Keeping Up With the Kardashian Ring
Kanye West recently popped the question to baby mama Kim Kardashian, and in typical Yeezy style—i.e., big, bold, loud, but also stylish—he did so with a massive diamond ring designed by celebrity jewelry queen (and Kardashian fave) Lorraine Schwartz.
Media reports say the stone is a colorless, internally flawless cushion-cut 15 ct. diamond, valued anywhere from $3 million to $8 million. That’s much more than the value of—yet 5 carats smaller than—Kardashian’s ring from ex-husband Kris Humphries, which was recently auctioned at Christie’s for $749,000. (Schwartz was unavailable for comment.)
As for the setting, experts say it must be platinum. “It was reported that Kanye wanted the diamond to look like it was floating on air,” says Ashley Ingwer of Manhattan diamond house Leo Ingwer, so “the mounting must be very thin, and nee