The designer Kitty Fuller, founder of jewellery brand Kitty Joyas, attributes the growing interest in coloured gemstones to brides’ desire for rings that reflect their individuality. “I think people are warming up to the idea of wearing engagement and fine jewellery that has no rules, and instead leans into the unique quirks of one’s personality,” she says. Trends will come and go but the hope is that you’ll wear your engagement ring every day for the rest of your life, so it’s all the more important to pick one that feels like you.
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ICYMI, butter yellow is the colour of the season, and newlyweds Phoebe Lettice Thompson, a stylist, and her wife Noelle Nikkah, were ahead of the curve. Noelle proposed with a yellow diamond that previously belonged to her mother. “The yellow stone really reflects my mom’s personality,” Noelle tells me, going on to describe her as someone who brings “brightness into any room”. “It feels like a perfect fit seeing Phoebe wear the ring every day – she radiates the same kind of warmth and light”.
When it came to designing her own engagement ring – which she did unknowingly – Kitty naturally gravitated towards pink sapphires, finding that “they embodied that extra playful and romantic charm that so strongly resonated with me”.
In 2025, amidst the lingering economic impacts of Brexit, a pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, budget could well be a driving factor in the trend – especially while the trend for chunky rings reigns supreme. “[The trend] requires a large stone to really max the look,” Bear points out, “so a large diamond may not be possible, but a large coloured stone may well be. Most significantly, gone are the days of people feeling shy that their friends didn’t know the name of the stone in their engagement ring.” Now, she says, “It’s a badge of honour to have something that not…
