Customized, modern wedding rings are today's trend. Couples can choose from many different and nontraditional metals, stone colors and jewel cuts.
If you are considering a modern wedding ring, a professional jeweler may have innovative ideas beyond what is shown in their display case. For your first consultation, bring your ideas, preferences and an open mind in order to select the best modern wedding rings.
Choosing the Right Metal
Yellow gold for wedding rings was the traditional choice. Today's trends for modern wedding rings generally center around the silver colors, with white gold, platinum or even titanium. Titanium is particularly a popular selection for men's rings with its deep gray color that can be shiny or matted similar to a nickel finish. Modern wedding rings often use mixtures of metals or inlays of different metal colors with custom designs. Some more unique metal selections include tungsten carbide and stainless steel. These specialty metals typically have smaller in-store selections readily available but are great options for customized rings.
Gemstone Colors
Diamonds have traditionally been for the bride, but are showing up in men's modern wedding rings. Brides selecting from trendier rings are also leaning towards colored diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and other colored gemstones rather than the traditional diamond. One benefit of using different gemstones over the traditional diamond for modern wedding rings is the cost. Gemstones can be far cheaper than traditional diamonds.
Modern wedding rings are typically unique with clean lines and high quality gemstones. There are many gemstone selections that may not be familiar to a couple. Instead of the traditional peridot or emerald greens, choosing tourmaline, a rare but beautiful green stone could be an option. Sapphires can provide a beautiful deep blue, but tanzanite comes in sparkling shades of blue and purple. By consulting with a jeweler and starting with colors you may like, your jeweler should have some ideas for stones that you may not have been aware of, such as pink diamonds or white topaz.
The Right Stone Shape
Modern wedding rings frequently use square, princess cut diamonds as solitaires for engagement rings. Small diamonds encrusted across the wedding band in a tasteful setting is also common. Using slivers of baguette diamonds on both men's and women's modern wedding rings are an understated and modern way to add a little sparkle to your ring sets. For wedding bands that are wraparounds of an engagement ring, using the same shape of stone typically depicts the clean, streamlined style of modern wedding rings.
Customized Modern Wedding Rings
Modern wedding rings are all about being a statement of your personality and being unique. Keeping your price range in mind will help to focus your design choices. Prices for customized modern wedding rings can truly be as high or low as you need. Especially if there is a design you like but a price you can't afford, it may be possible to use an alternate metal type or different stone type to bring your ideal ring into your price range.
Before making a final purchase decision you may want to take some time to consider the options for many modern wedding rings. A professional jeweler or gemstone expert may help you to broaden your idea of wedding rings to create a memorable, symbolic piece of jewelry that will be treasured throughout your marriage. Karen Lincoln
