A comprehensive guide to setting styles and diamond shapes to help you get started on your engagement ring.
Engagement Ring Style Explainer
Just getting started on your engagement ring? With so many unique design options and gorgeous diamond shapes, it can be overwhelming to decide what style you love best.
Our Diamond Experts have put together a comprehensive guide to setting styles, diamond shapes, band and basket styles to help you get started on deciding what to choose for your dream engagement ring. If you’re not sure exactly what you’re looking for, or don’t see it here, our friendly experts can help you design something completely custom! Book a consultation to get started.
Step 1: Setting Style
A setting style defines the overall structure of your ring: how the center stone is held, whether the band carries accent diamonds, and the general silhouette. It is usually the first major design decision. Ada offers four core categories of engagement ring setting styles: solitaire, diamond band, halo, and three stone.
Our Solitaire Settings refer to any engagement ring featuring a single diamond. From classic styles to modern bezel or floral baskets, your solitaire can be a one-of-a-kind style that lets the diamond take center stage.
A diamond band engagement ring are a type of ring setting featuring small accent diamonds on the band. Your ring can feature diamonds all the way around the band, or just halfway, allowing your ring to be resized in the future if needed. A diamond band is a stunning way to highlight your center stone, adding gentle sparkle to a contemporary, sophisticated engagement ring.
A halo ring is a setting style that encircles your center lab diamond with a halo of smaller lab diamonds. The halo of smaller diamonds creates brilliant flashes of light to bring out the brilliance of your center stone in any shape or size.
Traditionally, a symbol of past, present, and future, three-stone engagement offer a unique way to combine diamond shapes for style and sparkle. You can choose a traditional combination or make it your own.
Step 2: Diamond Shape
Your diamond shape is typically the most recognizable part of your ring. Ada offers lab diamond center stones in 8 shapes: round, oval, emerald, pear, cushion, radiant, asscher, and princess.
We offer the following shapes as accents or side stones: trillion, trapezoid, half moon, and marquise.
If you want to know more about what makes each individual shape special, read our comprehensive Guide to Lab Diamond Shapes.
Round Brilliant
Oval
Emerald Cut
Pear
Cushion
Radiant
Princess Cut
Asscher
Step 3: Band & Basket Options
Once you’ve figured out a setting style and diamond shape, you can get creative with selecting band and basket options that ensure your ring is a perfect reflection of your style.
The Ada Experience
While we offer many options to customize your engagement ring online, our custom design process offers the opportunity to work one-on-one with a lab diamond expert to bring your ring to life.
Whether you choose to shop online or work with a Concierge to design your ring, you can rest assured that each Ada diamond was hand-selected by our team, and each piece of jewelry is made by hand, in our NYC flagship.
A comprehensive guide to setting styles and diamond shapes to help you get started on your engagement ring.
Engagement Ring Style Explainer
Just getting started on your engagement ring? With so many unique design options and gorgeous diamond shapes, it can be overwhelming to decide what style you love best.
Our Diamond Experts have put together a comprehensive guide to setting styles, diamond shapes, band and basket styles to help you get started on deciding what to choose for your dream engagement ring. If you’re not sure exactly what you’re looking for, or don’t see it here, our friendly experts can help you design something completely custom! Book a consultation to get started.
Step 1: Setting Style
A setting style defines the overall structure of your ring: how the center stone is held, whether the band carries accent diamonds, and the general silhouette. It is usually the first major design decision. Ada offers four core categories of engagement ring setting styles: solitaire, diamond band, halo, and three stone.
Our Solitaire Settings refer to any engagement ring featuring a single diamond. From classic styles to modern bezel or floral baskets, your solitaire can be a one-of-a-kind style that lets the diamond take center stage.
A diamond band engagement ring are a type of ring setting featuring small accent diamonds on the band. Your ring can feature diamonds all the way around the band, or just halfway, allowing your ring to be resized in the future if needed. A diamond band is a stunning way to highlight your center stone, adding gentle sparkle to a contemporary, sophisticated engagement ring.
A halo ring is a setting style that encircles your center lab diamond with a halo of smaller lab diamonds. The halo of smaller diamonds creates brilliant flashes of light to bring out the brilliance of your center stone in any shape or size.
Traditionally, a symbol of past, present, and future, three-stone engagement offer a unique way to combine diamond shapes for style and sparkle. You can choose a traditional combination or make it your own.
Step 2: Diamond Shape
Your diamond shape is typically the most recognizable part of your ring. Ada offers lab diamond center stones in 8 shapes: round, oval, emerald, pear, cushion, radiant, asscher, and princess.
We offer the following shapes as accents or side stones: trillion, trapezoid, half moon, and marquise.
If you want to know more about what makes each individual shape special, read our comprehensive Guide to Lab Diamond Shapes.
Round Brilliant
Oval
Emerald Cut
Pear
Cushion
Radiant
Princess Cut
Asscher
Step 3: Band & Basket Options
Once you’ve figured out a setting style and diamond shape, you can get creative with selecting band and basket options that ensure your ring is a perfect reflection of your style.
The Ada Experience
While we offer many options to customize your engagement ring online, our custom design process offers the opportunity to work one-on-one with a lab diamond expert to bring your ring to life.
Whether you choose to shop online or work with a Concierge to design your ring, you can rest assured that each Ada diamond was hand-selected by our team, and each piece of jewelry is made by hand, in our NYC flagship.
