I like silver-toned metals for everything, but NOT for settings for my diamonds.
There is a very simple reason:
CONTRAST.
Whenever I am given a gift of diamond jewlerry, the stone(s) is/are usually smallish, (no complaints though! Are you kidding?! ) and people ALWAYS tend to buy them in silver-toned settings. Sometimes even with a sort of bumpy texture that really RENDERS INVISIBLE the little stone.
I guess the idea is to "magnify" by not providing the contrast, but I just don't think that works. When your setting is SILVER-toned (esp. light/white), your stone "disappears" into it.
That's why they always display diamond jewlerry on BLACK velvet -- it's as opposite to white&hard as it gets!
I really believe that yellow GOLD brings out the perfect, scintillating sparkle of diamonds (can you tell I love them?), but I am ready for you to convince me otherwise!
If you always prefer a silver-toned setting for your diamond(s), please tell me why!
There is a very simple reason:
CONTRAST.
Whenever I am given a gift of diamond jewlerry, the stone(s) is/are usually smallish, (no complaints though! Are you kidding?! ) and people ALWAYS tend to buy them in silver-toned settings. Sometimes even with a sort of bumpy texture that really RENDERS INVISIBLE the little stone.
I guess the idea is to "magnify" by not providing the contrast, but I just don't think that works. When your setting is SILVER-toned (esp. light/white), your stone "disappears" into it.
That's why they always display diamond jewlerry on BLACK velvet -- it's as opposite to white&hard as it gets!
I really believe that yellow GOLD brings out the perfect, scintillating sparkle of diamonds (can you tell I love them?), but I am ready for you to convince me otherwise!
If you always prefer a silver-toned setting for your diamond(s), please tell me why!
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