making the cut
Whether you’re just starting your engagement ring search or obsessing over your new rock, learn what’s special about each shape, and how to update each style. Bonus: We scoped out hundreds of diamonds to show you some cool, new trends.
round
The most common brilliant-cut diamond (its cone shape maximizes light return) has 58 facets, and it’s shaped like—you guessed it—a circle. As a solitaire (a single round diamond with no side stones), it’s clearly the most iconic of all engagement rings.
When it comes to round-cut stones, there’s one setting that reigns supreme: the prong setting (which secures the diamond like an upside-down tripod on the band). Not only
