Jewelry & Watches
Bold and Beautiful

Bold and dramatic oversized rings with an eye-popping central stone – hemmed in by smaller precious and semi-precious stones – are perfect party accessories, especially when you need a bit more oomph. Cocktail rings, as the name suggests, are a jewellery box necessity. They’ve been around since the 1920s American Prohibition era when people would hold cocktail parties in secret. Women would slip on big baubles and chunky rings to make a bejeweled statement with emeralds, sapphires, rubies adorned with paved diamonds being hot favourites. These rings soon gained popularity as ‘cocktail’ rings and continued to be worn not only at cocktail events but at day-dos too.

Colourful, clever, creative and fun interpretations have ensured jewellery lovers have a steady stream of design and style to choose from. Luxury brands, independent designers and artist jewellers have been pushing the creative boundaries to explore various designs for cocktail rings, delving into the realm of jewellery art – be it coy and subtle statement pieces or brazen and daring ones.

Gemfields has spectacular emerald rings that can add a dollop of sparkle to any outfit, while luxury jewellery houses such as Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chaumet, Chopard, Dior Joaillerie, David Morris, Fabergé, de Grisogono, Harry Winston, Piaget, Tiffany&Co, Van Cleef & Arpels have fabulous statement pieces embellished with precious stones that range from bold and beautiful to knock-out pieces, making these rings a perfect conversation starter. Do combine these spectacular rings with a simpler pair of earrings or bracelet.

The trick is not to overdo!

And now that the party season is just round the corner, our edit of opulent, eye-catching rings will provide you with inspiration before you go jewel shopping.

 

Take a look at our picks in the Photo Gallery below. 

Smitha Sadanandan



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