7 new alternative engagement ring trends to try in 2021 Rosie Fitzmaurice
I got engaged over 18 months ago and I am still on the hunt for the perfect engagement ring. My problem? There is just too much choice. I, like so many people these days, am shunning the traditional white diamond solitaire in favour of something a little different - and the alternative ring options out there have never been cooler.
Alas, I am still yet to decide on The Ring - my own quest rumbles on - but with Valentine s Day around the corner, I ve put my extensive research of the capital s jewellers to good use.
December 11, 2020
Independent fine jewelry designer Page Sargisson had been eyeing a sweet little storefront at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street in Brooklyn earlier this year as a spot to potentially stage a pop-up shop.
This was right before the pandemic hit, when brick-and-mortar retailing in New York was humming along beautifully. But even after COVID-19 closed the city’s stores for several months, Sargisson was still interested in setting up shop in the light-filled storefront, a former Steven Alan boutique that had been sitting empty.
Eventually, she was able to negotiate a cut rate for rent (more on that in a minute), and Sargisson went from planning a pop-up shop to signing a two-year lease for the space at 347 Atlantic Avenue to opening her first-ever retail store, which bowed in late November.