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Travis Kelce fuels Taylor Swift engagement, baby rumors on podcast

Tamara C. Bean March 28, 2024 March 28, 2024

Is he ready for it?

Travis Kelce fueled engagement and baby rumors with girlfriend Taylor Swift while discussing lab-grown diamonds on his podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce.

“You can’t tell me that dude wasn’t made in a f–king lab over there in France,” he said on the “New Heights” podcast Wednesday, referring to NBA star Victor Wembanyama, who is over 7 feet tall.

“Lab-grown diamonds, that’s a lab-grown f–king NBA player. Can’t wait til I f–kin’ make one,” the Kansas City Chiefs star, 34, added.

Jason quickly interjected, pleading with his younger brother to stop the conversation before he caused conspiracy theories to emerge.

“Don’t do this. Do not give any of these other conspiracy theorists anything else to latch onto, please,” the retired NFL star, 36, said.

Fans on social media reacted to Travis’ new comments.

“This will get people to tune in that’s all I think this is if they we’re engaged or getting engaged I think Jason would be the one to hint at it not Travis also I really think it would be a family ring or vintage ring not a new ring,” tweeted one

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JEWELRY

What to know before you buy, according to an expert

Tamara C. Bean December 15, 2023 December 15, 2023

Man proposing to his wife on Christmas Eve — Here’s what you need to know before proposing this Christmas. (Getty Images)

If it seems like every time you open social media there’s a new engagement announcement, you’re not imagining things. With the holidays just around the corner, we’re well and truly in the throes of peak engagement season.

Based on a study by The Knot, December is the most popular month of the year to get engaged, with Christmas Day taking the top spot of the year as the most popular day to get engaged.

With just a few weeks to go until the big day, if you’re looking to find the perfect ring to commemorate your relationship, keep reading for everything to consider before making your purchase.

Close-Up Of Cropped Hands With Wedding Ring — Take the stress out of engagrment ring shopping eith these expert tips. (Getty Images)

How much to spend on an engagement ring

The decision on how much to spend on an engagement ring is a personal choice — despite the outdated “rules” that may suggest otherwise. While costs can vary, the average engagement-ring-cost-in-the-us-and-around-the-world/” data-ylk=”slk:engagement ring in Canada;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0″ class=”link “engagement ring in Canada is around $5,500, while in the United States the average cost in 2023 was $6,000, according The Knot.

That said, you should decide on a budget that fits within your income and lifestyle before you set out to purchase an engagement ring.

Consider your engagement ring’s centre stone

There’s no denying the appeal of a diamond ring to mark an engagement, since the precious stone symbolizes commitment, faithfulness and love.

Stones like Moissanite are gaining in popularity as alternatives to traditional mined diamonds, diamonds remain the most popular stone of choice with with 85% of ring shoppers choosing them as their centre gem.

However, in light of growing ethical and environmental concerns, the

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Why Meghan Markle Hasn’t Been Wearing Engagement Ring From Harry

Tamara C. Bean September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023

Meghan Markle Hasn t Been Wearing Her Engagement Ring From Prince Harry — But There s a Good Reason 257 260 — Meghan Markle, Prince Harry. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images

Meghan Markle was spotted without her engagement ring while attending the Invictus Games with Prince Harry — but there’s a perfectly good explanation.

Meghan, 42, was without the diamond because it’s currently being serviced after the setting came loose, a source tells Us Weekly. The Duchess of Sussex was first seen sans ring when she and Harry, 38, attended the Family & Friends party on Tuesday, September 12. The accessory was missing once again when the pair stepped out for the wheelchair basketball tournament the following day.

Harry designed the ring with Cleave & Company, who also served as the late Queen Elizabeth II’s regular jeweler. Harry told BBC during a post-engagement interview in November 2017 that he used a new rock from Africa — where he and Meghan spent time together early in their relationship — combined with diamonds that his mom, Princess Diana, once wore.

“The ring is yellow gold, because that’s [Meghan’s] favorite, and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana, and the little diamonds on either side are from my mother’s jewelry collection to make sure that she’s with us on this — on this crazy journey together,” he said.

Meghan, for her part, gushed over the design at the

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‘Selfless’ Prince Harry gave Di’s engagement ring to William

Tamara C. Bean September 5, 2023 September 5, 2023

Ring-a-bling-bling!

The late Princess Diana’s infamous 12-carat sapphire-and-diamond ring has been a treasured hunk of jewelry in the royal family for decades.

While Prince William, 41, gifted his now-wife Kate Middleton with the glistening rock when they became engaged back in 2010, Prince Harry reportedly also wanted the ring for his future spouse.

The Princess of Wales’ former butler Paul Burrell revealed in the Amazon Prime documentary “The Diana Story” that when she died in 1997, both of her young sons were allowed to pick out something from her sparkling collection to hold onto.

Burrell, 65, claimed that Harry, now 38, got her iconic navy blue engagement ring that she received from King (then Prince) Charles in 1981, while William, 41, desired her Cartier watch.

princess Diana ring — Kate Middleton’s engagement ring first belonged to Princess Diana.

According to Burrell, the wristwatch was given to Diana on her 21st birthday by her father, John Spencer.

The “Entertaining With Style” author also noted that the Duke of Sussex once said, “I remember when I held mummy’s hand when I was a small boy and that ring always hurt me because it was so big.”

When it was time for the William to propose to Middleton 13 years ago, Harry had allowed his older brother to use their mother’s engagement circlet.

“Harry said to him [William]: ‘Wouldn’t it be fitting if she had mommy’s ring?’ ” Burrell said in the documentary.

“One day that ring will be sat on the throne of England. Harry gave up his precious treasure, his one thing he kept from his mother, he gave to his brother. That’s selfless, kind, and exactly who Diana was,” the

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‘There are no rules’: why diamond engagement rings are no longer the only option | Australian lifestyle

Tamara C. Bean July 2, 2023 July 2, 2023

A bended knee, a scattering of rose petals and one blinding white stone. This may have once been the vision of an ideal engagement, but Jeremy Chiang and his fiance, Bertin Huynh, decided they would do things a little differently. They both wanted the opportunity to propose to each other and to wear symbolic rings they had designed.

Chiang and Huynh settled on sapphires and rose gold – “we wanted something more subtle than yellow gold,” says Chiang – and complementary but different designs. Huynh’s ring is an “elaborate, molten design, he wanted the ring to look as if it grew out of the Earth,” in line with his love for nature. It’s set with a large Australian sapphire and a smaller, pale blue diamond. Chiang’s, meanwhile, is simpler and smoother. It also has a sapphire and diamond, though smaller and set off-kilter.

For some couples, the question is not about the design of their rings, but whether to have engagement rings at all. The writer and advocate Bri Lee and her partner wanted to avoid the intertwining of love and material displays. “I’m a romantic – I love love – but the wedding-industrial complex is just such a beast,” she says. “To me, important things like intimacy, commitment and adoration just don’t need to go hand-in-hand with conspicuous consumption. I can only speak for western cultures, of course, where an engagement ring is often the beginning of a long demonstration, often involving purchases.”

In the western world, it’s now difficult to extricate the idea of an engagement from a ring – and specifically a diamond ring. But it’s widely acknowledged that the tradition of the diamond as the engagement stone is a construct of relatively recent history. And pop culture has been a big player.

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Olivia Culpo says attending Coachella without ring after Christian McCaffrey engagement led to ‘trouble’

Tamara C. Bean April 18, 2023 April 18, 2023

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey just proposed to longtime girlfriend Olivia Culpo earlier this month, but the former Miss USA revealed that the decision not to wear her engagement ring at Coachella got her into a bit of “trouble.”

In a “get ready with me” TikTok video posted Sunday, Culpo said she got hit on during the popular music festival, which she attended with her sisters, Aurora and Sophia Culpo, and her longtime assistant, Jackson McDonald.

Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)

“I will say though, not wearing your ring can get you into trouble,” Culpo said in the video. “Yesterday, I got hit on.”

49ERS’ CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY GETS ENGAGED TO LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND OLIVIA CULPO

Culpo went on to explain that the man asked for name, adding that he saw her at a Super Bowl party.

“So I gave him my name, and then he looked up my Instagram. I saw him look up my Instagram — he didn’t follow me or anything, and he definitely saw that I was engaged, and he was like, ‘Oh bye.'”

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo pose on the Red Carpet poses prior to the NFL Honors on February 1, 2020 at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida. (Rich Graessle/PPI/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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McDonald was then heard in the video saying: “I literally thought he was going to steal you.”

McCaffrey, 26, and Culpo, 30, announced their engagement on social media earlier this month.

The pair was introduced to one another in June 2019. Culpo, who won Miss Universe in

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King Charles’ snazzy tribute to Queen Camilla caught our eye

Tamara C. Bean March 26, 2023 March 26, 2023

King Charles’ snazzy tribute to Queen Camilla after she pulled out of a joint engagement meant the monarch stepped up his fashion game.

King Charles stepped out solo on February 22 for a visit to The Felix Project. As the UK capital’s largest food distribution charity they help to distribute surplus food to over 1,000 schools and community groups. Heading to their East London site, His Majesty met the charity’s dedicated staff and volunteers and unveiled a new freezer – one of 600 that will be sent to community partners to help prevent food waste. Queen Consort Camilla had originally been supposed to visit too and eagle-eyed fans might have noticed King Charles’ snazzy tribute to his wife in her absence…

After testing positive for Covid-19 for the second time last week a Palace spokesperson confirmed that Queen Camilla wouldn’t be accompanying King Charles to The Felix Project.

King Charles III during his visit to the Felix Project

“[T]o allow for additional preparation ahead of Thursday’s rescheduled literary reception and other commitments, Her Majesty will not be attending today’s Felix Project engagement,” they announced.

Though she seems to have been in King Charles’ thoughts when he was getting ready for his solo visit. King Charles’ snazzy tribute to her might not be immediately obvious but his pastel pink tie features some pretty sweet animal designs. Close-up snaps of his tie reveal that the pattern is one of owls and pussycats which immediately conjures up the idea of the iconic nonsense poem, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.

King Charles wearing an owl and pussy-cat tie

Although the owls and cats on the tie aren’t in a pea green boat, the association of the two animals together is perhaps derived from

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New York Fashion Week 2023: Top Trends and Highlights

Tamara C. Bean March 25, 2023 March 25, 2023

Ah, New York Fashion Week. There’s always a bit of camp and theater at the runway shows that preview the next season’s styles, and this year did not disappoint. And while you may not want to go pantless to your next dinner party — one model at Christian Siriano wore sheer black tights over black underwear — there were plenty of more-wearable looks in NYFW’s fall 2023 collections.

From slouchy knits and structured suiting to buttery leather skirts and floor-skimming maxi dresses, the shows offered plenty of ways to breathe new life into your post-COVID, return-to-civilization wardrobe. And don’t worry: You don’t need to be part of the TikTok generation to enjoy the fun. As barrier-breaking 70-year-old model Beverly Johnson, who shut down the Dennis Basso runway in an opulent gold gown and dramatic cape, proves, great style has nothing to do with age.

(Left to right) A model walks the runway at the PatBO show; a model at the Proenza Schouler Fall 2023 Ready To Wear Fashion Show; a model wearing Tory Burch during Fall/Winter 2023 New York Fashion Week

Albert Urso/Getty Images; Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty Images; Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tory Burch

The trend: Red

The look: At shows like Carolina Herrera, models sashayed down the runway in elegant monochromatic skirt suits. The hue also appeared in cozy knits at Tory Burch, ruffles at PatBO and leather dresses at Proenza Schouler. “Last season, Valentino made fuchsia very popular, and this is sort of the natural evolution of that,” says New York City stylist Ann Caruso. “Red is the new pink.”

Spotted at: Carolina Herrera, Proenza Schouler, Tory Burch, Simkhai, Gabriela Hearst, Christian Siriano, Sandy Liang, PatBO, Kim Shui and Theory

How to wear it: “Wearing red is all about confidence,” says Cindy Weber-Cleary, a New Jersey-based fashion

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SHOPPING

Furs, drape suits and beaded dresses

Tamara C. Bean March 24, 2023 March 24, 2023

When it comes to American fashion, it is hard not to mention the illustrious Harlem Renaissance.

This glorious art movement was an integral moment in time during the early 20th century when there was an exciting cultural resurgence of everything from exciting music and dance to inspiring style and literature centered at the heart of Upper Manhattan.

While this time has come and gone, the unique allure and glamour of the fashion that came from it live on.

“Good Morning America” tapped fashion and costume historian Shelby Ivey Christie to highlight a few of the era’s most standout styles.

Ahead, see, learn and shop a few of these timeless Harlem Renaissance-inspired ensembles that can be worn today, tomorrow and forever.

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Fur coats

PHOTO: FILE - Josephine Baker (Ullstein Bild Dtl./ullstein bild via Getty Images, FILE) — PHOTO: FILE – Josephine Baker (Ullstein Bild Dtl./ullstein bild via Getty Images, FILE)

Through the years, fur coats have continued to be an aspirational piece for Black women. Prominent figures such as Josephine Baker and many others would be seen wearing the highly coveted topper. While many Black families were initially held back from owning property by Federal Load Codes, alternative items such as fur coats became a stylish way to showcase personal and generational accomplishments. It’s also a beloved item that’s still often passed down in many Black families.

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Drape suits

The famed Londo drape suits of the early 1930s were a go-to style that features a broad padded shoulder and nipped waist look — giving the upper body a V-shaped look. Initially popularized by the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, it

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Has Fashion Month Been Size Diverse?

Tamara C. Bean March 21, 2023 March 21, 2023

As a plus size model, watching fashion month from the virtual sidelines can be conflicting.

As someone who has always been captivated by the world of fashion — it’s inspiring. The fashion weeks, held in New York, Milan, Paris and London bi-annually, embody the creative hub of fashion, foreshadowing the year ahead. It’s where all the beautiful people, the aesthetically creative people, the design genuises and the innovators come together and showcase the inner workings of their mind… by sending them down the runway.

It’s where they communicate what the next season in fashion will look like.

But, for someone who lives in an above-sample-size body and works within the fashion industry — fashion month can be discouraging. The lack of diversity doesn’t go unnoticed, and the missing pieces of representation — especially when it comes to size diversity — sometimes leave me feeling helpless. What’s the use in loving fashion if it’s not relatable to you, right?

However, this year in 2023, we’ve seen a wider spread of size diversity across the runways in general. And, while there’s a maximum of one size diverse model per show, the use of different sized models is undeniably becoming more realised within the high fashion industry as a whole.

It’s encouraging that despite the re-emergence of Y2K styles and shift back towards thinness being a fashionable aesthetic — size diversity is still a major focus. And so it should be.

Arguably, we need size diversity now more than ever. Y2K styles are very much back in. However, it’s not the early ’00s anymore, and we need to be educated on how these styles that were once only seen on “heroin chic” body types, can be worn regardless of shape and size.

Below, is a round up of all the runways that have

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