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Majority of couples combine forces
to search stores for band of gold
By Emily Rosenbaum
Senior Editor
Buying that little band of gold is
not the solitaire-y affair it used to be.
Today, the vast majority of couples
are going together to select their
engagement and wedding rings, ac
cording to John Tavlin, president of
Nebraska Diamond, 13th and O streets.
At least 90 percent of the engage
ment and wedding rings Nebraska
Diamond sells are selected by couples,
Tavlin said.
Most men don t
want to risk buying
a ring their fiancees
might not like, he
said.
“A lot of the men
who come in alone
sort of lose their
nerve,” he said. “So
we give them a way
out.”
Tavlin said that
if the groom-to-be
is uncertain about his
choice of ring style,
the store arranges for
an exchange if nec
essary.
Mike Trepanier,
manager of
Brodkey’s Jewell
ers, 1111 OSt., said
his store also sees
couples shopping
together for their
rings the majority of
the time. Sometimes
the man or woman
will come in sepa
rately to do a little
pre-shopping and
then return later with
the partner, he said.
Couples buying
rings usually pur
chase wedding sets,
composed of a
matching engagement and wedding
ring soldered together, for the woman,
Tavlin said.
Most women prefer their sets to be
yellow gold rather than silver and to
have side diamonds, he said. Men
choose plain gold bands and diamond
rings almost equally, he said, and
don’t normally match their rings to
the woman’s.
Trepanier said a one-half carat or
larger center stone for the woman’s
ring is the most common choice.
Colored side stones have become
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Denise Smith, a junior math major, models an engagement
ring.
increasingly popular. He pointed to
an understated “tailored” or “sleek”
look as the most common style selec
tion.
Trepan ier and Tavlin said diamond
wedding rings for men have become
more popular recently, with a wider
array of styles available. And many
men are opting for more intricate
styles, Tavlin said.
“When men get a ring with dia
monds, we find they want a multiple
diamond ring,” Tavlin said.
He said the most consistently popu
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over the years has
been the Tiffany
solitaire.
Often, couples
who come ring
shopping and can’t
agree on one style
end up with a Tif
fany solitaire, he
said.
The ring ispopu
lar because of its
simplicity and rea
sonable price, he
said.
“It’s extremely
safe,” he said. “It
will not offend any
one.”
Trepanier said he
has found that most
Lincoln couples
reflect a more con
servative trend when
buying rings.
“Most of our
couples like a
simple, understated
look,” he said.
Tavlin said the
typical college
couple spends an
average of $800 to
$ 1,000 on the
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