Engagement rings’ history: myths and facts nowadays.
Engagement ring is the element of ever lasting love in many countries. It makes two loving certain about their feelings and strengthens them. There are numerous myths and legends about engagement rings. Nowadays no one can make clear how the practice of white gold engagement rings started, but we know this tradition is very romantic and beautiful as engagement rings are going through all difficulties and pleasure of the family. Ring is the union of wife and man.
The old references tell us Romans used to wear wedding ring on the third finger of the left hand. Romans liked iron rings as the attribute of power, strong point and wealth. Records of another early culture - Egyptian - tell Egyptians used wedding rings too and decided to wear the ring on the third finger as that finger’s vein leads straight to the heart. Old Greeks’ culture also tells us about first engagement rings as about ultimate attribute of passion and care.
As time passed people decided to create rings of expencive metals using gold, platinum, silver, etc. So rings eventually had become more ornate, more sparkling and solid. Afterwards precious stones were added to design that made engagement rings creating process like today technology. As you know the hardest and the strongest gem is diamond. Drawing an analogy with human relations people wanted similar strong feelings and began including diamonds in engagement rings design.
Diamond had become a attribute of the unbending union of a man and wife. Discovering of different diamond fields made diamond wedding rings more and more popular and they are still in demand at the fine jewelry market. Other precious stones were good in rings too: rubies, sapphires, amethysts, etc. Non-diamond engagementrings have been popular among less wealthy citizens of their lower cost and easier availability.
It’s important to notice men’s wedding rings have been recognized for a shorter period of time. In early ages wedding rings were given to the women only. The idea of men’s wedding rings had become stylish during World War II when husbands left their wives for war and took the rings as reminders about loved. Today men’s wedding rings’ fashion is as wide spread as women’s.
Jewelry designers create excellent engagement rings with admirable ornament, unusual fashion and different gemstones. But despite varied nature of engagement rings style today we can mark out common features. Nowadays spouses buy unique rings and contemporary styles. Most part of young people likes to see graceful lines and precious metals and gemstones that underline the promise of a future that is to be clear forever. Ring is just reminder about love so keep you feelings clear!