Engagement Ring Trends For 2010

This year is all about extravagance. Take wedding dress trends for 2010 for instance, it is the embodiment of romance; complete with ruffles, flounces and everything girly. Engagement rings too are taking a turn for the ‘over the top’ kind even though the solitaire diamond ring will always continue to remain in style. However, apart from the usual traditional engagement ring, there are a few new outrageous designs to consider.
Pave

These bands have a row of smaller diamonds around the main stone. The type of band you choose is completely up to you and could be anything from a double or triple band to a twist band or even a split band. Whatever it is, it will be a-sparkle with diamonds.

Yellow Diamond Engagement Rings

Colored engagement rings are all the rage this year and yellow diamonds have made it to the forefront of engagement ring fashion. Yellow diamond engagement rings were initially made by Tiffany’s in the late 19th century. This trend soon caught on with celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Hillary Clinton and Julianne Moore. Yellow engagement rings were used in proposals by the following celebrity couples: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds, Seal and Heidi Klum and Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller.

Brown engagement rings

Think of champagne, cognac, chocolate and cinnamon. Warm and brilliant hues such as these embody the likes of brown diamonds. Brown diamonds are owned by celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz and Hilary Swank.