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Yellow Gold Trilogy Rings Became Way More Popular Because of Meghan Markle

The look has ‘been on a stratospheric rise.’

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7 years ago

January 25, 2019

INSTORE Staff

Meghan Markle’s yellow gold trilogy ring has pushed the trilogy style to new heights of popularity, a London-based custom jeweler says.

Such rings “have been on a stratospheric rise in popularity since the engagement and the subsequent marriage of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry,” Nikolay Piriankov, founder of the company, told Business Insider.

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Prince Harry designed Markle’s ring himself. It features a central diamond from Botswana and two smaller diamonds that belonged to Princess Diana.

The most common look for a trilogy ring has been three stones of the same shape.

But Markle’s ring features “an elongated cushion diamond flanked by round diamonds,” Business Insider notes.

And that’s inspiring other designers to take the trilogy style beyond its traditional limits with new shape combinations.

Piriankov told Business Insider, “Steeped in sentiment and elevated by a royal, trilogy engagement ring styles are concurrently classic and bold.”

Read more at the Business Insider

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