Engagement Ring Trends 2026: What Couples Are Actually Buying
Lab-grown at 61%, round vs. oval, the yellow gold comeback, solitaires and custom edits: 2026 engagement ring trends from The Knot's survey of couples married in 2025.
The Journal
Straight answers before you buy: how lab-grown diamonds compare, what the 4Cs mean, how to choose a setting, size a ring, care for your jewelry and sell gold. Written at our showroom in Paramus.
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Engagement Ring Settings: Prong vs. Bezel, Halo, Pavé and More
Prong vs. bezel compared, how many prongs a diamond needs, the best settings for oval, round and emerald cuts, which settings are hard to resize, and how to keep one secure.
Does Your Wedding Band Have to Match Your Engagement Ring?
Matching isn't required: how to pair a wedding band with your engagement ring by fit, metal and shape, which diamond bands can't be resized, and the yellow gold trend.
Men's Wedding Bands: Gold vs. Platinum, Diamonds and Resizing
How to choose a men's wedding band you will wear every day: karat gold or platinum, what "solid" has to mean, whether diamonds make sense, and which bands can be resized later.
Vintage vs. Modern Engagement Rings: True Vintage, Vintage-Inspired or New?
The real choice is between a true vintage ring, a new vintage-inspired ring, and a modern design. How they compare on history, sizing, upkeep and what to check before you buy.
Upgrading Your Engagement Ring: Center Stone, Setting or a New Design
The three ways to upgrade an engagement ring, what each costs you in time, when a new setting beats another repair, and how gold trade-in credit can help.
Halo Engagement Rings: Classic, Double and Hidden Halos Explained
What a halo does, how classic, double and hidden halos differ, how a halo pairs with a wedding band, and the care a halo ring needs.