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As couples seek to infuse their love stories with personal touches, engagement rings are becoming a canvas for creativity and individuality. Here are the top engagement ring trends worth noting in 2026 to inspire your own. 

Unique Center Diamonds

Although round brilliant cut diamonds consistently remain the most popular diamond shape, more shoppers are seeking unique or fancy-shaped centre diamonds. Popular shapes such as oval, marquise, or step-cut diamond such as Asscher, offer a distinct appearance and often appear larger for the same carat weight. This trend is set to gain momentum in 2026, offering a fuller and more unique shape for those seeking something extraordinary.

Wedding Ring Stacks

Traditionally, wedding bands are worn below the engagement ring on the left ring finger. However, what was previously done is evolving. Brides are now curating personalised ring stacks by adding additional bands and pieces, creating unique combinations that are gaining traction on social media.

Infinity® wedding bands by DeGem offer stylish brides a variety of creative stacking solutions to express their style.

Coloured Gemstone Rings

The demand for colour in the jewellry market is soaring, and engagement rings are no exception. Coloured gemstones, such as blue sapphires, rubies, and green gemstones, are becoming a popular choice for adding a vibrant touch to engagement rings. Infinity® by DeGem is a new bridal jewellery line specialising in emeralds and sapphires (in blue, pink, green, purple and more varieties) making colourful engagement rings accessible and affordable.

Vintage-inspired Wedding Rings

Vintage-inspired engagement rings are captivating couples seeking a sense of nostalgia and unique character. This trend of engagement rings has reached new heights of popularity. In 2024, heirloom designs featuring prominent centre stones of gems or diamonds, adorned with antique and Art Deco detailing, as well as historic diamond shapes are at the forefront of fashion. These rings capture the elegance of bygone eras while remaining timeless.

Hidden but Meaningful Embellishments

In 2024, self-expression is key, and minimalist brides are embracing subtle personalisation in their ring settings. Moving beyond traditional 4-prong or 6-prong diamond baskets, brides are opting for hidden embellishments that carry personal significance. DeGem’s Build Your Diamond Ring online widget embraces this trend, offering customisable options. Beyond that, in-house personalisation services are available at DeGem, where jewellers with more than 40 years of experience expertly craft custom settings, perfected with their signature comfort-fit finishing for extraordinary everyday wear.

DeGem: Ethical Gems with Fair Prices

As a custom design house for over 40 years,  DeGem is the region’s most stylish and contemporary jeweller, specialising in sourcing precious gemstones straight from ethical miners for fair prices catered to every budget. 

With a dedicated factory producing exclusive and made-to-order pieces, DeGem’s masterfully-crafted jewels have been spotted on celebrities such as Reese Witherspoon, Awkwafina, Idina Menzel and Janelle Monae.

DeGem also exclusively carries the Infinity® series of engagement rings and wedding bands.