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Rachel Zoe Customizes The Perfect Wedding Rings With Ben Bridge
Her advice? Go timeless, not trendy.
Though it’s been nearly 25 years since Rachel Zoe first said ‘yes’ to her husband Rodger Berman, her advice for engagement ring shopping has not changed. “When I was looking for mine, I turned to magazines and vintage pieces at antique shows for inspiration,” she says. “Then I had to figure out what aspects of the ring I cared about most: carat, color, cut, or clarity.”
With Ben Bridge, however, you don’t need to choose between the four. The jeweler’s exclusive Bella Ponte collection offers endless customization of engagement rings and wedding bands, allowing you to create a completely personal piece with everything you’re looking for, and uses hologram technology to give you confidence in its design before it is crafted. Plus, each piece is made from recycled gold, which preserves land from the effects of mining.
Creating a custom ring with Bella Ponte is easy: Start with your vision (Zoe suggests creating a mood board to keep your thoughts organized). From there, one of Ben Bridge’s expert Personal Jewelers will create a 3D hologram rendering of your ring which you can rotate, zoom in, and make stone and metal color changes to get every detail exact. Once it’s produced, you’ll have the most beautiful one-of-a-kind ring — plus, a My Story Card with a QR code that will share pictures and details from every step of your custom ring’s creation.
“Bella Ponte eases the process of designing your dream engagement ring by allowing you to customize every last detail with the help of a jewelry expert,” Zoe says. Because your ring should be a reflection of you — and your relationship — why not make it as unique as the love it symbolizes? There’s no way to achieve that quite like personalization.
Below, Zoe shares two visions for Ben Bridge ring customizations that prioritize her preference for timeless designs. Her main tips for getting started include “referencing a famous setting that has a vintage feel but is still modern,” and staying clear of of-the-moment fads: “Do not choose anything trendy that you will outgrow, but something classic that can be worn throughout the year.”
Rachel’s Custom Engagement Ring
“The best part of the Bella Ponte collection is that you can design a ring from scratch or select an engagement ring to customize to be exactly what you want,” Zoe shares. “I love this ring, but would adjust the center stone to be cushion cut,” instead of round. One of Zoe’s favorite aspects of Ben Bridge is the Love Letters by Bella Ponte offering, which allows you to easily add 1-4 letters or symbols to the sides of the setting. “I would also get an ‘R’ on each side of the ring for myself and Rodger,” she shares.
Rachel’s Custom Wedding Band
“If I was shopping for a wedding band, I would customize this piece to have a platinum center for a shinier finish,” Zoe says. But what she loves most about Bella Ponte is the opportunity to make an infinite number of customizations to the design. Though this wedding band already features two rows of diamonds — half pave-set, half channel-set — Zoe says she’d up the bling factor and “double the amount so that they wrap all around the band.”
