A Decent Proposal: Engagement Inspiration
In honor of National Proposal Day, we asked five of our recently married editors in our slideshow below to share the stories of their engagements as inspiration to those looking for ways to pop the...
View ArticlePut a Ring On It: Fast Nail Fixes for the Imminently Engaged
If the sea of selfies turning up on Facebook and Instagram this week is any indication, engagement season has begun. Kicking off with a bang on January 1 before building to a bling-fueled crescendo on...
View ArticleWhy a Traditional Engagement Ring Wasn’t An Option for This Vogue Editor
When Chloe Malle became engaged, playing solitaire wasn’t an option. You didn’t cry at all?” The Vogue fashion team was incredulous. It was the first day back after the winter holiday, and word of my...
View ArticlePut a Ring on It—Just Not a Diamond One
It was the golden hour in Los Angeles, and I was walking my dog past fig trees, lime trees, magnolias, and maples in all their backlit glory. The work week was winding down with the intoxicating smell...
View ArticleWhy Single Ladies Are Rocking a Wedding Ring
Expand Photo: Courtesy of Beyoncé It’s 11:00 p.m. in Midtown, and I’m eating a bag of Doritos, waiting for my train that never comes. Overall, it is a normal, sweaty summer night for me—except, of...
View ArticleIt’s Engagement Season: How to Put Your Best Hand Forward
Statistically speaking, this winter, a certain number of those in happily committed relationships will find themselves jet-setting to a favorite beach destination or snow-capped mountain getaway—only...
View Article19 Show-Stopping Engagement Rings: Welcome to the 10-Carat-Plus Club
For years, the focus has been on personal jewelry, delicate rings that complement rather than outshine other bijou. But what ever happened to the unabashed look-at-me pieces? Those dazzling stones...
View ArticleIt’s National Proposal Day: Here Are 14 #SheSaidYes-Ready Looks
If you thought the only thing special about today is that it is the start of spring, well, you are sorely mistaken. Today is also something called National Proposal Day, which means we should all...
View Article40 Dreamy Engagement Rings for Every Type of Bride
Compared with choosing an engagement ring, saying yes to a dress is one of the easiest parts of wedding planning. Which, if you think about it, makes perfect sense. While you’ll wear your wedding garb...
View ArticleExclusive: Wwake Launches Engagement Rings for the Unorthodox Bride
Ask and you shall receive. Wwake’s delicate opal jewelry has inspired a following from industry types and well-heeled admirers like Rihanna, Cate Blanchett, and Emma Watson alike. After custom orders...
View ArticleEmerald Is the New Diamond: 8 Stunning Engagement Rings to Seal the Deal
“A livelier emerald twinkles in the grass, a purer sapphire melts into the sea,” Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote in “Maud,” a super-sticky 1855 poem in which he also says he “would die to save from some...
View ArticleHow to Buy the Perfect Engagement Ring
“A diamond ring should be an everyday piece of jewelry—I always have mine on and feel naked without it,” says designer Monique Péan. “Keeping this in mind will help you select a ring that is both...
View ArticleThe Best Celebrity Engagement Rings
Engagement rings have not always been all about the diamond: Roman brides were given a gold ring to wear in public and an iron ring to wear at home. In the 1700s, simple poesy rings were popular in...
View Article11 Etsy Shops With the Most Stunning Antique Engagement Rings
Shopping for vintage designer labels and rare antique furniture can be thrilling, especially when you stumble upon that embellished Chanel tweed jacket from the ’70s or a rare Nakashima side table for...
View ArticleMariah Carey Is Engaged! An Exclusive First Look at Her 35-Carat Engagement Ring
Mariah Carey is officially engaged to her boyfriend, James Packer. The Australian billionaire businessman, whom she met at a movie premiere in Aspen and started dating last summer, popped the question...
View Article23 Dream-Worthy Engagement Rings for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is approaching—it’s Sunday, in case you didn’t know—which means one thing: plenty of potential engagement fodder. And while Mariah Carey might be boasting about town with a 35-carat...
View ArticlePoesies, Acrostics, Lovers’ Knots: Historical Alternatives to Traditional...
Beyoncé’s immortal words—“If you liked it then you should’ve put a ring on it”—have applied to betrothals for thousands of years, but not with the rings you might be envisioning. Today’s sizeable...
View ArticleCiara and Russell Wilson Announce Their Engagement With a Cute Instagram Video
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson just proposed to his girlfriend, Ciara, and shared the intimate moment with a tender Instagram video. “She said yes!” Wilson exclaims in the video while the...
View ArticleYou Think You’re About to Get Engaged . . . Now What?
Expand If you’re only a few months in with your new flame, these tips might not be for you . . . yet. But let’s say details of your future together have been cropping up in casual conversation over...
View ArticleCan These Silicon Valley Lab-Grown Diamonds Change the Way We Say “I Do”?
I have to admit I didn’t see it coming. My longtime boyfriend asked if I wanted to take the dog for a walk, and I put on the kind of shapeless cropped pants you might wear if you’d just come back from...
View ArticleAn Exclusive First Look at Karl Lagerfeld’s New Engagement Ring Designs
The range of Karl Lagerfeld’s designs over the years has spread as far as light-up shoes for Chanel and as wide as cans of Diet Coke. However, his recent project brought him to a certain product and...
View ArticleThe 17 Best Wedding and Engagement Rings to Mix and Stack to Your Heart’s Desire
Okay, we admit it: We’re a bit obsessed with summer weddings at the moment. Having developed a manicure guide, considered how to beat the heat at outdoor weddings, fallen for bridal flats and,...
View ArticleEngagement Ring 101: When (And When Not) to Wear It, How to Clean It, Store...
For women who aren’t accustomed to wearing fine jewelry on the regular (which, let’s be honest, is most of us), rocking a pricey diamond ring for the first time is a bit like babysitting a newborn....
View ArticleHow Big Is Too Big? The Vogue Staff Sounds Off on Engagement Ring Size
This year’s high-profile engagement jewelry has run the gamut, from Mariah Carey’s extravagant 35-carat rock to Miranda Kerr’s semi-surprising traditional, subtle ring from Snapchat CEO and cofounder...
View ArticleShould You Wear Your Engagement Ring to a Job Interview?
If you are a woman who happens to have a sizable engagement ring, a male recruiter and career counselor has some cold, hard advice for you: “When interviewing for a job, lose the ring!” This is the...
View ArticleIn Defense of Amanda Seyfried’s Minimal Engagement Ring
When the doe-eyed actress Amanda Seyfried stepped out this week wearing her new engagement ring, the media was all over it—and not necessarily for the obvious reasons. She’d just been proposed to by...
View ArticleThe 6 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Buying an Engagement Ring
Expand De Beers was the first to link diamonds with engagements. During the Depression, in a campaign that would’ve made Don Draper proud, those advertising geniuses started running an ad pushing men...
View ArticleBest Unconventional Celebrity Engagement Rings
Of course we all know about Kim Kardashian-West’s 15-carat ring and whoppers like Mariah Carey’s 35-carat behemoth, but attention and props are due to the couples past and present who went beyond...
View Article7 Engagement Rings for Every Woman on Amal Clooney, Blake Lively, Victoria...
Elizabeth Taylor might have famously sported a 68-carat pear-shaped diamond, known as the Taylor-Burton Diamond—it was given to her by husband number five and six, Richard Burton—but these days...
View ArticleWhich Sex and the City Engagement Ring Are You?
Engagement season will soon be upon us. This celebratory time of year, when significant others around the country take the plunge and get down on one knee, officially starts around Thanksgiving and...
View ArticleSix Rules for Taking the Perfect Engagement Ring Selfie
As the fervor around social media continues to grow (Instagram Stories, anyone?), so does the desire to document every single moment of our lives—and why wouldn’t we want to announce some of the...
View Article“Should We Take Out a Loan to Buy an Engagement Ring?”
Molly Guy, Creative Director of Stone Fox Bride, responds to queries about relationships, love, weddings, and everything in between. Send your questions to dearmolly@stonefoxbride.com. Dear Molly, My...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Admits She Doesn’t Like Her Engagement Ring From Liam Hemsworth
Miley Cyrus has finally addressed her engagement ring—but not in the way that might have been expected. To quickly recap, Cyrus got engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth in 2012, but the wedding was later...
View ArticleShould You Keep the Engagement Ring After Calling Off the Wedding?
Expand Unfortunately, some couples don’t always make it down the aisle. Case in point: Mariah Carey and billionaire James Packer, who have reportedly split and called off their engagement. Things get...
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