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What kinds of diamonds do you see around you?
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Hi! I live in Southern Ontario, Canada in a smallllll town.
All the women around here have
round diamonds.. less than 1/2 carat and not well cut at all.
Lots of the ladies here where, like 3 small solitaires on their wedding finger, turned sideways so they kind of lay in a diagonal line...all on thin bands.
not very pretty in my book.
nnooooooooooooo fancy cuts around here!! I have a 1.5 radiant that is decent, I think, and it is a rarity around here.
Now, I am from Rochester NY, where most of my friends who have gotten engaged in the last 5 years have princesses ranging from 1/2 to 1 carat.
there is definately more of a variety of shapes there than here, but I would still say around .75 to 1 carat is avaerage..
All the women around here have
round diamonds.. less than 1/2 carat and not well cut at all.
Lots of the ladies here where, like 3 small solitaires on their wedding finger, turned sideways so they kind of lay in a diagonal line...all on thin bands.
not very pretty in my book.
nnooooooooooooo fancy cuts around here!! I have a 1.5 radiant that is decent, I think, and it is a rarity around here.
Now, I am from Rochester NY, where most of my friends who have gotten engaged in the last 5 years have princesses ranging from 1/2 to 1 carat.
there is definately more of a variety of shapes there than here, but I would still say around .75 to 1 carat is avaerage..
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I live in Astoria, a mostly younger part of Queens, and am a bit younger than the other New Yorkers on PS and don''t hang out with all the 5th Avenue types, so I have a bit of a different perspective on NYC rings.... I see almost exclusively .25 ct RB''s in yellow gold on Hispanic women in my neighborhood/on the train. Young professional white women are usually .5 to 1ct RB (80%), princess (15%) or radiant/emerald (5%) in white gold/platinum solitaire settings. Lately I''ve started seeing a number of elaborate wg/plat antique (usually no diamonds though) settings with .25 - .5 ct RB center stones. I''ve seen one halo in the past year in person.
My friends'' rings: one with a 1.5 ct Harry Winston radiant, two with ~1 ct RB, two with ~.75 RB and one .10 RB. (The Harry Winston has baguettes, all else are solitaires, all in plat/wg). In North Carolina (where I''m from) my only high school friend to be engaged so far was given the choice of a .75 or a 1.5 RB from her parents (her grandmothers'' stones) and she chose the .75 because she thought the 1.5 would be way too gaudy!!
I felt bad though, because after she saw mine she was complaining about how small hers was, and I kept trying to remind her she could have had the bigger one if she''d wanted! But in Raleigh, I think .75 is considered quite large. In Raleigh and NYC I am almost always aware that my 1.08ct is by far the largest in the room. It''s very rare for me in my circles to see more than a carat, though I do see the famous NYC honkers on occasion.
No one in my family wears diamonds though, and my brother proposed to my sister-in-law with a ring she designed - yg with a tiny pearl, so I often stand out with my ring (neither of my cousins'' wives, or my mom or my 4 aunts have any diamonds).
My friends'' rings: one with a 1.5 ct Harry Winston radiant, two with ~1 ct RB, two with ~.75 RB and one .10 RB. (The Harry Winston has baguettes, all else are solitaires, all in plat/wg). In North Carolina (where I''m from) my only high school friend to be engaged so far was given the choice of a .75 or a 1.5 RB from her parents (her grandmothers'' stones) and she chose the .75 because she thought the 1.5 would be way too gaudy!!
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Good Morning! I live in Saskatchewan Canada, and what I see mostly is either yellow gold rounds, or white gold Princess''s. I don''t think I have ever seen a fancy cut on anyone! The largest I have ever seen was a .75 yellow gold rb on a lady at the Greenhouse this past Friday. It was gorgeous, lots of fire and sparkle.
On a different note, our local maul jeweller can now order in hearts and arrows diamonds. She said they were "new". How long have they actually been around? When I questioned the salesgirl about asschers, she said she wasn''t familiar with them at all. She had never really heard of them. Needless to say, I told her about Pricescope so she could take at peek at SMTR.
On a different note, our local maul jeweller can now order in hearts and arrows diamonds. She said they were "new". How long have they actually been around? When I questioned the salesgirl about asschers, she said she wasn''t familiar with them at all. She had never really heard of them. Needless to say, I told her about Pricescope so she could take at peek at SMTR.
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San Francisco is much like NYC and L.A. in the big-honkin'' stone category. However, I''ve noticed that the big rocks tend to be concentrated in the Marina, Nob Hill, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, and Presidio Heights neighborhoods. There are lots of "ladies who lunch" there...major bling, like minimum 2 carats, average 2.5-4 carats, maximum 10 carats. Some are as young as mid-20''s, but most tend to be in their 30''s -40''s. In this demographic, I see mostly rounds and emerald, and the occasional pear or princess. I see A LOT of 3-stones and simple solitaire or basket settings, ans occasionally I''ll see pave or antique, a style that is catching on.
In the rest of the city, however, you''ll see all sorts. Sizes range anywhere from .10 to 1.5 carats. (comparable to the rest of the U.S.)
In the rest of the city, however, you''ll see all sorts. Sizes range anywhere from .10 to 1.5 carats. (comparable to the rest of the U.S.)
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I am notoriously bad at noticing thngs... so I really haven't paid enough attention to the e-rings I see on a daily basis here in Center City Philly (I know, I know... I should be a PS pariah for that). I do recall the first e-ring that TRULY blew me away was a large Asscher in a 3-stone setting belonging to a girl I interned with several years ago. I couldn't take my eyes off it... it wasn't really my style, but I told her quite honestly that I'd never seen anything that gorgeous.
FRIENDS: In the past few years, many of our 20-something friends getting engaged seemed to lean towards princess-cut, so I saw several of those around the 1ct mark... mostly solitaires. Again, not really my style, but nice enough. One set in a very ornate Tacori-ish setting. A small but pretty marquise. The rest all simple RB solitaires... some well-cut, some not... most between .75 - 2 carats. ALL white gold/platinum.
RELATIVES: My mom, future MIL, and future cousin-in-law all have ovals around 1ct, YG. My aunt received gorgeous diamond jewelry each year from her very wealthy husband and alternates pieces ranging from a 2+ct pear ring to a smaller oval pendant... but wears a platinum ring set with 2 RBs (1ct each) most often. My hometown is very mid-upper class, so there are a fair amount of 1ct+ rings, even though many families started out as poor med students... but I would say buying nice cars and other fine jewelry tends to take precedence over upgrading e-rings there.
STUDENTS: I don't notice many engaged students in my grad program at Penn... but one of the girls in my cohort has a RB solitaire of at least 4-5cts that is the absolute first thing you notice on her tiny size-0 frame. Looks a bit cloudy from a distance but I'm 99% certain it's real... could just need to be cleaned.
PHILLY: In the Rittenhouse area, lots of bling in general, and lots of well-to-do older women. I tend to notice large, intricate RHRs, bracelets and pendants more often than traditional e-rings.
FRIENDS: In the past few years, many of our 20-something friends getting engaged seemed to lean towards princess-cut, so I saw several of those around the 1ct mark... mostly solitaires. Again, not really my style, but nice enough. One set in a very ornate Tacori-ish setting. A small but pretty marquise. The rest all simple RB solitaires... some well-cut, some not... most between .75 - 2 carats. ALL white gold/platinum.
RELATIVES: My mom, future MIL, and future cousin-in-law all have ovals around 1ct, YG. My aunt received gorgeous diamond jewelry each year from her very wealthy husband and alternates pieces ranging from a 2+ct pear ring to a smaller oval pendant... but wears a platinum ring set with 2 RBs (1ct each) most often. My hometown is very mid-upper class, so there are a fair amount of 1ct+ rings, even though many families started out as poor med students... but I would say buying nice cars and other fine jewelry tends to take precedence over upgrading e-rings there.
STUDENTS: I don't notice many engaged students in my grad program at Penn... but one of the girls in my cohort has a RB solitaire of at least 4-5cts that is the absolute first thing you notice on her tiny size-0 frame. Looks a bit cloudy from a distance but I'm 99% certain it's real... could just need to be cleaned.
PHILLY: In the Rittenhouse area, lots of bling in general, and lots of well-to-do older women. I tend to notice large, intricate RHRs, bracelets and pendants more often than traditional e-rings.
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I live just outside of Los Angeles and don't see many HUGE rocks. Usually, .5-2 carats (the 2 carats being a rare sight). And even more strangely, I see more princess cuts than rounds. None of them ever really seem to sparkle either.
A girl in my photography class last quarter had a gorgeous radiant. I never asked her about it, but it seemed to have a great cut. It's the only radiant I've ever actually seen off of a computer screen!
A girl in my photography class last quarter had a gorgeous radiant. I never asked her about it, but it seemed to have a great cut. It's the only radiant I've ever actually seen off of a computer screen!
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I live in a small city in the southeast US. I work in a profession with mostly women, so I get a good view of e-rings among college educated women, middle to upper middle class. For the women married more than 10 years, most have rb''s in yg with an average of .5 cts. Mine at 1.0 cts. is one of the larger stones. On the younger women engaged in the last few years, I''d say 90% have white metal, a lot of princess and rounds, and many blingy wider-band settings, definitely not the ultra thin bands favored by some on here.
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Re Ladies Who Lunch:
Ladies who lunch is a phrase to describe well-off women who meet for lunch socially, normally during the working week. Typically, the women involved are married and non-working. Normally the lunch is in a restaurant, perhaps in a department store during shopping. Sometimes there is the pretext of raising money for charity.
Ladies who lunch is a phrase to describe well-off women who meet for lunch socially, normally during the working week. Typically, the women involved are married and non-working. Normally the lunch is in a restaurant, perhaps in a department store during shopping. Sometimes there is the pretext of raising money for charity.
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I live in NYC, too. In my neighbourhood (Soho) you see very few engagement rings among residents. It seems like a lot of people around here are unmarried and of a creative bent. To be really frank, being a size 0, wearing Barbara Bui and talking about your experimental novel in-the-works are much more obvious status flags in the downtown area.
However, on the UWS, where I used to live, every other woman wore a 1-2 carat solitaire, in platinum, with about 30% in the 2-4 carat category.
So, the morale of the tale is thus: go to Bergdorf''s uptown and your bling had better be big; stroll around Nolita, downtown, and your ass had better be smaller than an eel handroll.
However, on the UWS, where I used to live, every other woman wore a 1-2 carat solitaire, in platinum, with about 30% in the 2-4 carat category.
So, the morale of the tale is thus: go to Bergdorf''s uptown and your bling had better be big; stroll around Nolita, downtown, and your ass had better be smaller than an eel handroll.
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What a timely topic.
I live in central florida. Today I went to a Panera Bread Co one town over. All three women in line ahead of me had 1ct-1.25ct RB. As well as a fourth woman. At least two had very nice eternity bands as well. The two women I was with had 1ct both with a few sidestones. Out of the 6 I''d say 2 had yellow gold. All looked like good cuts. One was yellow, but not in a good way! One was a Marquee.
I really noticed this because I usually see .5 to .75 or less looking around Target or at church. But I know people in the same "one town over" as Panera and they all have 1ct rounds.
I live in central florida. Today I went to a Panera Bread Co one town over. All three women in line ahead of me had 1ct-1.25ct RB. As well as a fourth woman. At least two had very nice eternity bands as well. The two women I was with had 1ct both with a few sidestones. Out of the 6 I''d say 2 had yellow gold. All looked like good cuts. One was yellow, but not in a good way! One was a Marquee.
I really noticed this because I usually see .5 to .75 or less looking around Target or at church. But I know people in the same "one town over" as Panera and they all have 1ct rounds.
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I live in Northwest Ohio and most of the rings I see lately on those under 30 are 1.0ct+ for the center stone and in white metal. I mostly see .25-.50 in yellow gold on those over 40. My SIL just got engaged and her center stone is 1.5 cts in white gold. One of my close friends has a 1.0 pear in white gold (stone is ugly though), another close friend has a .40 pricess in white gold and my cousin also has about a .40 princess in white gold. There are some older ladies that I run into that have much larger rings 2.0+ set in yellow gold. Probably upgrades, usually too busy to ask! It does seem that the more time goes by the bigger the rings get. When I got engaged, my hubby proposed with a .46 and that seemed huge, but now I have major shrinkage with my .80 so we''re upgrading...probably to at least a 1.3. I don''t think I''ve ever seen anything over 3.0cts.
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I''m in southeastern Kentucky and the most you see here is round and princess. The carat weight is usally from .25 to .50ct and sometimes there is some ladies that might have from .50 to 1.00ct. You see alot of different metal types from platinum, white gold , and yellow gold. You see alot of three stone rings and more of a wedding set style then solitaires.
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G''day, I live in s smallish town in the state of Victoria, in Autralia. I work in an optometry practise where I see a wide diversity of women. I have always taken notice of erings but even more so now after becoming addicted to ps.
I have to admit that Aussie girls around here are pretty boring when it comes to styles of erings. I have not seen anything yet on someone that has really taken my fancy. Most seem to have fairly dull solitaires and a few three stone rings. Diamonds sizes are definately on the smaller side- up to about half carat. I did see one lady today that had a low set half bezel set solitaire with pave band which was unusual.
A lot of women don''t even wear their erings (assuming they have one) just wearing a plain 3mm yellow gold band or something similar.
Overall, small stones SET REALLY HIGH with plain bands seem to be the general flavour. That''s why i LOVE looking at all the blong (that''s right blong) on here. I read in a book that when something is overly blingy, it should be called ''blong''!!!! (Mmmmm gotta get me some of that!!)
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I have to admit that Aussie girls around here are pretty boring when it comes to styles of erings. I have not seen anything yet on someone that has really taken my fancy. Most seem to have fairly dull solitaires and a few three stone rings. Diamonds sizes are definately on the smaller side- up to about half carat. I did see one lady today that had a low set half bezel set solitaire with pave band which was unusual.
A lot of women don''t even wear their erings (assuming they have one) just wearing a plain 3mm yellow gold band or something similar.
Overall, small stones SET REALLY HIGH with plain bands seem to be the general flavour. That''s why i LOVE looking at all the blong (that''s right blong) on here. I read in a book that when something is overly blingy, it should be called ''blong''!!!! (Mmmmm gotta get me some of that!!)
Vic
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I like in NJ & the majority of what I see are about 1 carat rounds in plain settings. I see both white & yellow metals - mostly depending on the age.
Not too many of my friends are engaged/married, but of the ones who are mine is a 1 ct square H&A, my friend has a 1 ct Lucere in a split shank, another has a 1 ct round with baguettes & the other has a round in a paveish high setting. All are white metals.
I''ve seen a couple of huge rocks on co-workers, randomly on the street while I am ring-stalking, or in NYC for work. However, I don''t know anyone with a rock over 1/5 cts. My grandma probably is the biggest with a 1.3ish-1.5ish pear.
Not too many of my friends are engaged/married, but of the ones who are mine is a 1 ct square H&A, my friend has a 1 ct Lucere in a split shank, another has a 1 ct round with baguettes & the other has a round in a paveish high setting. All are white metals.
I''ve seen a couple of huge rocks on co-workers, randomly on the street while I am ring-stalking, or in NYC for work. However, I don''t know anyone with a rock over 1/5 cts. My grandma probably is the biggest with a 1.3ish-1.5ish pear.
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Wow what a great thread.
I live in the suburbs of Kansas City. There is actually a lot of variety here, but the marjority is round. I see a lot of estate wedding rings that were probably passed down from family, which is really cool. I have noticed that for the most part, the center stones are under 1/2 carat. Lots of yellow gold. Lots of white metal as well. I have seen a lot of monster diamonds, though, too. I used to work at a real estate company and some of the agents had KILLER diamonds! One of my favorite agents had a huge, I''d say between 3-4 carats, pear that was just beautiful, from what I remember. It was in white metal, so I''m sure platinum, well before platinum was popular. I lusted after (and finally got one) pears for years! I do see them from time to time. Lots of princess cuts, some marquise. Very few emerald cuts, never seen an asscher on any one. Never seen a halo on anyone. Very little pave. Most of the settings are either solitaires or solitaires with side stones. I would say the majority of diamonds are not very well cut, although most have pretty decent color (mine is probably the most tinted of anyone''s I''ve ever noticed).
I live in the suburbs of Kansas City. There is actually a lot of variety here, but the marjority is round. I see a lot of estate wedding rings that were probably passed down from family, which is really cool. I have noticed that for the most part, the center stones are under 1/2 carat. Lots of yellow gold. Lots of white metal as well. I have seen a lot of monster diamonds, though, too. I used to work at a real estate company and some of the agents had KILLER diamonds! One of my favorite agents had a huge, I''d say between 3-4 carats, pear that was just beautiful, from what I remember. It was in white metal, so I''m sure platinum, well before platinum was popular. I lusted after (and finally got one) pears for years! I do see them from time to time. Lots of princess cuts, some marquise. Very few emerald cuts, never seen an asscher on any one. Never seen a halo on anyone. Very little pave. Most of the settings are either solitaires or solitaires with side stones. I would say the majority of diamonds are not very well cut, although most have pretty decent color (mine is probably the most tinted of anyone''s I''ve ever noticed).
I''m in Houston, along with LadyKemma.
I am in the ''burbs, but venture to hip downtown weekly
My friends range from 1ct to over 5ct. My best friend has a 2.3 ish EC with sidestones, very nice. Another friend(?) has a 5ct. pear. She wear tons of bling on a daily basis.
I was just in Scottsdale, AZ. Oh my! I was at the Four Seasons and the bling was on display big time. I saw a honkin marquise on a young girl, that baby covered lots of finger space
I am in the ''burbs, but venture to hip downtown weekly
My friends range from 1ct to over 5ct. My best friend has a 2.3 ish EC with sidestones, very nice. Another friend(?) has a 5ct. pear. She wear tons of bling on a daily basis.
I was just in Scottsdale, AZ. Oh my! I was at the Four Seasons and the bling was on display big time. I saw a honkin marquise on a young girl, that baby covered lots of finger space
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This is an interesting thread! I''m in South Orange County, CA and see a LOT of bling some places and not so much others. I was in Irvine yesterday having lunch with DH and noticed that 99.99999% of the rings I saw were over 1 ct. rounds in white metal. Three stones seemed very popular, though round solitaires and rounds with smal side stones seemes standard issue.
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