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| 'For Better...' Wives look to ratchet up wedding rings - Daily Item Posted: 02 Jun 2010 09:02 AM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. NEW YORK — When Elizabeth Robichaux Brown got married nine years ago, she made a vow to love her husband, for better or for worse, until their dying days. She did not make that same kind of commitment to her ring. So, a few months ago, she did what more and more women are doing: She gave her original engagement ring an upgrade, placing two stones — which she calls "the twins" — on each side of her solitaire diamond. "When I first got my ring, it was like, 'OK, I like this ring.' But I knew that eventually I would make it a different type of ring," she said. "I got a carat and a half pear when I got married, but I always knew I wanted two pears on the side." While Brown added on, some women are trading in their original engagement rings and wedding bands for something else. No longer seen as a symbol to be worn for an eternity, rings are being upgraded like some people trade in cars or remodel an aging kitchen. "I started hearing it about a decade ago," said jewelry designer Carol Brodie, who designed gems for the prestigious Harry Winston before striking out with her own line on HSN. "It didn't necessarily mean bigger, it didn't necessarily mean better — trading up means more about lifestyle." But sometimes it is about bigger, better — and more fashionable. While gold bands were standards for decades, today many women wear white gold, platinum or other metals; and cuts and settings change too. "I think it's natural to want something different," said Megan Flynn of M. Flynn Accessories, which custom designs engagement and wedding rings. "Rings do go out of style. A lot of women want that vintage look, with the diamond in the center and the small diamonds around it." Some stores even promote the idea of an upgrade when a ring is purchased, offering trade-in value for the original ring for something more spectacular. There is also the idea of the "pushing present" — getting a new diamond for giving birth to a child. Annie Loughead, married for three years, got her ring upgrade in the past few weeks, right after the birth of her daughter. Loughead said she had designs on a new design for her ring, however, almost as soon as it landed on her finger. Like Brown, she got a solitaire diamond; hers was a classic, Tiffany-cut, 2.1-carat ring. As a wedding band, she actually got two rings with small diamonds all around them, to sandwich her solitaire. "I really loved it, but what happened was that now that I have a baby ... it's a pain to have three different rings," Loughead said. "And I kind of did always want my engagement ring to have diamonds all the way around, but my husband, at the time he couldn't afford it." Now, Loughead has just one diamond ring, but it's 3 carats — her original diamond with smaller diamonds all around the band. She initially was hesitant to broach the subject with her husband: "I was afraid it was going to hurt his feelings, and he was like, 'No, get whatever makes you happy.'" Brodie said that sometimes it's the man who actually makes the first move. "When people are trading up, I've often seen the man coming in," she said. "Then they bring the woman back with them to narrow down the decision-making, and then the man comes back and makes the purchase." Newlywed Mike DiScala upgraded his wife's ring even before the marriage. "The first ring I got her was quarter-carat, because the funds were not there, and then I splurged on her and I got her a 1.5 carat," he said. He's already planning on another upgrade at the five-year mark, to 2 carats. "She's my heart, and my soul mate," he explained. Not all men are easygoing about having the band they purchased exchanged for another. When the conversation came up at a recent couples dinner, the husbands scoffed at the idea of "trading up" on their purchase — "What if he wants to upgrade HER?" one joked. Flynn says sometimes women make up excuses for wanting another ring — "it hurts my finger" is a good one. "They don't want to insult their husbands and whoever picked it out," she said. One reason why Brown didn't get a new ring was that she didn't want to get rid of the diamond her husband originally gave her. "It was just so sentimental to me, so I decided that I was going to add on and make it the ring that I want it to be," she said. In the years to come, she said, she might think of trading it in — but also sees herself getting a new ring for her right hand. Loughead thinks she's done with the upgrades, but adds with a laugh, "It's kind of like plastic surgery — I would never say never. But I would hope, hope that I could keep it, because I really love it now." Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Thousands of Dollars worth of Jewelry Stolen - WSAZ Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:57 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- More than $8,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from homes in Huntington. Tuesday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., a woman in the Altizer area told police someone broke into her home through a side door. Once inside, she says the thief took $4,940 worth jewelry, including a $1,500 gold ring and a wedding band. She said nothing else was missing in the home. Partial fingerprints were able to be lifted. The second jewelery theft happened on Bradley Road. The woman said between May 1 and May 30, $3,230 dollars worth of jewelry was taken, including a $75 gold lighter and a $250 anniversary band. She said the jewelery was in boxes, in her bedroom closet. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| The Wedding Accessory Superstore Announces New Wedding ... - PR Inside Posted: 02 Jun 2010 02:31 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. 2010-06-02 23:33:01 - PHOENIX, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 06/02/10 -- The Wedding Accessory Superstore (TheWASonline.com) is proud to announce that its innovative concept for the wedding industry, "You get the wedding gown, we've got everything else!" is still going strong.
The Phoenix area's largest wedding superstore, The Wedding Accessory Superstore features aisles of mother of the groom and mother of the bride dresses :
Although the Phoenix brick and mortar location and TheWASonline.com focus on three specialties: mother of the groom/mother of the bride dresses, bridesmaid dresses and flower girl dresses, that doesn't mean less variety or selection. Wedding shoppers all over the world will delight in finding over 15,000 items in one quick and convenient location.
"Stores that carry wedding gowns have such a large inventory investment that there is barely anything left for all the extras," says Kim Strauss, owner and founder of the Wedding Accessory Superstore. "What makes us different is that we prefer to carry all the extras. I guess you could call us the rebel of the wedding industry."
"We carry over 25 of the top mother of the bride and groom dress lines, including some of the industry's top leaders such as Soulmates dresses :
The friendly and knowledgeable staff at the Wedding Accessory Superstore is available 7 days a week to answer any and all questions. For additional information, call 602-971-3100 or visit www.TheWASonline.com :
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About The Wedding Accessory Superstore:
Since 2006, The Wedding Accessory Superstore has provided the largest selection of bridesmaid dresses, mother of the bride dresses, flower girl dresses and special occasion gowns along with veils, tiaras, jewelry, invitations, shoes, tuxedos, ceremony and reception items and so much more, in many beautiful styles, sizes and price ranges.
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