Something shifted in the jewelry conversations happening across Belfast over the past couple of years. It’s noticeable in the questions people bring to jewelers — less “what cut is trending?” and more “where did this...

Walk into any independent jeweler in Cambridge, Edinburgh, or Bristol right now and you’ll notice something has shifted. The classic round brilliant solitaire that universally safe choice couples have defaulted to for decades is sharing...

Somewhere between the Cathedral Quarter and the Titanic Quarter, a lot of couples in Belfast are asking the same question right now: how do I choose an engagement ring that means something, without spending the...

Walk through the Shambles on a Saturday afternoon and you’ll notice something that wasn’t happening five years ago. Couples browsing jewelers’ windows — pausing, pointing, asking questions — and then pulling out their phones to...

Manchester couples planning a wedding this year are increasingly asking the same question: why spend thousands more on a mined diamond when a lab created stone is chemically, physically, and optically identical — and costs...

Plymouth’s diamond district might not rival London’s Hatton Garden, but something interesting has been happening along Royal Parade and in the city’s independent fine jewelry quarters. Walk past three different shops, and you’ll likely find...

Sarah Jenkins stared at two identical-looking rings in the Nottingham jeweler’s display case. Same cut, same clarity, same brilliant sparkle. The price tags told a different story: £3,200 for one, £8,500 for the other. The...

Last Tuesday, a Cambridge biotech executive walked into a King’s Parade jewelry boutique asking to see their “darkest, most ethical diamonds” for her partner’s proposal ring. The request would have seemed contradictory five years ago,...

The Cambridge University student walked into Heffers bookstore last week, black diamond engagement ring gleaming on her finger, and caused something of a stir. Not because of the ring’s size it was modest but because...