A Must-Read Guide to Choosing the Ideal Wedding Band!
Wedding ring and engagement ring styles change every few years, but there are always classic styles that hold up the rest of the market. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a surge in purchases of rose and white gold, while the more traditional silver and yellow gold rings have taken a seat off-stage. 2023 definitely belongs to white gold wedding rings, but there’s more you should know before you make your purchase.
Why Choose White Gold
White gold gives a brighter finish to the overall look of a wedding band. While a silver band can give a similar effect, the white tone that comes from a white gold finish is richer, cooler, and can often be shinier. The visual effect is quite stunning, lending itself well to the sparkle of any stone set into the ring.
For a plain wedding band, white gold can accentuate the accompanying engagement ring on the same finger. Diamonds appear clearer, more dazzling, and other gemstones become more vivid.
The Issue With White Gold
Something that no high street retailer will tell a customer is the drawback of committing to a white gold wedding ring. After around 6 to 12 months of being worn, your white gold ring will lose its shine and appear to become yellow gold.
What’s actually happening there is the white plating is wearing off of the yellow gold that lies underneath. White gold rings are just yellow gold rings that have been dipped in either rhodium or palladium. Both of these metals are a bright silver in colour, enabling a yellow gold ring to achieve the bright, cool white tone.
Re-dipping your plated wedding ring shouldn’t be costly. Indeed, if you have your ring covered with the retailer, it may not cost anything at all to have it “repaired”.
Tips For Buying Your First Wedding Ring
It’s our humble opinion that shopping for wedding rings with your partner is one of the most exciting parts of getting married. Set a budget, make a list of some local (or not-so-local) jewellery shops you wish to visit, and set some dates to go out and enjoy yourselves.
Your budget and style preferences are certainly the most crucial parts of planning to buy your wedding rings. Silver bands are typically the most inexpensive, while bands that are set with diamonds will set you back several pretty pennies.
We also recommend having your engagement ring(s) with you to try on alongside potential bespoke wedding rings. The last thing any to-be-wed couple wants is for their rings to completely clash.
Remake Your Engagement Ring
The first option is to remake your engagement ring. This would be if your engagement ring centre diamond is too low. This means that the wedding band would not be able to fit snug and comfortably under the centre diamond.
Can you see how nicely the wedding band fits underneath the engagement ring. This is how the wedding and engagement ring should fit together. In other cases, if your wedding and engagement ring do not fit like this the best thing you can do is to alter the ring and have it remade. This could just be a simple changed like making the centre diamond sit higher, so your wedding band can fit under it comfortably.
Pinch Wedding Ring
The second ring would be a pinch design wedding ring. This is a wedding ring with a little pinch in the centre if it so that the centre diamond can fit comfortably with the wedding ring. That is why it is called a pinch wedding ring, because of the little dip in the middle of it.
That little pinch design allows your engagement ring to fit nicely on top of this ring design. This is the best option out of the three if you do not want to either remake your engagement ring. Or have to go for a custom design to fit your engagement ring.
Custom Made Wedding Band
The final option would be to have a custom-made wedding ring. This would be having a custom-made wedding band that fits your engagement ring. This would most commonly having a curve in the wedding ring, so it fits around the diamond in the engagement ring!
2023’s Wedding Ring Trends
Alongside white gold bands, there are several other wedding ring facts that have been splashed across the UK market. Some have carried over from previous years, such as huge statement rings that have that layered look, and square and oval halo diamond ring pieces.
On the more unique side of things, 2023 has seen a rise in colourful stone settings being purchased. Some retailers and bespoke jewellers have started stocking more coloured diamonds alongside their usual gemstone offerings because of these new preferences.
As you can see all these ring designs have a curve design to them to allow the engagement ring to fit them. This is the best option for a wedding ring if you do not want to alter or remake your engagement ring.
Overall, these are the best options we recommend when it comes to choosing your wedding ring to fit with your engagement ring!
If you would like to speak to us more about your perfect wedding ring, give us a call on 020 8065 0391 or email info@avitajewellery.co.uk