Monaco Men Women Fashion 2014 Diamond Engagement Ring 115

Monaco Men Women Fashion 2014 Diamond Engagement Ring. 

By Farzana Aamir.

The diamond’s association with love, now well entrenched, was fuelled by the Romantic mood of the early nineteenth century, influenced by the young Queen Victoria and her passion for sentimental jewels

Before their marriage, her beloved Albert had given her an enamel band set with a single diamond as a gift of love, and her engagement ring was a serpent, ancient symbol of protection and eternity. While popular betrothal rings were laden with hearts, hands and love knots, as nineteenth-century prosperity gathered pace, the diamond element became more substantial and modern traditions took root: the half-hoop of diamonds, the three-stone diamond ring, the ‘gypsy’ setting, in which the diamonds are set into the gold band.