The most expensive engagement rings of all time

There is an unspoken competition among celebrities: whose engagement ring will break the next record. Bigger, harder, brighter – if the battle for decorations were an Olympic sport, the broadcast would attract as many viewers as the Super Bowl. Recent record holders include Jennifer Lopez, who said yes to Ben Affleck again after 20 years since her first engagement. Well, how can you resist when a friend hands you a coveted box with an 8.5 carat green diamond ring?

According to experts, Jennifer’s ring is worth about 10 million dollars, but that, by the way, is not the most amazing piece in our selection. The house of MIUZ Diamonds—more specifically, the stunning Le Chic collection of fancy cut diamonds—made us rethink the list of famous and most expensive engagement rings that, it turns out, you can get without being an A-list celebrity. But first, but for now, check out these fancy diamonds!

In general, we don’t really like these emotional comments from fans like “If they break up, we’ll stop believing in love.” But in the case of Amal and George Clooney, we agree: it is not a couple, but a true embodiment of the ideal relationship! The engagement ring of the famous human rights activist and member of the UN Council (an extraordinary woman!) looks just as perfect: in the center of the composition is a 7-carat emerald-cut diamond, next to it are two beautiful baguette-cut diamonds. This beauty costs 680 thousand dollars, although in reality it is of course priceless.

And now we are not talking so much about the great symbolism of the jewelry for Amal and George herself, this piece of jewelry only gets more expensive every year. No less important in this is the special method of stone processing: the fact is that only the highest quality minerals can get cut “baguettes” – the unusual fantasy shape will “highlight” both the exceptional transparency and the flaws of the jewelry, so that a mistake and any imperfection is simply excluded.

Notice how the two diamonds on the sides of the main stone appear to form one? This is a sign of acrobatics in jewelry art: thanks to the fine setting, several stones of different shapes are combined into one jewel shining with hundreds of facets – it looks incredible! By the way, in the Le Chic collection from MIUZ Diamonds, this technique is often used – and we are ready to look at these diamond compositions for hours … What can I say, Amal is really lucky, she can enjoy this beauty every day.

Although why only Amal? You can easily be the lucky owner of such an ornament with a fantastic “magnifying” effect. We have selected for you a luxurious ring made of 18 carat white gold, in which 36 round cut diamonds subtly underline the main composition of 9 Fantasy cut diamonds, visually combined into one diamond sparkling under the sun’s rays. “Blind spots”, which often spoil even the most beautiful jewelry, are excluded here: the stones will not stop shining, no matter how you look at them from any angle.

You can pick up rare company for a ring – Ms Clooney’s engagement jewelery also has a companion. Amal has left the original product for holidays and social events and wears a slightly smarter and more modest version in everyday life. We can’t take our eyes off the minimalist but elegant ring with 11 baguette-cut diamonds – it seems as if the purest stones are lined up in a continuous row, and only individual flashes in the light remind us that it is, after all, a collection of several details.

It seems that only Jacqueline Kennedy could beat Elizabeth Taylor’s record with her heavyweight ring: is it a joke, a stone weighing 33.19 carats? Although the chunky jewelry wasn’t technically an engagement, the actress was surprised by Richard Burton, who was already her husband, so no marriage proposal was needed. But the legendary Krupp diamond certainly testifies to the love of the huge-o-me. And a check for $300,000 that turned into $8.8 million at auction years later.

In secular circles, a story was told that at one of the events, the star somehow met Princess Margaret, who, seeing a huge stone with an elegant stepped cut, could not resist: “Bad taste.” The actress, convinced of her irresistibility, replied: “Do you want to try?”. By the way, the princess did not refuse, so she had to admit that this composition could not be called tasteless. Although, of course, in everyday life, an elegant ring with 9 baguette stones and a pavé of 48 round diamonds from the Le Chic collection will look much more harmonious – it is luxurious, but not flashy.

This jewelry is similar to the one we selected for you, inspired by the love story of Amal and George Clooney. They can be considered “soulmates” (we mean rings), only the second option is wider and therefore feels more solid, noticeably on the hand. All Elizabeth Taylor style! Now, if the actress were to choose her new rare favorite in MIUZ Diamonds’ Le Chic collection, she would first try on a ring with 47 diamonds and pair it with a pendant with an enchanting subtlety of design.

This piece of white gold is perhaps one of the most masterful incarnations of all the beauty of spectacular cuts. 30 round diamonds, 45 baguette diamonds, 4 marquise diamonds and one princess-shaped stone swirl in the pendant like a fairy tale whirlwind. Take a closer look: the core of the composition seems to be monolithic, as if it were one big diamond, but no, such an amazing effect is achieved precisely thanks to the skillful combination of 4 marquise cut stones and one princess cut. A rare lace indeed!

The famous engagement ring of the blonde diva Grace Kelly did not fall into her hands right away: first, at that moment, her fiance Rainier III., Prince of Monaco, ordered a jewel with diamonds and rubies – intelligently and very elegantly. But after Renier met his movie star fiancee’s co-workers and sized up their Hollywood jewels, he decided Grace deserved more. Literally: he ordered a piece of white gold jewelry with a 10.5 carat emerald cut for the bride. The luxurious ensemble was completed by two “baguettes” – which, as you already know, optically enhanced the radiance of the main stone.

Today, the combination of jewels of different cuts is considered an indicator of the jeweler’s mastery: the combination of different fantasy shapes – generally the most difficult to make – truly magical effects are born. At any angle you tilt the jewel, the diamonds will flash in the light and reflect the play of neighboring faces. Thanks to this, the ring will not be so heavy because of one massive mineral, but at the same time it will emphasize the natural beauty of the ideal stones.

By the way, the jewelry house recreated the legendary ring worth 4.3 million dollars only once – for the filming of the movie “Princess of Monaco”. If authenticity was important to the director, then such a stone will most likely be a burden for modern brides – literally. Therefore, the combination of 9 decorative diamonds and 10 round stones is the perfect solution for today’s princesses.

The diamond pavé we chose earlier has been replaced with an elegant noble cast in 18k white gold in this piece from the Le Chic collection by MIUZ Diamonds, giving the ring a more airy and sophisticated look, just like the Princess of Monaco. that inspired us. 9 fantasy stones weighing 3.064 carats create an additional effect of volume: thanks to the refraction of light in hundreds of facets, it seems as if they are folded into one large diamond.

In the Le Chic collection, the style of the great Grace reminds us of another jewel – a thin bracelet with 105 baguette-cut diamonds, 84 round diamonds and 21 oval-cut sapphires. The iridescence of the deep indigo shade in the flashes of transparent jewels looks enchanting and worthy of the jewelry box of the royal family of Monaco.

Our favorite Jackie Kennedy was on this list, but under a different name – Onassis. After the tragic death of her husband, the 35th US President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline married a second time – to the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Fleeing the attention that chased her, the former first lady dreamed of finally finding solitude from the paparazzi, but she didn’t. If the photographers were not interested in Jackie herself, then her outfits or jewelry, including a stunningly beautiful engagement ring with a 40-carat Lesotho III diamond.

In addition, according to Jacqueline’s biographers, this is the second engagement ring that he received from Aristotle: the first one gave the bride a jewel with a ruby ​​cabochon in the shape of a heart for 1.4 million dollars, the second – a 40-carat “heavyweight” ” for 2.6 million.
John F. Kennedy also at one time presented Jackie’s jewelry: art deco jewelry cost the president more than a million dollars. The ring was crowned with a large baguette-cut diamond and emerald, forming a fanciful natural pattern. MIUZ Diamonds’ Le Chic collection ring with diamonds and rubies captures the spirit of this legendary jewel with stunning precision: pear and princess cut stones, surrounded by round diamonds, resemble a mythical patterned flower.

In general, Jacqueline has set the trend in everything she touches for years, and given the tender love she has surrounded her jewelry collection, the former first lady couldn’t help but trend in jewelry fashion. With her latest engagement ring, for which the paparazzi were ready to give everything in the world, Jackie strengthened the era of baguettes and fancy haircuts in general.

Demanding brides and especially girls who respond sensitively to the trends of the time wanted to deviate from traditional round and oval stones – it became fashionable to choose atypical shapes such as “Octagon”, “Princess”, “Heart”, etc. And combine them: in the Le collection Chic from MIUZ Diamonds, for example, two pear-cut diamonds and one princess diamond give the illusion of a large heart-shaped stone. Round diamonds seem to be in opposition to the general wave.

In the end, however, non-banal and bizarre jewelry sets firmly took their place among the most selected jewelry. Thanks to the ability to combine different types of cuts, such jewelry can more accurately reflect the personality of its owner: strict and elegant, like Amal Clooney, charismatic and artistic, like Elizabeth Taylor, majestic, like Grace Kelly, soft but strong, like Jacqueline Kennedy, and unique like you and your perfect engagement ring from the Le Chic collection by MIUZ Diamonds.

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