Unlike the common misconception, rings aren’t just worn for weddings. You can wear them to flaunt your style, make a statement, and for many more reasons. They can be categorized according to purpose, metal, style, stone, and occasion.
Check out the various types of rings below.
Vintage
These are inherited or gifted and are older than thirty years in total. This makes them antique pieces worth preserving. Once it hits 100 years or a full century, it is officially labeled ‘antique.’
Gimmel
A type of wedding band but more than one. It consists of two separate bands that both fiances wore before the wedding in Renaissance England. After the wedding, both were joined together using a small metal pin.
Engagement
These are usually the centerpiece in the jewelry store. The rave in engagement rings is still around diamonds and solitaires crafted inside gold or platinum metal. However, the metal and jewel can be your choice if you don’t want to go the conventional way.
Moissanites are one step below diamonds but are just as precious since it is a rarely found element in nature.
Fashion
These have no rules and can be styled in any shape, color, metal, or size.
Mood
A neat invention to convey your mood to others and yourself. Working on the principle of body temperature, this liquid-filled crystal changes color when you heat up and let loose.
Birthstones
These are rings with the gem associated with your birth month in the center. This is meant to give the wearer good vibes and luck. The stone is usually inscribed like a solitaire in the middle of the ring. If inherited from a parent or grandparent, it can also become a ‘Mother ring.’
Promise
Consider this a trailer for the engagement. It can be in any metal or gem. It symbolizes a cultural or religious promise from the gifter to the wearer.
Wedding band
It serves the same purpose as an engagement ring but has a wider band and no obvious top or bottom side. It can be identical for both husband and wife.
Seal
These types are statement bling today. But back in the day, they were used for sealing paperwork with the family signage by pressing the ring into hot wax. Thereby also naming it signet. The family sign would be engraved onto its surface.
Poesy
These are special romantic ones. They have inscriptions on the inside that lovers would exchange. It would sometimes be poetry, and hence the name poesy.
Cocktail
These are large statement pieces popularized in the Prohibition era. The gemstone in the center is oversized and surrounded by smaller gemstones.
Stack
These are very thing rings all worn on the same finger to showcase a delicate melange of jewelry. It could all be of the same color and style or various ones. You may or may not have gems on them.
There’s a design out there for anyone! Find something that matches your earrings, necklaces, & bracelets. With the right diameter, you can now start your collection of designs. Knowing your accurate finger size will make shipping products easier, especially when buying from overseas British designers. You no longer need your ring finger to look bare with this ring size guide!
There are different materials to explore out there for fingers that have a different widths. We hope you loved these tips!
