Wedding Jewelry

As a bride, you want all the elements of your wedding ensemble to complement and enhance your natural beauty — not compete for attention! That's why most experts recommend wearing simple wedding jewelry sets. But as always, individual flair can't be summed up by a one-size-fits-all rule.

Sometimes it seems like finding someone you actually want to spend the rest of your life with is the easiest part of getting married.

Ever imagined yourself on the red carpet, trying not to squint in the glare of those asteroid-sized flashbulbs, shouting "Gaultier!" over your shoulder?

Plenty of brides who eschew jewelry at the office leap at the chance to flaunt it on their wedding day. Is it the weight of the occasion that prompts these once-reluctant brides to don the formerly unthinkable? Or just the chance to play dress-up?

Regardless of who designed it or how you go about getting them, wedding rings are probably the most important piece of jewelry you and your groom will ever exchange during your lives.

Reese Witherspoon may have been the happy recipient of a four-carat diamond from celebrity jeweler Neil Lane, and Kate Hudson, a five-carat. Yet none of these Hollywood newcomers have anything over royals when it comes to their glittering rocks.

There isn't just one kind of Irish wedding ring, there's actually a number of them. This include Spirals, Triskeles, and Triquetas, Shield Knots and Sun Symbols. But the most popular ring by far is the Irish Claddagh, and it's surrounded by a romantic legend.