Welcome to the Mallria Wedding Ring Guide, where we delve into everything you need to know to find the perfect symbol of love.
Wedding Ring Guide
If you're wondering how to buy wedding rings, you're in the right place. Mallria's experts will answer your most pressing questions, explain the significance of wedding rings, help you choose the right metal for your wedding bands, and give you tips on designing wedding ring sets, including matching or uniquely paired options.
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What do wedding rings symbolize?
A wedding ring is both a private and public symbol. It represents love and fidelity between you and your partner, and also signals to the world that you are in a committed relationship. Your beautiful wedding ring celebrates the vows you exchange on your wedding day and the wish to be with your partner forever. While an engagement ring symbolizes the promise of marriage, the wedding ring is the official seal of matrimony.
Many customers wonder if wedding rings should have diamonds. While we do offer many styles of wedding rings with diamonds, some of our best-selling women's and men's wedding bands are plain metal rings.
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Difference Between Engagement and Wedding Rings
Wedding rings (or wedding bands) are the rings exchanged by newlyweds during the wedding ceremony. These terms are interchangeable and mean the same thing.
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Women's Wedding Rings
The options for women's wedding rings are vast, from very simple metal bands to more elaborate diamond eternity rings. A good way to start your search is by exploring Mallria's top 10 women's styles, where you can learn about our most popular designs, including classic platinum bands, micro-pave diamond platinum rings, 18kt gold and 14k rose gold French pave diamond eternity rings, and vintage-style rings with pave and fancy shape diamonds.
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Combining Engagement and Wedding Rings
Traditionally, wedding rings are worn on the finger next to the pinky on the left hand. This stems from ancient Greek belief that the ring finger is connected to the heart via the vein of love. On the wedding day, many women temporarily move their engagement ring to the right hand. Once married and the wedding ring is placed, they return the engagement ring to the left hand, with the wedding ring closest to the heart.
Over the past few years, one of the most exciting developments we've noticed is more couples buying engagement rings together - often, considering how to choose engagement and wedding rings that sync in style and symbolism.
Men's Wedding Rings
The selection of men's wedding rings is growing and expanding rapidly. While classic, simple men's wedding bands made of platinum, white gold, and yellow gold are our best sellers, we're thrilled to also offer beautiful designs in high-durability metals like cobalt, tantalum, titanium, and tungsten, along with bands featuring channel-set diamonds, pave diamonds, and engravable styles.
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What Is a Wedding Ring Set?
A wedding ring set includes an engagement ring along with matching rings for both the bride and groom. Jewelers usually differentiate between wedding rings and bridal sets, where the latter does not include the groom's ring. Outside of the jewelry world, most people use "wedding rings" to refer to both sets.
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Popular Metals Used in Wedding Rings
Our wedding rings for both men and women cover everything from timeless plain metal styles to more intricate designs with diamonds or other gems. You'll find hundreds of popular wedding ring metals to choose from, including platinum, gold, white gold, and rose gold.
Platinum wedding rings are highly favored in part because platinum is 95% pure and 30 times rarer than gold. Platinum is naturally hypoallergenic, and its density and weight make it feel substantial and special. It also maintains its wear over time. However, platinum wedding rings are among the more expensive options. Many who prefer a white metal look over yellow metal opt for white gold wedding rings, which offer a platinum-like appearance at a lower cost. If you're wondering which gold is best for wedding rings, you'll find our gold, rose gold, and white gold wedding rings available in 14k or 18k, as pure 24k gold is too soft for wedding bands.
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How Much Should You Spend on a Wedding Ring?
According to a study by The Knot, in 2019, the average cost for a women's wedding ring was $1,100, and for men's, it was $510. However, the amount you should spend on a wedding ring is as personal as the vows you exchange or the place where you decide to say "I do." The good news is that Mallria offers hundreds of wedding ring styles for men and women, with beautiful options at every budget. You'll find classic metal wedding bands starting at around $150, up to luxurious diamond platinum eternity rings exceeding $30,000. Whether you're newlyweds or upgrading to celebrate a milestone anniversary, there's something for everyone.
Find Your Ring Size
We have some great tips and tools for measuring ring size. These will explain how to determine your ring size using our printable guide and rings you already own as a reference.
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