Designer wedding rings have become very popular during the last 20 years. Designer names such as Scott Kay, Tacori, Verragio, Ritani, Jeff Cooper, and A. Jaffe have become synonymous with wedding and engagement rings in the same way that names such as Versace, Chanel, Dior, Dolce&Gabanna and others have become synonymous with the most sought after fashions.

Wedding rings manufactured by designers have a certain cachet. Designs are more unique than the mass produced rings by many other manufacturers. At times, this uniqueness is portrayed in very subtle design elements such as European styling in the metal or squared edges instead of rounded edges. A designer wedding ring manufacturer also creates truly one of a kind designs not found in most jewelry stores.

If you ask a designer what makes his or her designs different from others, the answer is unanimous, quality. The quality of their designer wedding bands is typically of a higher quality in the weight and purity of the metal. Most notably, some designers offer 19K gold wedding bands instead of 18K gold wedding bands. What's the difference? This one digit difference means that the purity of the gold in a 19K gold ring is closer to pure gold (24K gold).

Designer wedding rings do share one thing in common. Any person wearing a wedding ring is very proud to wear a piece of jewelry with that designer's name on it. Women can boast that they are wearing a "Scott Kay" designer wedding band and their girlfriends will be green with envy.

For those of you who either do not need to sport a designer's name or would like to have the designer ring without paying the higher prices, WeddingRings.net offers a large selection of wedding rings found in this section that are produced by top USA designers at a fraction of the cost of the branded version of their rings.