Tiffany and Company now sells Engagement Rings for Men

The iconic jewelry brand Tiffany & Co. has just launched a line of engagement rings for men.  The company, owned by LVMH, has created three different designs, each of which has a thick band and a diamond in the center, and come in both platinum and titanium. The diamonds range between one and five carats and customers can choose either an emerald, square emerald, or round brilliant cut.

Traditionally in heterosexual relationships, women are the ones who wear engagement rings, making this a groundbreaking move for Tiffany & Co that challenges cultural norms around marriage.  But more than reversing traditional gender roles, the new rings reach out to the LGBTQ community as well, recognizing that gay men may want to present their partner with a symbol of their love and devotion when asking for their hand in marriage.

It comes 12 years after the jeweler H. Samuel launched its own engagement ring for men called the Tioro ring.  In 2010, Michael Bublé hit headlines when he was seen wearing an engagement ring. Bublé is married to Argentine actress Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre, and in Argentine culture it’s normal for a man to wear an engagement ring. Similarly, when professional wrestler David Otunga proposed to singer Jennifer Hudson with a diamond ring, she proposed back to him with a ring of his own seven months later.

The description on the Tiffany website of one of the rings states: “Signaling a bold new era of love, the Charles Tiffany Setting men’s engagement ring is a symbol of Tiffany’s unrivaled craftsmanship. “Expertly designed in platinum with a scintillating round brilliant diamond in the center, this ring’s strong contours and clean lines rethink the traditional forms of the signet style.”

You can shop Tiffany’s range of male engagement rings online here.

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