Halle Berry Follows Celebrity Trend for Vintage Diamonds
February 18, 26
(IDEX Online) - Halle Berry shifted the focus back to vintage diamonds with her latest engagement ring.
The US actress, producer, and former beauty queen showed off her bezel-cut diamond on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, as she confirmed her engagement to the singer/songwriter Van Hunt.
Berry, 59, is the latest celebrity to opt for a vintage stone, following in the well-publicized footsteps of Taylor Swift.
The two rings are, however, starkly different, in style, price and likely influence on the diamond market.
Swift's engagement ring, presented to her by NFL player Travis Kelce, sparked a huge media buzz last August and has boosted long-term demand for antique cuts by as much as 200 per cent.
The ring featured featuring a large (somewhere between 7 carats and 10-carats) elongated old mine cut diamond in yellow gold designed by Kindred Lubeck.
Berry's ring has a far smaller center stone (1.5 carat to 3.0 carat) set with dark accent stones - onyx or sapphire - in an 18k yellow gold geometric setting. It is priced in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars, rather than the estimated million or so for Swift.
The trend toward vintage engagement rings reflects a cultural shift that prizes authenticity, personalization, and heirloom appeal over mass-produced modern brilliants.
Berry has been married three times before, to baseball player David Justice (1993-1997), musician Eric Benet (2001-2005), and actor Olivier Martinez (2013-2016). She's been with Hunt since April 2020.
Pi shows Halle Berry and her vintage-cut diamond engagement ring.