Denise wanted a ring with three diamonds. She wanted it to wear for herself and to give to her daughter one day. She liked my ring, I was wearing a white gold solitaire ring made by my favourite goldsmith, with a diamond that I had snatched at an auction.

I came to her house and we discussed the reasons why she liked my ring: the diamond is set quite low, the band is solid and has a good shape, the “crowns” that hold the diamond are noticeably elegant. We decided to make a similar ring for Denise, with three diamonds instead of one.

Just to be sure, we also tried my white gold ring on her daughter who was fascinated by the whole project, and to our surprise: it didn’t look good on her. Yellow gold looked better already but the best colour for her skin tone was rose gold. This has an extra advantage: diamonds don’t have to be the whitest (the most costly), slightly more yellow toned diamonds actually look better in rose gold!