Building a Wedding Band Stack
Sometimes, one wedding band just isn’t enough. A popular wedding band trend is layering multiple different bands together to create the ultimate ring stack.
Stacking for Beginners
If you’re looking to keep your stack simple, we recommend following this formula: stack one pave wedding band and one solitaire band. If your engagement ring has a pave band, use the solitaire band as the spacer between the wedding band and engagement ring. If your engagement ring is solitaire, do the opposite!
If you want something a little more interesting than a simple solitaire spacer band, opt for our burnished band that features sprinkled melee diamonds throughout!
1.76ct Round Lab Grown Diamond Signature Wrap Engagement Ring
.10ct Round Diamond Burnished Set Wedding Band
Delicate Pave Diamond Eternity Band
Mixed Metals
Some people believe mixing metals is a faux-pas while others see it as a modern trend. If you’re on team mixed metals, this is the stack for you! You can use all pave bands, all solitaire bands, or mix and match, but the formula remains the same: stack one band that matches the metal color of your engagement ring and one that is different!
The most common metal color options are white gold/platinum and yellow gold. However, if you have a rose gold engagement ring, we recommend mixing in a yellow gold wedding band for easier fluidity.
If you really want to be bold, all three of your wedding bands can be different metal colors!
1.53ct Round Lab-Grown Diamond Solitaire Engagement Ring
Plain Comfort Fit Wedding Band
Chunky Stack
If you have a bigger engagement ring and you want a fancy eternity band as your wedding band, no one is stopping you! However, if you don’t want to stop there, who says you have to?
If you’re looking to achieve maximum sparkle and really go big instead of going home, why not stack another fancy band? The sky is your limit, but we recommend stacking one fancy band that matches your engagement ring’s center stone shape and another shape that compliments it!
Note: try to keep the carat weights smaller so you have room on your finger for both bands as they will be chunker and higher set than your average pave wedding band.
5.21ct Cushion Cut Diamond Signature Wrap Engagement Ring
2.20ct East-West Pear Shape Diamond Eternity Band
3.80ct Cushion Cut Shared Prong Eternity Band
Colorful Stack
If you’re really looking for something that will make you stand out, consider a color gemstone or color diamond band! The most popular color gemstone option for wedding bands and engagement rings is a blue sapphire. However, you can opt for anything, really!
Go with one gemstone band to act as a spacer band between your wedding band and engagement ring or opt for two to sandwich your engagement ring!
One thing to keep in mind is the gemstone’s softness. Every gemstone ranks differently on the Mohs Scale of Hardness. For instance, a diamond is the hardest stone coming in at 10/10–the only other stone that can scratch a diamond is a diamond. However, should you choose an emerald band, emeralds rank 7.5 to 8. Therefore, a diamond will also scratch an emerald. Sapphires and rubies are a 9, making them considerably durable.
4.39ct Antique Cushion Diamond Engagement Ring
Sapphire and Diamond White Gold Pave Wedding Band
Unconventional Stack
A good rule of thumb for wedding band stacks is to have an odd number of rings… but who says you have to do what everyone else is doing? Add as many rings as you can fit (without losing circulation in your finger)!
3.01ct Oval Diamond Two-Tone Engagement Ring
Gold Plain Twisted Wedding Band
Build Your Stack at Lauren B
Whether you want to stick to one wedding band or you’re bold enough to wear three, our design consultants can help you craft the perfect wedding band stack to go with your engagement ring! At Lauren B, we custom-make our wedding bands to sit flush with your engagement ring, so you can guarantee everything will look perfect!
