Why Princess Rings Become Very Popular?

The sparkle and brilliance of the stone is the reason why people love Princess rings, which is cut in a square shape and pointy corner.  It is the most popular fancy shaped of diamond rings. It is beautiful brilliance and unique cut makes it becoming favorite’s engagement rings and wedding rings.  Princess rings also have a contemporary and modern appeal.

For a princess rings, princess cuts will look spectacular and brilliant itself as a solitaire rings.  However, the stone are being also pair with other shape of diamonds or moissanites.  Three stone princess engagement rings or a princess cut center stone with side baguette diamonds as accents are beautiful examples.

Princess Diamond Rings

The Princess diamond is the second most popular diamond shape and highlights the diamonds internal light reflective properties. Princess cut diamonds first appeared almost thirty years ago, and the innovation of a Los Angeles diamond cutter named Israel Itzkowitz. Prior to this time, the stones used in diamond rings was either “round cut” with equal cuts around the face of the stone or “square cut” meaning that four sides were long and the other four were short, so the face of the diamond approximated a rectangular shape.

A princess cut diamond ring is the result of three years of intense study on the part of Itzkowitz in his attempts to come up with a cut that combined the best features of both the round and the square cuts.

Among diamond cutters, princess cut diamonds are the more desirable, as this particular cut wastes very little of the rough diamond; thus, the diamond retains more of its original carat weight. This also makes princess cut diamonds less expensive than their traditionally round cut counterparts. The hold onto crystal weight after cutting makes this shape popular amongst diamond cutters and jewelers.

Read the rest of this guide »