Getting engaged is one of the most enthralling life events you can experience. As stressful as planning the perfect proposal might be, the choice of engagement ring is the stressful choice before the proposal itself. Being able to decide what fashionable engagement ring style your partner might want could be a deal breaker.

Hyperbole this may seem, but it is true; engagement signifies a life of fullness, and one no longer lived alone. From engagement onwards, your problems are shared and halved with someone who has your back every step of the way, and with whom you share the deepest of bonds. 

It stands to reason, then, that the choosing of an engagement ring is no small thing. Important as it is to choose a ring with the right relevance to your relationship, it can be all too easy to get hung up on the decision. Rather than continuing to suffer analysis paralysis, you might lighten the load by considering some of the following ideas. These are the latest trends in engagement jewellery and could help you narrow down your options to something that truly illustrates your love for your partner.

Fashionable Engagement Ring Styles

Unique and individual rings

One of the hottest new trends to hit the engagement ring market is individualism. As younger Millennials and Gen Zers start to consider engagement and marriage, new styles have started to infiltrate this traditional token of love and longevity – alongside some wider ideas about consumption in general. The likes of independent jeweller Jacobs the Jeweller are being used by younger consumers as they are preferring unique and individual designs over popular, familiar and mass-produced ring designs. Meaning they are approaching local craftspeople with commissions in most cases.

Rather than visiting a conventional jeweller, more people are getting rings made locally, in unconventional ways and from unconventional materials; wrought rings with odd and asymmetrical shapes are exploding in popularity as statement pieces, while more and more people commission engagement rings carved from, of all things, wood.

Yellow gold

Engagement rings with yellow gold bands are always highly requested in jewellers all over the UK, being an evergreen metal with timeless appeal, and an absolutely stunning pairing with shiny whiter gemstones. Yellow gold is not pure gold, having been ‘cut’ with other metals to improve its longevity. Where you would have to keep a pure gold ring mostly off your finger to keep it in good condition, you can be a little more cavalier with yellow gold – meaning you and your spouse-to-be can enjoy the ring on your finger for much longer each day.

Lab-grown diamonds

It is impossible to talk about trends in jewellery without making mention of diamonds – and the continued growth of lab-grown alternatives against traditionally-mined diamonds. Indeed, the lab-grown diamond sub-industry has grown significantly in recent years, with lab stones sitting next to mined diamonds in jewellers’ display cabinets across the world; it is also set to double in size again by 2025. 

There are numerous reasons for which you might prefer to seek out a lab-grown diamond, but the most immediately pressing of them is undoubtedly price. Lab diamonds are significantly cheaper than those mined traditionally, making them an easier purchase for those with lower budgets for rings. Lab-grown diamonds are in vogue, as a lower-cost opportunity for loved ones to give their betrothed the sparkle they well and truly deserve. That’s assuming you even choose a diamond from the popular stones for engagement rings.

Fashionable engagement ring styles can go in and out of trend as much as regular clothing fashion. Make sure you pick something you know your loved one will cherish.

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