Diamond Engagement Rings & Wedding Rings

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The trend this season is… there is no trend! Just be yourself, express yourself however you want and dare to be individual and different. With this mind, there’s been quite an increase in unusual themed weddings – from fairy tales, through Steampunk and vintage to a 1980’s theme; basically anything you’re into.

Blackcarat.co.uk are currently in the build-up to the Wedding Fair season. In the UK, nationwide shows (generally held at country house hotels, out-of-town hotels and golf courses) tend to start about September and go through the winter to late February – all in anticipation of up-coming weddings for the following spring and summer.

Whether you’re a footie fanatic or a football widow, you can’t failed to have noticed the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa this summer.

April 1st 2010 and the price of precious metals continues to rise. The first quarter of this year has seen a 17.4% growth in price of palladium (bringing it to its highest since March 2008), 12% growth in the price of platinum (its highest since August 2008) and a smaller 1.5% increase in the price of gold.* Gold has now hit $1,114 per ounce and none of the prices have yet peaked.

In times of recession and tightening the shoestrings, the traditional big wedding is the obvious cutback. These days many people get married abroad and in private, so saving money, but many feel forced to cancel/postpone their wedding altogether as a means of making ends meet.

Tradition used to say you should spend from one and a half to three months’ wages on an engagement ring, but a wedding ring is quite different. These days, with internet shopping and price competitiveness, it’s easier to work within a tight budget that suits modern living, especially at times of cost cutting.