How to Pair Your Engagement & Wedding Ring

Congrats! You’re officially off the market! Can you believe it? Wedding bells are officially on the horizon! 

Let me guess – you instantly fell in love with the ring! Of course you did! Because obviously your new fiancé did their research to find the ring you’ve always dreamed of. In a single moment, that ring became the most important piece of jewelry you will ever own! 

Next up, your wedding ring. It’s the sentimental symbol that you and your person are in it for the long haul together. You’ll be wearing both forever so it’s mandatory they coordinate perfectly, right? If you’re on the struggle bus trying to figure it all out, keep reading! Here are three stress-free tips on how to pair your rings for eternity.

Here’s a pair our customers can’t get enough of.

Match your metals.

Let’s ease into things with a simple but incredibly important tidbit. Because between you and me, it’s surprising how many people forget about this tiny but meaningful detail. 

Nothing shows that your engagement and wedding rings weren’t designed to go together more than mismatched metals. It’s kind of like wearing one striped shoe and one polka dot shoe! To make sure your rings look like they were meant for each other, they must go together. 

That means silver and silver, gold and gold, you get the point. If both are in the running, there are plenty of mixed-metal options that can be chosen for at least one of your rings. 

To take it a step further, we’d suggest you and your spouse-to-be are on the same page with the metal for all of your rings. Consider it just one more adorable way to make sure everyone you meet from this day forward knows you belong together. 

Try this ring and this ring together.

Your rings don’t need to compete! 

We all love to obsess over that engagement ring. I mean, what’s the first thing you say when your friend tells you they’re engaged? “Let me see that rock!”

And who doesn’t have an ideal engagement ring in their head already? Don’t lie – I know you did too. Huge diamond, a million tiny facets, the works, right? But how many of us entertain daydreams of the perfect wedding band? 

Remember your rings are meant to complement each other. It’s true, you can never have too many diamonds. But why create competition between the symbol you’ve been dreaming about and the sentimental representation of your marriage? We don’t want to outdo each other. 

If your ring is already a show-stopper (and we’re sure it is!), an understated wedding band might be the way to go. Having both rings pitted against each other for attention is a surefire way to make it seem like they were not meant for each other.

We are loving this band and engagement ring combo.

Be okay with breaking the rules!

Everyone has an opinion about, well, everything! Your wedding and engagement rings are no different. There’s advice on everything from how wide the bands should be to the type of diamond cut to go for based on your hand shape. If we tried to listen to everyone, our heads would explode before we ever make it down the aisle! 

So to keep your brain relaxed and intact, I’ll let you in on our very best little trade secret – you don’t actually have to follow any of these tips! 

These are your rings and you’re the one who’s going to be wearing them while you live out your happily ever after with the person of your dreams! You can choose to ignore any rule you want. All of these tip roundups are here to offer possibilities you may not have considered. And they are always meant to be used when and how you like. 

This set is also pretty perfect.

If you actually love the look of mixed metals, then you do you! If you want to go for a nontraditional diamond cut, we say do it! If you’ve always dreamed of a diamond ring that isn’t even an engagement ring, own it! 

In all the excitement of planning, don’t forget that all of this is to celebrate love. You and the fiancé are in charge of what works best for the both of you. The end.