Diamond Love Letters that Last Forever

Sparkling and stylish, diamond initials and

Words are the must-have holiday jewel 

Recently Natural Diamond Council (NDC) Featured Highlights in the context of Holiday Season 2020 & said, Personalized diamond initial jewelry has been popular for ages, but it’s never been more relevant and stylish than it is right now. The sparkling letters and words are having a big moment during these tumultuous times because they connect people with what matters most: family, friends and even yourself. 

Diamond-studded initials and inspiring words are empowering symbols of hope, love and celebration. And they are on everyone’s wish list this holiday season. “Letters have meaning to the wearer that goes well beyond a trend,” says jewelry editor and stylist Will Kahn. “They feel personal; they can signify yourself, your partner or your children.”

The wildly popular look is being offered in a wide range of prices and new styles, from delicate initial earrings and rings featuring a sprinkling of natural diamonds to bold diamond-studded letter pendants. 

Personalized natural diamond jewels are a style signifier. Celebrities from Blake Lively to Gwyneth Paltrow to royal Meghan Markle have recently been spotted wearing personalized jeweled initial pendants. 

Of course jeweled initials have been a style signifier for centuries. Among the royals who wore fashionable initial jewels was the ill-fated Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, who is famously depicted wearing a bold gold B pendant necklace in a 16th century portrait that hangs in London’s National Portrait Gallery. Such a modern looking and chic jewel, it is hard to imagine that it dates back to the1530s. 

Bejeweled monograms and initials were also popular in the Victorian era when sentimental jewelry was especially trendy. During the mid-Forties, the jeweler Fulco di Verdura created his own spin on the trend when he created a diamond initial bracelet for his friend Margaret “Nin” Ryan. A decade later, he designed a diamond alphabet inspired by Renaissance manuscripts. Those stylized diamond letters are among Verdura’s most popular gifts today.