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If you had to do the Di/Kate ring over....

whitewave

whitewave

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what would you do?

I'm curious....
 
Put a pink sapphire in it of course :P2
 
I'd like to see the center sapphire smaller and instead of all those prongs around the outside, have a scalloped edge with milgrain.

How about you Whitewave? Btw LOVE your avatar, so pretty.
 
Yes I agree StephanieLynn (but I would). :mrgreen2: (sure I pressed quote but it hasn't included your post!)

When I got mine, I wasn't looking for a lookalike. People have compared it to Kate's but apart from the sapphire that's where the similarity ends. My first engagement ring was a tiny diamond solitaire and I knew I wanted colour. I'd have loved a purple sapphire but we saw my ring in an antique shop and he went back in secret to get it for me. :kiss2:
 
StephanieLynn said:
I'd like to see the center sapphire smaller and instead of all those prongs around the outside, have a scalloped edge with milgrain.

How about you Whitewave? Btw LOVE your avatar, so pretty.
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Yes, I cannot stand all the prongs!!! It is so prongy.

I guess I would to a lighter blue and shorten the length of the oval and ditch all those prongs. Prong city!!

And thanks! Ups still has not delivered my overnight package from yesterday!!
 
842CB6F8-A8FC-490F-A989-0A99BB796963.jpeg I think I read somewhere that Diana had the extra prongs added after she got the ring. It does look that way from this photo from just after the engagement. I wonder if she decided she was not careful enough and needed the extra protection!
 
Maisie said:
842CB6F8-A8FC-490F-A989-0A99BB796963.jpeg I think I read somewhere that Diana had the extra prongs added after she got the ring. It does look that way from this photo from just after the engagement. I wonder if she decided she was not careful enough and needed the extra protection!
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So many prongs. Lotta prongs.......
 
Charles and his family probably wanted the stone to be different than some of the other royal engagement rings. I heard that Dianna picked this one from a tray with several choices.

I prefer @LJsapphire2304 's ring because of the way the stones are set. So if I kept the same style I'd try for fewer prongs. I'd also go with a much lighter sapphire.
 
IMG_7689.jpg Whomever added the extra prongs did a terrible job, they're uneven and wonky, unless Kate just never takes it off and overwear messed up some of the prongs.

I read that Diana picked out this style because it reminded her of a relative's, I think her grandmother's ring. It's the most overrated celebrity ring ever. That sapphire is awful. If someone on ps was asking if they should buy it, I would think most of us would say skip it. Fortunately, Kate has a lot of more beautiful royal jewels to pick from.
 
Make the sapphire teal blue/Montana instead of deep navy - and better prongs.

I'd be curious to know how the halo diamonds sparkle.

I have found that in these classic rings with halos, most of the fun comes from the crazy sparkle of the tiny diamonds. This is especially so in this case where the sapphire itself does not have a very vibrant color by itself or high brilliance either.

Yet, somehow, someway - it looks just PERFECT on Kate Middleton. It's her signature and it works.
It goes well with her eyes.

On Diana it felt a bit overwhelming to me; she was too blond and ethereal for that deep dark navy.
This goes better on a brunette.
 
Yes, a better sapphire, Kashmir, and either bezel set flat with the diamonds or higher up with just 4 double prongs. Around the outside bigger diamonds with a miligrain setting (again no prongs).
I don’t think much of Meghan’s ring, it’s very uninteresting.
 
Bron357 said:
Yes, a better sapphire, Kashmir, and either bezel set flat with the diamonds or higher up with just 4 double prongs. Around the outside bigger diamonds with a miligrain setting (again no prongs).
I don’t think much of Meghan’s ring, it’s very uninteresting.
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Agree about MM's ring - it seems so generic, especially with all white diamonds; it's like I have seen 1000 similar out there.
Sure, we're talking big diamonds and yes, they are expensive at that carat weight and...sure, "sour grapes", yada, yada.
But when all is said and done and you just look at the hand - it is snooze time.

Kate's, however, has character. It is perfect with all of its imperfections and I think it fits her impeccably.
 
Agree with Sapphiredream, for some reason I can’t quite put my finger on the Diana ring looks amazing on Kate imo - Maybe it’s her long slender fingers and just overall physical characteristics, she’s so slim and elegant. Looks more proportional on her than it did on Diana. I like it so much on her that I bought a similar style of ring lol - but sadly it just isn’t the same on me!
 
I prefer Camilla's Art Deco ring from the Queen Mother.
 
junebug17 said:
Agree with Sapphiredream, for some reason I can’t quite put my finger on the Diana ring looks amazing on Kate imo - Maybe it’s her long slender fingers and just overall physical characteristics, she’s so slim and elegant. Looks more proportional on her than it did on Diana. I like it so much on her that I bought a similar style of ring lol - but sadly it just isn’t the same on me!
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It never is, junebug...it never is. :-)

With age, you kind of learn you must find things that you can call "your own".
Kind of like developing a "signature" while avoiding someone else's.

I TOO LOVE the way the Di ring looks on Kate; and had her ring not been all over the Internet and all other Universes, I would have loved one just like it. Because it is simple, elegant, dignified and non-fussy.
Just that regal look of "majestic but not trying too hard".
One colored gemstone surrounded by a simple halo. It really "does the trick" which is why it is a classic.

But it's exactly because she has one that I don't want one for myself. I guess they call this "reverse snobbery" or something like that. Ha, ha. :lol:
I LOVE IT but don't want it because someone else has it. Never mind someone else nauseatingly famous and "drooled over" in all corners of the world...because, you know...princess.

She's fantastic but I need to find my own way to "princessdom". :D
 
I’d get something else :lol: It’s too traditional looking for my taste.
 
T L said:
I prefer Camilla's Art Deco ring from the Queen Mother.
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That one is a killer.
And while I am not a major fan of diamonds as center-stone due to how little "pop" one gets out of them relative to the fortune invested in it (save the moments when they sparkle like mad in certain electric lights) - I am absolutely ga-ga over the Queen Mother/Camilla ring.
That one and Angelina Jolie's e-ring - and we have a very serious party of two!

Then again, Camilla also wears jewelry like no one else.
I may be weird, but I find that lady to be gorgeous in all of her much maligned imperfections.
Especially when she piles on the serious jewels. LOVE IT.
 
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HI:

It's a good ring and has worn beautifully. Perhaps I would resize it for my index finger?

cheers--Sharon
 
Whip out that incredibly ugly sapphire and change it for anything of good quality - a ruby would look stunning, an emerald too - or even a much better quality sapphire!
 
LD said:
Whip out that incredibly ugly sapphire and change it for anything of good quality - a ruby would look stunning, an emerald too - or even a much better quality sapphire!
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Hmm...I never thought that this stone could come across as poor quality.
Is it really that bad by trade standards this sapphire? I can see quite a bit of blue in good lighting.

I liked the way it looked on Diana and I think it looks even better on Kate.
I am also thinking that a darker, navy blue stone can be more garnment-friendly because it shows as a neutral and goes with everything. Note that Kate Middleton wears it EVERYWHERE, at all times, with everything - which I like a lot because it has become her signature.
There's something magic and mysterious about a signatuure piece that is worn all the time and never changed with anything else.

I am thinking that a sapphire that's too colory-blue (best by trade standards) could clash with many clothes and Lord knows these people change clothes and colors like we change eye blinks.
Wouldn't a stone that's too colory risk to look a bit garish with the wrong fabric?
I think neutrals are more elegant - colory-color ...unless used very carefully and judiciously, can look vulgar.

I am just musing but I am curious what others think since I am in the process of putting together THE sapphire ring of my life.
 
sapphiredream said:
Hmm...I never thought that this stone could come across as poor quality.
Is it really that bad by trade standards this sapphire? I can see quite a bit of blue in good lighting.

I liked the way it looked on Diana and I think it looks even better on Kate.
I am also thinking that a darker, navy blue stone can be more garnment-friendly because it shows as a neutral and goes with everything. Note that Kate Middleton wears it EVERYWHERE, at all times, with everything - which I like a lot because it has become her signature.
There's something magic and mysterious about a signatuure piece that is worn all the time and never changed with anything else.

I am thinking that a sapphire that's too colory-blue (best by trade standards) could clash with many clothes and Lord knows these people change clothes and colors like we change eye blinks.
Wouldn't a stone that's too colory risk to look a bit garish with the wrong fabric?
I think neutrals are more elegant - colory-color ...unless used very carefully and judiciously, can look vulgar.

I am just musing but I am curious what others think since I am in the process of putting together THE sapphire ring of my life.
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Honestly it's not a nice sapphire as in most lights it looks almost black (and I'm a Londoner so I'm not knocking the Royals by any means). However, this is all about personal preference. Unless you get a white diamond engagement ring, your ring is likely to clash with clothes (unless you wear only blue or red or green etc etc)! For anybody who is seriously "into" gemstones, the preference tends to be for a much brighter, bluer stone but with that comes the price tag. I have a white diamond engagement ring but then I have coloured gemstones that I wear when I go out to co-ordinate with what I'm wearing!!!
 
LD said:
Honestly it's not a nice sapphire as in most lights it looks almost black (and I'm a Londoner so I'm not knocking the Royals by any means). However, this is all about personal preference. Unless you get a white diamond engagement ring, your ring is likely to clash with clothes (unless you wear only blue or red or green etc etc)! For anybody who is seriously "into" gemstones, the preference tends to be for a much brighter, bluer stone but with that comes the price tag. I have a white diamond engagement ring but then I have coloured gemstones that I wear when I go out to co-ordinate with what I'm wearing!!!
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Well...sure, that's a way to do it too. :-) And I suppose she could change gemstones too like eye blinks. But she wears her e-ring all the time without it being white and the deep-blue/navy does just as good of a job of not clashing with anything as the white of a diamond would.

Then again - I understand navy blue is not an "IT" color in the sapphire gem trade.
But I swear it works on her somehow.

Plus, the fact that it is not a "perfect" stone is yet another one of those "royalisms" ...like "perfection is ..well...not needed in our case". :lol:

The rest of us need it ...so off we go to chase whatever can get as close to it as possible.

I could have come to the market and picked one such not-so-vibrant and not-so-sparkly sapphires and call it a day quickly.
But here I am breaking my neck on 1 million gem cutting sites and forums to get as close to vibrant blue and perfect cut as humanly possible - all within a budget.

It's hard to be a commoner. Sigh.
:snooty: :snooty: :D
 
LD said:
Whip out that incredibly ugly sapphire and change it for anything of good quality - a ruby would look stunning, an emerald too - or even a much better quality sapphire!
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The Duchess of York had a similar style ring to Kate/Diana's, but it was a very pretty ruby and I think the halo diamonds were all pear shapes. Much prettier ering.
 
T L said:
The Duchess of York had a similar style ring to Kate/Diana's, but it was a very pretty ruby and I think the halo diamonds were all pear shapes. Much prettier ering.
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Oh, of course. But marquise in halo, right?

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I do like the Di/Kate better though. More finger coverage, larger center stone - hence more "stature", daintier/smaller and less frilly halo diamonds, also less likely to clash with clothes.

This one with a green outfit turns into "Santa Claus" land. Plus it doesn't look so royal to me.
It feels more like old suburban America...but maybe I am wrong. :)
 
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