Engagement - Understated

Understated engagement rings by independent designers: slim solitaires, small clusters and coloured-stone settings in solid gold and platinum. These are rings for a non-traditional bride, or anyone who prefers a quieter stone. Satomi Kawakita Jewelry sets brown and white diamonds in fine bands, offered in platinum and yellow, white or rose gold. Lore Van Keer works in 18ct gold with cluster and half-eternity settings.

For an alternative engagement ring, there is Irena Chmura Jewellery's emerald and diamond Antheia ring, or A. M. Thorne's one-of-a-kind icy grey pear diamond.