Starcrossed by Trouvaille Two-Tone Semi-Mount for Princess Center

At her cousin's engagement dinner, she had the ring off her cousin's finger before the appetizers even came. Around the table it went, held up to the candlelight for two aunts and a bridesmaid who hadn't gotten a good look yet.

She's the one who wants everyone at the table to see it, not a quick glance under the rim of a wine glass. When this one goes on her hand, it won't stay between the two of you for long. She'll have three photos sent to her mother and her sister before you finish the toast. The head is cut like a tiara, a ring of round diamonds circling where her center stone will sit, so the light has somewhere to go no matter which way she turns her hand. Pavé runs down both shoulders in two-tone gold, the warm gold she's always reached for.

This is a setting, built to hold a princess-cut center stone of about 1.5 carats that you choose separately. Thirty-eight round diamonds line the head and shoulders, G/H in color, VS1 in clarity, 0.57 ct total weight, set in polished 14-karat gold finished in two tones.

You're not picking a ring she'll admire by herself in a mirror. You're picking the one that gets passed around before she's said a single word to anyone.

• Diamonds: 38 round, G/H color, VS1 clarity, 0.57 ct total weight
• Center setting: built to hold a stone of about 1.5 carats (center stone not included)
• Metal: 14-karat gold, two-tone, polished
• Head style: Signature Tiara with pavé shoulders
• Warranty: covered by the Greatest Warranty On The Planet.