Trendy Wedding Rings
The choice of a fashionable wedding ring for the bride and groom is not just pleasant chores before the wedding, but also a very important event. The tradition of exchanging rings has been preserved for many centuries and is considered a symbol of love and devotion to each other. The round shape of the rings personifies the infinity of the feelings of young people and their love, which will never end. There are a lot of wedding rings, and which one of them to choose is the bride and groom who should decide, because they will have to wear these jewelries, not removing them, all their lives.
History of
The history of wedding rings began in ancient Egypt, when the Egyptians had the idea to symbolize the moment of marriage, so that in memory of this solemn event there would be some memory of him. They began to exchange self-made short-lived rings, which meant for the ancient people their love, with which they would go through life hand in hand.
In accordance with the preserved historical data, the beginning of the tradition with wedding rings was discussed a long time ago - even before the beginning of a new era. Tellingly, this tradition was equally honored both in the Western Hemisphere and in the Eastern.
This tradition came to the Christians, having already had a certain meaning, when the newlyweds, exchanging wedding rings, expressed their endless love and devotion to each other. It was about a thousand years ago.
Features
What distinguishes a wedding ring from the usual:
Form integrity
The round shape of the wedding ring has no beginning or end, which means infinite love between spouses. This ring is usually a simple round shape and is not decorated with any stones or any other additions.
Smooth surface
There are no patterns - flat or embossed, on the wedding ring should not be (unless, of course, we are talking about the classic version of the ring).
Identity
The shape, metal and design of the wedding ring of the bride and the groom must be the same and differ only in size.
A fashionable engagement ring today can be made from a huge variety of materials. It can be both titanium and stainless steel, and even tungsten, the rings from which are so strong that they are not afraid of deformation or scratches. But the classic for a fashionable wedding ring still remains the noble gold.
Traditions
Western European culture involves wearing a wedding ring on the left ring finger. This is a very long tradition, based on the ancient belief of the “veins of love,” which connects precisely this finger and the heart of man. It is believed that the wedding ring on this finger will become a symbol of love and devotion. Today, this tradition in European countries has become the norm of etiquette.
But why is it wrong in other countries, for example, among Orthodox Christians and among Eastern Europeans? What are they guided by? It is customary to wear a wedding ring on the ring finger of the right hand. It turns out that everything is simple, and this tradition is interpreted as a translation from Latin. It turns out that the word "left" in Latin sounds like "sinister", which means "sinister, evil." And the word “right” is “dexter”, which is already associated with quite different concepts - dexterity, agility and skill. It turns out that the left hand is negative, and the right hand is positive.
Why should a wedding ring be smooth? Everything is also very symbolic here: the smooth surface of the ring means that the relationship between the spouses will be smooth.From these considerations it is concluded that from the corrugated or faceted rings one should expect “bumpy” relations in marriage, and there will be no end to them either, as the ring has not.
Is it possible to change wedding rings? It is believed that the wedding ring, worn by the newlyweds to each other in the registry office, acquires a special energy, and to change such a ring is to destroy your family. On the other hand, there are many examples when people do not pay attention to these warnings and live happily in love and happiness.
It so happens that a couple were given wedding rings by relatives, and after the wedding, the young decided to change them, because they did not like the design or for some other reason. If both spouses want it, then why not do just that? This can be done, but only when the marriage was concluded in the registry office, but wedding rings should not be changed, because in this case everything is measured by completely different standards - Divine.
Varieties and models
Fashionable wedding rings are classified according to the following indicators:
By material
The ring can be made of gold, white gold, platinum. There may be other options, for example, a combination of two or more precious metals.
In form
A wedding ring can be thin, thick, flat, carved.
By design
A fashionable wedding ring can be decorated as a sleek classic or as an exquisite ring shaped like a crown and decorated with precious or semi-precious stones.
The rings can have a different style of performance. If we talk about the most common version, these are traditional semicircular rings. Female and male models differ only in thickness (male - about 2.7 mm, and female - about 2.3 mm).
The trend today is the model, which includes three elements located in a row. Such a wedding ring is differently called a trilogy ring, symbolizing past relationships, present and future.
Washers
A fashionable engagement ring can have a round shape, an oval shape, a washer shape (straight edges and a flat outer surface), and so on. The main thing is convenience, that is, the ring should be neither small nor large, but just fit.
The surface of a fashionable wedding washer ring can be decorated with a pattern, pebbles, ribbed and so on, and on the inside you can write something romantic.
Fashionable wedding ring in the form of a washer sits on a finger very comfortable, minimally touching the skin surface. This form of the ring is very popular with men who are not accustomed to wearing jewelry. This wedding ring has a very modern look.
Classic
The classic wedding ring is a smooth ring, not wide and made of gold. Such conciseness of gold headbands is the choice of those who marry who prefer conservatism in style. For any person, this attribute on the hand of a man or a woman is understandable - they are married.
Such a simple form of a wedding ringlet allows it to have a lot of advantages over other types of wedding rings:
- classic rings do not require any special care;
- no need to worry about the stone being lost;
- there will never be problems clinging to clothes or hair;
- Do not interfere with the daily work
- no problems with everyday wear or before bedtime should be removed, or before taking a shower;
- The cost of such classics will be significantly lower than models with an interesting shape and complex decor.
Matte
Fashionable frosted wedding ring - is the elegance, style and brevity of your image. This is a step forward for modern jewelry production. Matte rings are smooth or textured, inlaid with precious stones or diamond-cut, classic or made in an unusual design. In this variety of frosted rings, each couple will be able to find for themselves the option that they like more than others.
Choose a fashionable frosted wedding ring, platinum or gold - it means to complement your image with luxury, originality and nobility. Such jewelry suits any style and is in harmony with any type of clothing, and will also be able to complement a wedding attire, both the groom and the bride.
Technologies of our time allow you to create matte wedding rings with a different surface texture. Very beautiful, for example, looks like a frosted ring with the effect of scattered sand. Also, a matte surface can be rough, with a rasped structure, it can be parts matte, and parts polished ... The main quality of a matte ring is that there are no minor scratches on its surface.
Smooth
Smooth wedding rings are said to be laconic and self-contained jewelry. Their advantage in absolute comfort while wearing. A wedding ring with a smooth surface can be made of pink gold, yellow or white.
As an ornament to a smooth ringlet, you can advise any engraving with meaning and place it on the inside. A smooth wedding ring can be either solid or hollow. The advantage of a hollow ring is that it looks volumetric, and it is easy to wear it, and this is important if the wedding ring is worn without removing it.
Fishnet
Fashionable wedding rings also include openwork. They are obtained when thin metal threads are twisted together so that a ring is obtained in the form of original patterns. Symbolically intertwined precious threads look like the interweaving of the feelings of the newlyweds, the interweaving of their love and the moments they spent together. In such a ringlet it is very important to accurately calculate each element of the decoration and skillfully attach it to the base of the ring.
Openwork rings, as a rule, are made wide, so that there is where to turn the design idea and work out all the necessary subtleties in the patterns. But the massive openwork ring will not look anyway, because the laces, although metallic, still have an airy look, even fabulous, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s female or male.
The tracery ring is usually golden, because the flexibility and plasticity of this particular metal are so necessary for this jewelry work.
European
European is a ring with a semicircular cross section. It is, as a rule, of traditional form, and for its manufacture they use such popular precious metals as gold, silver and platinum. This ring has received this name due to the fact that this form is most popular in European countries. “European” is distinguished from “American”, rather resembling a “puck,” a pleasant roundness of shape.
Benefits:
- the profile has a comfortable fit with a perfect ellipse on the inside;
- ring gently merges with your finger and weightless while wearing;
- if the ring is long to wear, it leaves no trace;
- if the ring is without inserts and pebbles, it can easily be enlarged or reduced.
With rocks
Inlay is called a rather restrained version of the design. The most sophisticated solution in this case is diamond inserts, even if they are very small. Diamonds on a fashionable wedding ring are long-lasting relationships and wealth in a new family.
On a wide model, you can place other stones, both precious and semi-precious. Here, everything will depend on your taste: someone likes transparent cubic zirconias, while for someone, color options, such as sapphire, ruby, emerald or amethyst, will seem more attractive.
Of course, jewelry with precious stones on an engagement ring is the prerogative of women's rings, but a broad “American” with a strictly inscribed stone that has a strict shape looks very appropriate on a man's hand.
Square
This form of a ringlet is suitable for a couple who loves originality and would like to emphasize the peculiarity of their love story. It may seem implausible, but it is the square ring that is more comfortable to wear than others. And especially the square shape of a fashionable wedding ring will be appreciated by those men who are not used to the jewels on their hands, because the square ring has a finger contact area smaller than the rest.
Perhaps someone is worried about the magic of the rings and their energy and is afraid of sharp corners on such a ring, believing that they will harm the karmic balance in the relationship. Jewelers have taken into account such concerns and therefore the design of square rings is made with rounded corners, so you can safely get a square symbol of love and not doubt its only positive effect on the life of your young family.
Vintage
This season, perhaps the most fashionable wedding ring is considered to be vintage, that is, made in the old style. Any vintage ring is a true work of art:
- a narrow ring with a large stone in the center (ruby, sapphire, topaz and others);
- The vintage style ring looks inimitable and luxurious, having a large stone in the center of the composition, and a crumb of it on the rest of the surface.
If the vintage ring is subjected to artificial aging, then such a decoration will be impossible to distinguish externally from the real antiques, which are usually handed down.
With names
The tender feelings that a bride and groom have for each other can be perpetuated on their wedding rings by engraving. It may be just the names of loved ones, and maybe a phrase that you always want to hear from your favorite mouth. Any engraving on a wedding ring will become a constant reminder of your soulmate.
Usually such an inscription is made inside a ringlet, and then it will be a mystery to others, and the young couple will bring even closer together. And if the inscription is made on the outside of the wedding ring, then it will turn into an original decoration for it. Make an engraving on the strength of any jewelry master.
With rotating insert
Nowadays fashionable wedding rings include rings with a rotating insert. This is a novelty for the jewelry market, but among the attributes of wedding fashion, it immediately received a considerable response. Such a wedding ring is for people who are not lagging behind fashion, for those who follow all the new trends and trends in the jewelry world.
A fashionable wedding ring with a rotating insert will choose stylish and modern newlyweds, thanks to which their new image will acquire originality and originality. From a combination of shades of classic gold of yellow color and a hint of contrasting with it an insert from another precious metal, one will get the impression of not one but several rings on a finger.
Materials
Recently, in addition to traditional precious metals and alloys, of which for a long time wedding rings have been made, it is increasingly possible to see fashionable palladium wedding rings on newlyweds. This material is good because the products made of it are quite affordable and elegant in design. Many jewelers tend to even equate palladium products with platinum products. And this is despite the fact that palladium looks more like silver.
But the wedding ring, in which the rotating insert is made of palladium faceted in a diamond, looks so elegant that it looks just as good as a much more expensive wedding ring.
The highlight of the new season can be called luxury wedding rings, made of unusual for such metal ornaments. We are talking about a material called stainless medical steel. Very effectively the ring from this material, decorated with cubic zirconia, looks. This metal is not afraid of time and retains its brilliance for a long time.
How to choose
The fact that in front of you is really a precious ring, and not a fake, tell brands that are applied to the inner side of the product. One stamp is the brand name of the manufacturer, and the other is the breakdown. On rings made of several metals, samples must be indicated for each of them.
Trying on the ring, be attentive to your feelings. There should not be a feeling of squeezing, the ring should not fall off of a finger or cause any other discomfort. Perfectly chosen ring on the finger is not felt. Put on and remove the ring 3-4 times to make sure that your size.
It should also be aware of some of the nuances about this. Fitting should not be done:
- in the morning;
- after sports training;
- when it is cold outside and hands are very cold;
- in women's critical days.
In all these cases, the size of the finger will not be the same as usual, and the size may be chosen incorrectly.
For a fashionable engagement ring, head straight to a proven jewelry store. Do not be tempted by low prices in dubious shops, because the ring can easily be a fake.
How to wear
According to the belief of our distant ancestors, the human heart is connected through a thin thread with a ring finger. It is for this reason that there is a tradition to wear a wedding ring on this finger as a symbol of infinity and eternal love. In some countries, including Russia, the wedding ring is put on the right hand, in others - on the left. In the vast majority of cases, gold is chosen as the metal for its production.
There is an opinion that businessmen, diplomats, politicians, public speakers, doctors and analysts can wear a wedding ring on the little finger, because astrologers consider it to be the finger that responds to the beauty of speech and the ability to properly establish contacts in society.
Any other rings, except wedding rings, can be worn on any finger of the right hand, or on any finger of the left hand. Here the main thing is to wear what you like and what looks elegant.
Cost of
What can be said about the cost of a fashionable wedding ringlet, which is a symbol of the loyalty of two people and their unity? Everything is very simple, because there are a lot of choices, and each pair is repelled by the choice of this jewelry they like the most. But at the same time, of course, for each pair of newlyweds can be very different.
If we talk on average, then the guy (and according to the established tradition, the groom acquires both rings) for the most modest golden ring of 583 samples with a weight of 1.7 grams, will have to pay about three thousand rubles, the girl at the expense of the smaller size - slightly less.
Brand models
"Bronnitsky jeweler": the continuation of traditions
Nowadays fashionable wedding rings of this company are on many jewelry counters. The main qualities of this product are:
- competitiveness;
- high quality;
- a design that combines old traditions with modern solutions.
The most popular models of wedding rings from the "Bronnitsky jeweler":
- About "Dancing Diamond" speak as a ring, which is suitable for the wedding, and just as a gift. He has a unique stone mount - just two opposite points. This decision led to the rocking of the diamond from the most insignificant movement, while it also beautifully shines with its perfect edges.
- A magnificent ring with a combined weave around the circumference is surrounded by thin strips of red and white gold.
- The Bronnitsky jeweler's wedding rings, decorated with multi-colored stones, look no less wonderful. A vivid example of this is a ring of white gold, decorated with rubies all around.
Damiani
The style of this Italian brand has remained traditional for many years - nothing unusual or fanciful. Damiani wedding rings will suit fans of traditional jewelry. The best models of this brand:
- The curved shape of the fashionable wedding rings “Incontro” fascinates no less than the beauty of pink and white gold shades. In this case, the design of the ring is simple, without complex interweaving.
- Classic and logo. On the wedding ring, the Damiani logo is engraved on the outside of the ring.
- In the “Damianissima” ring, the brand inscription is hidden on the inner surface of the ring, and an unusual thread is made on the outer surface.
Ricchezza
White gold is now becoming increasingly popular. It is much superior to yellow in strength, which means that it is more resistant material and is not so susceptible to mechanical stress. These products include fashionable wedding rings of the Ricchezza brand, and those young people who purchase wedding rings of this company will demonstrate their exquisite taste and status.
Yuveros
This jewelry company from Russia also offers a large assortment of wedding jewelry. Here, everyone will find jewelry that matches their style - there are not only romantic works, but also daring, classical and made in the style of "modern".
Self made
Handmade rings Aurelia from the EliteGold brand is not just beautiful, it is also very stylish and original. The main feature of such works is the original insert, that is, one gem, an ornament of stones, engraving or ring-crown.
Pandora
The decoration of the production company Pandora - this is the ultimate dream of any bride. And, of course, this version of the wedding rings is the best way for the guy to offer his bride to marry him.
The assortment of rings on the jewelry stalls is a mass of variants of fashionable wedding rings, but there is no need to compare with them a wedding ring with a diamond “Pandora” that can win hearts.
Chopard
This Swiss company, which is more than 150 years old, was once known only as a watchmaker, and now it is a world-famous brand and jewelry. Chopard products are said to be elegant classics and the optimal choice of fashionable wedding rings. Their discreet design is perfectly combined with any other decorations and in harmony with any style. Ring of this brand looks great on holidays and in everyday life.
Interesting design ideas and designs
For many newlyweds, it is important that their wedding rings are as original as possible. Thus, they strive to demonstrate the impeccability of their taste and their uniqueness.
In jewelry shops, you can choose any model of a fashionable wedding ring, starting with thin and smooth ringlets of the classical type and ending with massive wide rings.
The diamond cut on the wedding ring is very popular with the newlyweds, at which its entire surface looks like small pyramid-shaped diamonds.
No less popular are wedding rings depicting a sign of infinity - a symbol of eternal love, mutual understanding and devotion. There is a considerable demand for abstract design, the options are countless and it all depends on your preferences.