Explore the world of jewellery through your own lens. Work with us to convert your visions into a story-telling heirloom like no other, brought carefully to life by our experienced Hatton Garden craftspeople using your choice of sustainable precious materials.
Lebrusan Studio creates milestone jewellery for people who care. Our offering to you is ornate, detail-orientated design, exquisite British and Spanish craftsmanship and a considered selection of responsibly sourced materials for you to choose from.
Work with our tight-knit team of passionate experts to create a jewel that aligns with your design-led vision of the world; redistributing wealth, telling stories of cultural heritage, and repaying Mother Nature in gratitude and respect.
Explore the world of jewellery through your own lens. Work with us to convert your visions into a story-telling heirloom like no other, brought carefully to life by our experienced Hatton Garden craftspeople using your choice of sustainable precious materials.
Lebrusan Studio creates milestone jewellery for people who care. Our offering to you is ornate, detail-orientated design, exquisite British and Spanish craftsmanship and a considered selection of responsibly sourced materials for you to choose from.
Work with our tight-knit team of passionate experts to create a jewel that aligns with your design-led vision of the world; redistributing wealth, telling stories of cultural heritage, and repaying Mother Nature in gratitude and respect.
Explore the world of jewellery through your own lens. Work with us to convert your visions into a story-telling heirloom like no other, brought carefully to life by our experienced Hatton Garden craftspeople using your choice of sustainable precious materials.
Lebrusan Studio creates milestone jewellery for people who care. Our offering to you is ornate, detail-orientated design, exquisite British and Spanish craftsmanship and a considered selection of responsibly sourced materials for you to choose from.
Work with our tight-knit team of passionate experts to create a jewel that aligns with your design-led vision of the world; redistributing wealth, telling stories of cultural heritage, and repaying Mother Nature in gratitude and respect.
Explore the world of jewellery through your own lens. Work with us to convert your visions into a story-telling heirloom like no other, brought carefully to life by our experienced Hatton Garden craftspeople using your choice of sustainable precious materials.
Lebrusan Studio creates milestone jewellery for people who care. Our offering to you is ornate, detail-orientated design, exquisite British and Spanish craftsmanship and a considered selection of responsibly sourced materials for you to choose from.
Work with our tight-knit team of passionate experts to create a jewel that aligns with your design-led vision of the world; redistributing wealth, telling stories of cultural heritage, and repaying Mother Nature in gratitude and respect.
Does my wedding ring need to be the same metal as my engagement ring?
3 min read
As you embark on your hunt for the wedding band you'll wear forever, this blog post will advise you on choosing a metal that is a suitable match for your beautiful engagement ring.
When your partner ventured out on a mission to choose your beautiful engagement ring, it's likely their head was busy with conundrums; Diamond or coloured gemstone? Proud claw setting or practical rub-over setting? What would suit your hand, befit your lifestyle, harmonise with the way you dress and gain the approval of your family and friends? Chances are, they chose with their heart and did a fantastic job. Now, picking your own wedding band is about building upon their vision, complementing the shape, style and metal type that already lays the foundations.
This is one of our top most frequently asked questions. In the context of 'forever' jewellery like engagement rings and wedding bands, the short answer is no.
When picking out your wedding ring, there’s just one rule: Its metal must match your engagement ring in hardness. This is so neither ring scratches the other.
For example, platinum scores higher on the Mohs Scale of Hardness than gold. If you add a platinum wedding band to a gold engagement ring, it’s almost guaranteed that the gold will become scratched over time. This is particularly true of engraved bands – like our Athena Grande engagement ring – whose intricately-patterned surfaces are delicate and prone to wearing down quickly when exposed to abrasive substances.
For easy reference, gold scores a 2.5 on the Hardness Scale - whilst platinum scores a 3.5.
If you’d like your rings to look fresh-faced for as long as possible, the same metal, or at least two metals of the same hardness, is necessary.
Just because you can’t combine certain metals it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the stylish appearance of mixed metal colours!
Gold comes in a variety of shades, making it easy to mix and match. Taking this approach enables you to pick a bridal stack that’s unique to you AND conceived to last as long as possible. You could pair your yellow gold engagement ring with a wedding band in contemporary rose gold or classic white gold for an interesting spin on the traditional bridal stack.
In fact, this mix and match trend has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years. White gold and rose gold are close to one another on the Mohs Scale of Hardness and complement one another beautifully, silvery white reflecting dusky pink hues.
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Ruby McGonigle is a copywriter and digital marketing professional with over five years of jewellery industry experience. After graduating with a BA in Linguistics, she combined her passions for written word and all things sparkly by joining the Lebrusan Studio team as in-house wordsmith and content creator. Among bi-monthly blog posts, notable examples of Ruby's work include a think-piece on the ‘natural diamonds vs. lab-grown diamonds’ debate, a probe into why traceable and third party certified ASM gold is so important, and an investigation of why platinum is no longer more expensive than gold.
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