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Why diamonds say "I love you."
Newly engaged women flaunt their "rocks," Marilyn Monroe sang about "a girl’s best friend," and being "iced" is the style on the streets. Diamonds have become American icons of wealth and refinement, and while there’s no question that the little gems are something special—diamond is the hardest natural substance known to man—their status today has much more to do with marketing strategy than any inherent quality, and being aware of their history will help you sparkle with both intelligence and style.
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Edward Jay Epstein, journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of … Read More
'Parks and Recreation' sparks the debate for us: do all women want gifts of diamonds?
On a recent episode of Parks and Recreation, Tom (played by the genius Aziz Ansari) claims to know what women really want. When discussing gift options with Mark (Paul Schneider) on the Amy Poehler-driven sitcom, he stressed the importance of giving a girl's best friend:
"Women love diamonds, even the super left-wing chicks who saw Blood Diamond and cried. When they get one, they're like 'Yea! Give me more blood diamonds. Make them extra bloody.'" No Boyfriend, No Bling
Mark, on the other hand, planned to give his girlfriend, Ann (Rashida Jones), a laptop case. She had mentioned she needed … Read More
Engagement ring details on Danielle Deleasa's 3 carats from Kevin Jonas.
How about some roll to go with that rock? According to Perez Hilton, Kevin Jonas went all out for his new fiancee Danielle Deleasa when he popped the question this week. Kevin Jonas Engaged
New York City's Jacob & Co. (better known as Jacob the Jeweler, bedazzler to the stars) custom-made the ring, designing it in platinum with a single 3-carat cushion-cut diamond solitaire (holy wow!). The stone is surrounded by 210 round brilliant-cut pave diamonds. (Help us, we're blind! A girl could get a crooked spine wearing that ring!) Read More
The Break Up actor can't seem to shake his reputation for messing things up with his leading lady.
When we heard Vince Vaughn was engaged, we all breathed a sign of relief that The Break Up star was finally settling down. After all, a man can only gain so much weight and date so many co-stars before he becomes otherwise undesirable.
But Kyla Weber, the Canadian real estate agent to whom Vaughn is engaged, was so taken with the funny man that she promptly dumped her longtime boyfriend after locking lips with Vaughn at a pal's wedding. Read: How To Be A Good Wedding Guest Without Going Broke
The pair were promptly engaged by … Read More
Looking to get engaged? Thinking about that ring? Forget the 4C's, watch Love U to find out the 3B's of ring shopping! Also, learn creative uses for that family heirloom.
Can taking off your wedding ring be freeing?
I never take my engagement ring off. I wear it in the shower, to bed, at the swimming pool–everywhere. This past weekend I finally found a place I couldn’t wear it–in the boxing ring. I took a 3-day boxing bootcamp where I had to wrap my hands, don big boxing gloves and hit the crap out of pads and bags (it was very cathartic).
Friday night, I slipped off my ring and put it in its box, nestled next to my future wedding band. All weekend, I kept getting this nagging feeling that something was wrong. What had I forgotten? … Read More
A short history of how the diamond engagement ring came to prominence.
Have you ever wondered why we first began lusting after diamonds? Blame it on one enterprising archduke, who arguably started the tradition.
One of the first recorded uses of a diamond engagement ring was Archduke Maximilian of Austria's proposal to Mary of Burgundy with a ring set with thin, flat pieces of diamonds in the shape of an "M."
But we can trace this mark-your-territory wedding trend way, way back, eons before Max and his fair Lady M.
Below, how our love affair with the rock slowly evolved.
Pre-History: The caveman tied cords made of braided grass around his chosen … Read More
A girl's best friend brings bling below the belt.
"It is very comfortable, it's not heavy or scratchy or anything," the Romanian model who wore the $122,000 underwear down a Singapore runway told Reuters last week.
If you've been searching for something to wear with your $12.5 million diamond bra from Victoria's Secret, this thong has your name, along with more than 500 brilliant cut diamonds, all over it.
While jewelry in other places, like pierced into one's nipple, recently caused a ruckus at a Texas airport, we wonder how the underwear -- complete with 27 white gold tassles -- would pass through … Read More
Why did diamonds become a girl's best friend in the first place?
Recently my unattached friend Katie told me that she had taken a trip to Tiffany's, solo, to try on diamond engagement rings. I shot her a look. "But they're just so sparkly!" she protested, deeply in lust.
Before another friend's bachelorette party, doing fact-finding for the old "How Well Do You Know Each Other?" game, I asked her groom-to-be what was the best gift he’d ever given her. "The rock, of course," he replied instantly.
Later on, his fiancée's answer lined up neatly: "That’s gotta be my ring!" she shouted to a limo full of hooting, nodding female heads, most of them … Read More
