This winter’s top bridal ring styles are bold, bright, and beautifully diverse. It’s a season of lush color, maximalist proportions, modern shapes, and fresh twists on timeless designs. Whether you love classic styles or bold modern pieces, you’ll find something you love in winter’s top engagement rings and wedding bands.
Diamond Alternatives
While white diamonds are still the most popular gemstone for bridal rings, designs featuring diamond alternatives are becoming more popular every year. Diamond alternatives are one of the biggest trends of 2024 and they remain in high demand as we head into winter wedding season.
Couples are particularly drawn to colorful gemstone engagement rings, especially those featuring blue sapphires. Other trending diamond alternatives include pink sapphires, rubies, tourmalines, and moissanites.
Unique Solitaires
Solitaire engagement rings are always top sellers, but the most popular solitaires for winter have unique details that set them apart from the traditional diamond solitaires that normally dominate the category. Think east-west settings, two-tone bands, colorful stone choices, wider bands, and unexpected proportions.
Cluster Rings
Many of the year’s most popular ring styles favor minimalism, but cluster rings are a trending option with an inherently intricate look. These rings feature a cluster of gemstones arranged to create the illusion of a single stone. Cluster rings are an excellent option for those who prefer intricacy over simplicity, and for those who appreciate this style’s impressively affordable price point.
Black Diamonds
Black diamonds are always popular for men’s wedding rings, but they’re currently trending for women as well. This trend is likely due to a popular celebrity ring: model Gabriette Bechtel’s black diamond engagement ring, given to her by singer-songwriter Matty Healy of The 1975.
Gabriette’s edgy, eye-catching ring features an oval cut black diamond center stone set in a white diamond halo. Since Gabriette revealed her ring via Instagram over the summer, black diamond center stones and accent stones have had a noticeable surge in popularity.
Vintage Designs
If you favor romantic designs, consider one of the season’s trending antique or vintage engagement ring styles. Consider a Georgian style design with nature-inspired details or an Art-Deco-era-inspired ring with playful geometric accents.
Wedding Ring Stacks
Traditionally, wedding ring stacks contain two rings: an engagement ring and a wedding band. Traditional stacks may also feature a third band: an anniversary band. However, many modern brides are eschewing tradition and are simply wearing as many rings as they like in their stacks, including fashion rings. This trend provides an opportunity for people to express more of their personal style as they experiment with different ring combinations.
Oversized Stones
This year, many people are going big and bold with their center stones. This is likely tied to a widespread fashion jewelry trend toward favoring large, chunky designs. It’s also likely made possible by the wide availability of natural diamond alternatives, such as lab diamonds and moissanite, which have made larger stones more accessible on a smaller budget.
Sculptural Shapes
Sculptural shapes are trending for both fashion jewelry and bridal jewelry. People are gravitating toward abstract contemporary shapes and striking geometric designs for their engagement rings and wedding bands. A sculptural pick is the perfect engagement ring for someone with an eye for bold pieces of jewelry.
Unique Stone Shapes
Unique stone shapes are trending for both colored gemstone and diamond rings. Some of the most popular include elongated diamond shapes like emerald cut, oval cut, and marquise cut. These shapes can make traditional engagement ring styles, such as the three stone style pictured above, look decidedly fresh and new.
Eternity Bands
Rather than choosing a traditional engagement design with a single stone as its focal point, people are opting to wear eternity bands as engagement rings. Glittering round brilliant cut and icy baguette diamond bands are the top choices in this category.
Find More Bridal Rings for Winter Weddings
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