There is a popular engagement ring style described with the phrase ‘you and me’. It has a coiled metal band that features two stones next to each other where the band meets around our finger. It is quite a romantic gemstone engagement ring style, symbolizing two lovers uniting.
It is a style for a gemstone engagement ring that became popular way back in 1976, as Napoleon Bonaparte popped the question with it. Conventionally, it features two different gemstones in matching cuts and sizes. Today, however, jewelers use contrasts in gemstone sizes, cuts, and diamond ring settings to achieve a much more contemporary style. Keep reading to know more about the so-called ‘Toi et moi’ gemstone engagement ring style.
Popular You And Me-Style Engagement Rings
Jackie Kennedy had her engagement ring of this style redesigned. The original diamond and emerald jewelry piece also featured diamond baguettes. However, Jackie Kennedy replaced the baguettes with marquise-shaped diamonds.
There is much history attached to this style, but today’s A-list celebrities prove that it has a timeless appeal. Actor Sebastian Bear-McClard popped the question with a princess cut diamond engagement ring, featuring a pear-cut diamond. This ring from the actor to model Emily Ratajkowski is made of an 18-Karat gold band.
Another celebrity with you and me engagement ring is singer Ariana Grande. The ring features an oval-shaped diamond, set in a way that it is turned in a horizontal direction, perpendicular to her finger. There is also a pearl gemstone set in the ring. According to Ariana Grande’s fans, the pearl stone came from the tie-pin of her grandfather.
Music video director Alan Ferguson popped the question with a one-of-a-kind you and me ring. Ferguson gave his fiancée Solange a gold ring with the so-called Art Deco style as well as a square-shaped diamond and an emerald-shaped diamond around the square stone. There is a small gap between those two gemstones set in the ring.
It is possible to use you and me ring for something other than a marriage proposal. For instance, reality TV personality Kylie Jenner and her daughter Stormi have you and me-style rings. Jenner revealed online that her partner Travis Scott got matching rings for them. It seems that these are their early Christmas gifts from rapper Travis Scott. Reportedly, toddler Stormi’s ring costs about $40,000 as well as it has diamonds between 2 and 5 carats or so.