UK Jewellery Awards - Where the Real Stars Shine!

We all adore jewellery. Whether it is gold, silver, diamond, platinum or any other precious metal/stone, beautiful pieces of jewellery make us look beautiful from head to toe! But how many of us appreciate the ones who create gorgeous piece of jewellery that we proudly flaunt?

We read often the innovative creations in jewellery like a ring made out of a whole diamond or shoes studded with sparkling diamonds! However, they deserve much more than just few pleasant words in the newspaper.

The ‘UK Jewellery Awards’ is just doing that! This event is a platform exclusively meant to felicitate the jewellery industry. Every year around the mid, various people belonging to the jewellery industry are awarded and appreciated for their contribution to the retail sector.

They have some amazing categories that cover everyone in the jewellery retail market, right from connoisseurs of jewellery to the new entrants. Catwalk Jewels of the Year, Independent Retailer of the Year, Jewellery Brand of the Year, Jewellery Designer of the Year, E-tailer of the Year, New Designer of the Year are some of the many categories.

They have also announced three new categories for the UK Jewellery Awards, 2012. The new categories are Outstanding Contribution to the Industry, Luxury Watch Brand of the Year and Marketing Campaign of the Year that will further tighten the screws of the completion and will also add more spice to the award show.

The judging process is very fair and independent. The winner goes through intense scrutiny that includes mystery shopping, official editorial visits and independent audit. This process ensures that only the best man (woman) wins!

UK Jewellery Awards is truly an event that celebrates the brain behind the beautiful pieces of jewellery!

Vintage Engagement Ring is a Hit with the Stars!

Even celebrities have not been spared from the magic of vintage engagement rings. That’s why you can often spot some of the most famous names flashing their vintage sparkler on the red carpet. 

Kat Von D is one such famous celebrity. When she was spotted wearing a huge vintage ring on her ring finger, the media started buzzing that she got engaged to Jesse James, Sandra Bullock’s ex-husband! Though she denied the engagement news, she admitted that the ring is from the 1900’s and that just kind of craftsmanship is not visible in contemporary designs. Kat Von D has always been great fan of vintage jewellery and hence it comes as a no surprise that she has a huge Victorian collection!

Madonna used to wear a gorgeous three-stone set antique engagement ring. The vintage style engagement ring featured antique style round cut stones set on Edwardian style platinum band with brilliant bead and mill grain work everywhere. 

Michael Douglas slipped a 10-carat marquise cut 1920’s engagement ring in Catherine Zeta Jones’s finger. The centre stone is surrounded by 28 smaller stones and became an absolute hit among the critics. 

Other celebrities who are a part of the huge list of people in love with vintage jewellery are Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Jessica Biel.

Gerald Online - the Online Jewellery Store!

In economics, demand is defined as the desire to own anything, the ability to pay for it, and the willingness to pay. Well, when it comes to diamond jewellery, majority of the people have the desire to own them, have the willingness to pay but curse their luck due to the inability to pay for it.

If even you feel that diamond jewellery is very expensive and is out of your reach, then Gerald Online - the online jewellery store will come to your rescue. Introducing a new concept in jewellery retailing, Gerald online is Britain's biggest online jewellery retailer.

Brainchild of Mr. Gerald Ratner, a man with years of experience in the jewellery business, Gerald Online - the online jewellery store offers a range of supreme quality diamond jewellery and hall-market gold and silver jewellery at unbelievably low prices.

They have huge collection of rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and pendants that are suitable for every occasion. Each piece of jewellery is crafted by skilled craftsmen with intricate designs, thus there is no need to worry about the quality. And what more, Gerald Online is always buzzing with exciting offers and discounts that will make your purchase even more worthwhile.

Every purchase made online is a secured transaction and the order is dispatched by Royal Mail. If for some unfortunate reasons you would want to return the jewellery, then they also have a 30 days money back guarantee.

For a first-hand experience, visit their website and make the most of the discounts and offers!

Top Five Celebrity Engagement Rings!

Whether a celebrity couple has a sweet or bitter ending, right from courtship period to the break-up each part of their relationship manages to grab attention of the general viewers. One such news that generates the most curiosity is celebrity engagements. The engagement is scrutinized and dissected to the core. Some are dismissed as obnoxious and others get all the ooh’s and ahh’s.

Fifth on the list is a 10 carat, marquise-cut antique diamond ring given by Michael Douglas to his actress wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The estimated value of the ring is 1.28 million pounds. The couple is very much together even now!

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's 40-carat diamond ring from Aristotle Onassis was auctioned for 1.6 million pounds in 1996. This makes it the fourth most expensive engagement ring in the history.

Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kris Humphries ended as quickly as they got married! But not before earning her the third spot. Kim’s ring had a 16.5 carat emerald-cut diamond that was flanked by two 2-carat trapezoids. With a grand total of 20.5 carats, the ring cost Kris 1.28 million pounds.

Sitting proudly at the second spot is Melania Knauss’s enormous diamond engagement ring given by the super-rich Donald Trump. The ring cost him a whopping £ 1.9 million and why not? A 15 carat flawless diamond comes with that price tag. He probably didn’t want to take any chance as he was marrying for the third time! The 15 carat ring is rated as a flawless diamond.

The most expensive engagement ring belonged to Paris Hilton. Though the engagement lasted only for 6 months, 24-carat emerald cut diamond ring has still maintained the top spot, thanks to its price tag! The £ 3 million ring was given to her by former boyfriend, Paris Latis which was later sold off in a charity event.