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✦ The short answer Diamond jewellery suits every milestone wedding anniversary. The modern gift for the 10th is diamond, the 60th is the Diamond Anniversary, and for the other big years you can link the diamond to the traditional material through the setting: diamonds in white gold or platinum for the Silver...

Most people choosing an engagement ring spend hours comparing diamond shapes, carat weights and clarity grades, and barely give the band underneath a second thought. Yet that band, the shank, quietly decides a great deal: how large the diamond appears, how the ring sits on the finger, whether a wedding band will...

You've picked the ring. You know where you're going to ask, and you're fairly confident the answer will be yes. Then a friend says, "Have you spoken to her parents yet?" and a simple plan suddenly turns into a list of questions you hadn't thought about. Do you actually need permission? Who...

✦ What you need to know in 30 seconds The best earrings for your face shape are the ones that balance your natural proportions, not the ones that follow a fixed rule. Long, slim drops often add gentle length to a round face, while softer curves and hoops can balance a longer...

A UK jewellery buying guide covering purity, price, durability, hallmarks and how to choose In short: 9ct gold (375) contains 37.5% pure gold, while 18ct gold (750) contains 75% pure gold — the rest, in both cases, is other metals blended in to create a durable, wearable alloy. Neither is objectively "better."...

Two rings. Two entirely different journeys to get there. One is built around you from the very first sketch; the other is ready to try on the moment you walk into a jeweller's, or open a browser tab. Both routes lead to the same place — a ring your partner will wear...

Gemstone Guides · Sapphire Not every proposal needs to be blue-white and brilliant. Somewhere between the deep colour of a sapphire and the quiet fact that it isn't the "obvious" choice, plenty of couples find something a plain diamond never quite offers them: a stone with a story already built in. A...

✦ What you need to know in 30 seconds A registry office wedding no longer means a quick, quiet ceremony in a beige office. From the wood-panelled grandeur of Old Marylebone Town Hall to the marble staircase at Glasgow City Chambers, the UK's town halls and register offices offer some of the...

40cm, 45cm, 50cm, 55cm or 60cm — which one actually looks right on you? It's one of the most common questions we hear from customers, and the honest answer is that it depends on a handful of things: your neck measurement, the neckline you're wearing, whether there's a pendant involved, and simply...

You're comparing two gemstone rings that look almost identical, and one listing calls the stone an "emerald cut" while the other calls it a "step cut." Are those the same thing? A jeweller might describe a stone as "cushion shaped" one minute and "brilliant cut" the next, as if the words were...