If you are looking for flashy engagement rings you need look no further than Hollywood. Celebrities have somewhat of a reputation when it comes to sporting extremely large and flashy engagement rings. While a one or two carat diamond engagement ring might seem like a lavish ring to the girl next door, nothing less than a three carat diamond engagement ring will do for many celebrities. Multi-carat diamond engagement rings in elaborate settings are definitely ‘in’ when you have photogs trailing behind you and trying to snap pictures of every second of your day.
As time has gone by, just any old colorless diamond will not suffice when it comes to celebrity engagement rings. It would certainly seem as though celebrities getting engaged today have a distinct need to one up the last celebrity that got engaged and they do it in some very interesting and unique ways. Some of the most popular engagement rings in the last few years have actually been colored diamonds that have included pink, yellow and yes, even black.
Given the wide number of unique designs and themes that have emerged in celebrity engagement rings in the last few years, it would certainly seem as though an engagement ring has to be unique and set new standards for Hollywood’s elite.
Size is also definitely a consideration when it comes to engagement rings and celebrities. A number of celebrities have sported massive diamond engagement rings over the years. Perhaps one of the most well known and largest engagement rings to be worn in the last few decades was sported by none other than Elizabeth Taylor when she was presented with a whopping 30 carat engagement ring by one of her future husbands.
She is certainly not the only one either. When Catherine Zeta-Jones promised to marry her now husband, she was presented with a ten carat marquise diamond ring. Brandy, well known for her starring role on the hit TV show Moesha, accepted an even larger engagement ring from Quentin Richardson. That 11.5 carat diamond engagement ring certainly made puny little three and five carat engagement rings pale in comparison. Of course, even that could not compare to the ring that Donald Trump presented to Melania Knauss: a 13 carat emerald cut diamond.
That is not to say that diamond engagement rings are always about size, of course. There are plenty of celebrities who are sporting somewhat smaller diamonds. Tori Spelling is a case in point. When she promised to marry her now husband, she was presented with a 1.5 carat diamond engagement ring. Of course, that one engagement ring really isn’t all of the story. When her husband proposed again while the couple was in Canada he presented her with an antique Edwardian ring.
The selection of an engagement ring is certainly an important matter and celebrities are no different than anyone else in wanting to make sure that they get the ring of their dreams when the right time comes. Like most people, celebrities have a number of different ways of getting the message across regarding the type of ring that they want to wear when they promise to marry. Unlike some of the more time honored traditions such as having one’s best friend drop a hint in the guy’s ears, there are some modern and completely independent celebrities who prefer to simply take matters into their own hands when it comes to selecting their engagement rings. Britney Spears is a case in point. Although ultimately the marriage did not last, when Britney and Kevin Federline became engaged it was the famous singer who popped the question to K-Fed and then splurged on her own 4 carat diamond engagement ring.
Regardless of who chooses the ring, one thing is certain and it is that diamond engagement ring styles will continue to be driven by whatever it is that celebrities happen to be wearing at a particular time. Many celebrity diamond engagement rings are custom designed and are often unique and interesting. More down to earth couples who are still looking for a ring that is somewhat different from the classic round solitaire can find a number of ideas to consider by simply studying the engagement rings that celebrities select for themselves.
The world is still waiting to find out what kind of ring Brad Pitt might choose if and when he ever proposes to Angelina Jolie, his partner of several years now and the mother of his six children. Given the couple’s unorthodox and modern lifestyle, whatever ring they might happen to choose is certain to be a stunner and definitely unique.
From small and traditional to luxurious and weighty, celebrity diamond engagement rings continue to charm and delight the world.