see chunkier jewelry come into fashion,” she said. Another impractical engagement ring style that has become popular in recent years is pronged eternity bands, sometimes called infinity rings, as Jay told Insider.
Eternity bands have drawbacks. Kelsey Presswood / EyeEm / Getty ImagesAn eternity ring is when the entire band is covered in diamonds or another jewel. There are multiple styles of eternity rings, but the prong setting is the most common — and the least practical, according to Jay.
“Prong settings are incredibly impractical,” Jay said. “People like them because of the lack of metal. But I’ll make it and I’ve had to reset or tighten prongs after a week of wear.
“”I think jewelry should be worn, and if you can’t wear it because it’s too fragile, what’s the point?” she said. In addition, eternity rings cannot be resized because the whole band is made of diamonds. Most people’s fingers change size throughout their lives, so they don’t really make sense for a piece of jewelry you intend to wear for the rest of your life, as Jay told Insider.
Jay recommends half-pronged bands as an alternative, as having a partially metal band gives you the ability to resize it. A post shared by Anna P. Jay | Fine Jewelry (@annapjay) And with all aspects of engagement rings, Jay advises people to have open conversations with their partner about what they expect out of a ring.
“Make sure you do talk to your partner about what you want because it’s not a cup of coffee,” she said. “We can’t just throw it away and start again. “”This is often the most expensive piece of jewelry a lot of people will purchase and it’s the first piece of jewelry a lot of people will purchase,” Jay added.
“Let’s make sure we nail it. “Read the original article on Insider.
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