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Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Marks a Return to Vintage Elegance

Style|Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Marks a Return to Vintage Elegance

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The pop star’s antique-inspired sparkler channels the “heirloom look,” reflecting a return to antique stones.

A close-up photo showing Taylor Swift’s hand nestled in Travis Kelce’s, the focus drawn to a vintage-inspired engagement ring on her finger. The ring features a prominent stone set on a thick gold band.

Aug. 26, 2025, 7:14 p.m. ET

In her 2008 classic song “Love Story,” Taylor Swift fantasized about getting proposed to: “He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring / And said, ‘Marry me, Juliet.’”

Seventeen years later, Ms. Swift, 35, finally had her fairy-tale engagement. The football player Travis Kelce, also 35, proposed with what appears to be an elongated, old mine cushion cut diamond set on a yellow gold band. (A cushion cut diamond has rounded corners.)

The ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry in New York. Ms. Lubeck makes hand-engraved jewelry with natural gemstones.

“It’s not just a flashy piece, but more of an aesthetic, really beautiful diamond,” said Marion Fasel, a jewelry historian and the author of “The History of Diamond Engagement Rings: A True Romance.” Her friends in the jewelry world, she said, have been excited about the piece because of its high quality.

“You can tell this is a beautiful diamond from the light and faceting arrangement,” Ms. Fasel said, estimating the weight to be around seven carats.

“It’s a real trend in jewelry and diamonds and engagement rings to choose antique stones because they have a very different kind of light,” Ms. Fasel said. “Even though this is a giant diamond, it’s a much softer light.”