Jennifer Lawrence & Cooke Maroney pictured in New York in summer 2018.
WE JUST LOVE A CELEBRITY PROPOSAL
As a jeweller that loves nothing more than a romantic moment, the news of a celebrity engagement always get us excited. What style did he choose? Did he go for a diamond? The shape? The size? The spend? :) Celebrity proposals give us a further insight into the lives, loves and preferences of the rich and famous and we just love to read all about them. With this in mind we thought we would document our favourite proposal moments of the last year; what they chose, how they did it and of course, IF THEY SAID YES?!
JENNIFER LOPEZ & ALEX RODRIGUEZ
MELTING HEARTS ON THE OCEANSIDE
Imagine the fresh breeze of an evening stroll in the Bahamas; the sunsetting, the romance building, holding hands as the evening dusk settles. Then BAM! you're boyfriend drops to one knee and greets you with the most incredible 18 carat,YES 18 CARAT Emerald Cut solitaire engagement ring. It would be hard not to say yes right? The proposal was literal perfection and the couple continued the celebrations with their families, the moment captured in stunning heart felt photos for the world to enjoy and the news shared with their millions of social media fans and supporters. In the midst of all the romance we nearly forget to mention what the ring is worth: $1.8million..... wow!
“There aren’t many words to share with you, only feelings. Gratitude. Excitement. And just … joy,” @arod
JENNIFER LAWRENCE & COOKE MARONEY
AFTER JUST EIGHT MONTHS
At the beginning of February, it was confirmed that Jennifer Lawrence had gotten engaged to Cooke Maroney, after just eight months of dating. The Oscar-winning actress well known for her incredible roles in Silver Linings Playbook, the X-Men movies, The Hunger Games, Joy and many more has since proudly showing her emerald-cut diamond ring and its easy to see why. The ring is an absolute knockout, similar in style to that of J-Lo. with a single Emerald cut diamond sat on a platinum band. We estimate the diamond to be between 4 & 5 carats, worth a staggering £120,000. Definitely the ring that dreams are made of!!
KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM
LIVING THE TEENAGE DREAM
Superstar singer Katy Perry announced her engagement to Orlando Bloom on 15th February, following his surprise Valentine's Day proposal. As perfect as it sounds, the proposal took place in a helicopter although it didn't go entirely to plan. One thing's for sure though, she loves her diamond and ruby engagement ring, which she had dropped some hints about beforehand. And who can blame her?
Orlando pulled out all the stops to ensure his proposal was a romantic and memorable affair – but it didn't all go to plan! The Chained to the Rhythm singer shared all the details of her engagement during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, revealing that it happened after a dinner date on Valentine's Day. While Katy thought they were going to an art exhibition, she was surprised when their car pulled up to a helicopter pad, to take them on a private flight. "We had champagne in the helicopter and the box was in his pocket, and he had written down everything he wanted to say in a note to divert," Katy said. "He was going to pull [the ring box] out while I was reading it."
However, as Orlando subtly tried to pull the ring box out of his pocket without Katy noticing, he ripped the jacket and knocked a champagne bottle with his elbow, almost blowing the special moment. "I'm still reading this note and he's pulling out this box that's too big for his coat pocket and his elbow goes into the champagne and I'm like, 'No, I'm just reading this note, I know you're not doing anything,'" she said.
The actor was obviously confident that Katy wouldn't turn him down, as he had already gathered their friends and family nearby for an engagement party, which is where they took the Instagram photos that shared their happy news, giving a first glimpse at Katy's dazzling ring. "He did so well," she said of Orlando's elaborate plans.
Katy also admitted she had given her boyfriend some hints about the types of engagement rings she likes before he presented her with her striking ring that consists of eight white diamonds surrounding a large crimson coloured stone. "I voiced my opinions," she joked.
FLEUR EAST & MARCEL BADIANE-ROBIN
NINE YEARS TOGETHER
X-FACTOR and I’m a Celebrity star Fleur East is to marry her longterm love Marcel
Badiane-Robin after he popped the question on a romantic holiday in Japan last year.
Announcing their happy news in Japan, a bucket list destination for the couple, Fleur
recalls how the fashion designer got down on one knee whilst staying at the Hoshinoya,
Tokyo and presented her with a yellow diamond ring (one of our favourite engagement
ring styles). "I said yes immediately!" Fleur exclaimed. "How Marcel did everything was
just wonderful. We're in a really traditional Japanese hotel and there were petals on the
bed and champagne – when we first got here I was like, 'Oh my goodness, this hotel goes
above and beyond!' Then I turned around and he was there, with the ring. He said: 'Fleur
East, will you be my wife?'
LISA FAULKNER & JOHN TORODE
LISA FAULKNER & JOHN TORODE
UK TV DARLINGS
Masterchef Judge John Torode proposed to former Eastenders star Lisa Faulkner in January after three years of dating. The actress took to Instagram to share the happy news alongside a picture of the gorgeous ring, writing: "My gorgeous John completely surprised me on Christmas Day and asked me to marry him!" She added: "After waiting to tell our family when we got home, we then had a few days just grinning at each other!! I'm so very happy to share our lovely news with you."
Chris Pratt & Katherine Schwarzenegger
A-LIST MOVIE ROYALTY
Jurassic World star Chris Pratt surprised fans in January when he announced his engagement to Katherine Schwarzenegger, after only a few months of dating. The dad-of-one announced the happy news in an Instagram post which showed the pair holding one another with Katherine looking at her beautiful new engagement ring. The caption read: "Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I'm thrilled to be marrying you. Proud to live boldly in faith with you. Here we go! Ideally we'd have kept this secret for as long as possible. But considering there's paparazzi camped out in the alley behind our house and they document everything whether we like it or not, we'll take the lead here and release this statement."
SERENA WILLIAMS & ALEXIS ONHANIAN
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
Alexis Ohanian and to make it that bit more special she broke the
news with an original poem that she published to Reddit. The poem
brought tears of joy and went like this:
‘I came home, A little late
Someone had a bag packed for me
And a carriage awaited
Destination: Rome
To escort me to my very own "charming"
Back to where our stars first collided
And now it was full circle
At the same table we first met by chance
This time he made it not by chance
But by choice, Down on one knee
He said 4 words And
I said yes.'
THE HAPPY COUPLE AT THE ROYAL WEDDING OF HARRY & MEGHAN
RAFA NADAL & MARIA PORELLÓ
THE DEFINITION OF COURTING
In January, it emerged that Rafa Nadal had proposed to his long term girlfriend Mery Perelló. The couple, who have been in a committed relationship for 14 years, are set to tie the knot this autumn in a Mallorca-based ceremony. Rafa proposed to Mery, also known as Xisca, back in May during a romantic trip to Rome, but the couple kept it private for the first eight months of their engagement, I wonder if they will tie the knot in secret too?!
PETER SCHMEICHEL & LAURA VON LINDHOLM
SHE'S DEFINITEY A KEEPER
Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel shared the happy news of his engagement with girlfriend Laura Von Lindholm at the beginning of February, after proposing during an exotic trip to the Maldives. The 55-year-old shared a blurry black-and-white snap of himself and Laura kissing on Instagram, with her engagement ring visible on her left hand. "She said yes," he wrote over the image, adding in the caption: "So that makes me the lucky one." Meanwhile, Laura also shared a selfie giving a glimpse at her stunning diamond ring, writing: "My light, my love… Yes yes yes!"
Feeling inspired? How can we all not be, ever-so-slightly in love with these stories (and perhaps a little jealous right?!)
If its time for you to take the plunge into the world of engagement rings; fear not! We are here to help you all the way.
The first thing we recommend is take note of their jewellery preferences, hints and social media liking (always a popular hinting technique) and then take a look at our engagement rings to see the style and gemstone shape that you think would be perfect.
Then speak with our team online or in-person and we can help you to create the ring befitting
of your perfect proposal moment.