Flashy engagement rings have long been par for the course among betrothed A-listers, but lately it feels like they’ve been getting bigger. Much bigger.
Last month, the Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo proposed to his longtime girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez with an oval diamond large enough to obstruct half her knuckle. With an estimated weight of 25 to 35 carats, the gem swamped Rodríguez’s finger and sparked criticism online for its inordinate size.
And it isn’t the only supersized stone to draw headlines this year. While officially engaged since 2023, Lauren Sanchez Bezos gave the world its first real glimpse of her ring at a wedding party in Venice in June. Whisked across the Venetian canals on a private water taxi, Sanchez Bezos’ rare pink diamond (worth an estimated $3 million to $5 million, and somewhere in the proximity of 30 carats) didn’t so much catch the light but grabbed it out of the sky with a hefty gravitational pull.
Now, Taylor Swift has joined the fray with her mine-cut antique diamond engagement ring — though the singer’s rock likely weighs a more modest seven to 10 carats, according to jewelry experts. The ring was reportedly designed by Swift’s fiancé Travis Kelce in collaboration with jeweler Kindred Lubeck, founder of the New York-based brand Artifex Fine.
“This isn’t somebody who just went into the shop and said ‘I want the biggest diamond,’” said Garret Weldon, president of the Irish Antique Dealers Association and owner of the Dublin-based jeweler, Weldon.
