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What does hand sanitizer do to your rings?

Now that coronavirus is here, we're all (hopefully) washing our hands as often as possible. But how do hand soap and sanitizer affect your favori...
Doyle & Doyle vintage and estate diamond engagement rings from Doyle & Doyle

Choose a Vintage Engagement Ring to Fit Your Lifestyle

So you’re about to get engaged! But before we pop the bubbly, the next major decision (second to making the commitment to getting engaged, of course) is figuring out which engagement ring is perfect for you (or your soon-to-be life partner). And not just any ordinary engagement ring, either—a vintage one. “The perk of a […]
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Shopping in Style During Spring in Shoreditch

According the Middlesex County Justices, Shoreditch in the East End of London was once a haven for “dissolute, loose, and insolent people” or, as they are otherwise known, actors. Because Shoreditch was outside the jusrisdiction of the City of London’s puritanical leaders, it was an ideal location for plays like Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet to […]
Art Deco Engagement Ring

Engagement Ring of the Week: Variations on a (French) Theme

Our Art Deco Engagement Ring of the week is inspired by the effortless elegance of just a handful of our favorite French countryside weddings (because, really, how does one pick a favorite from scores of favorites?). This romantic ring centering an Old European cut diamond in octagonal mount with filigree shoulders fashioned in platinum embodies everything we love […]
Paris at spring and Canal Saint Martin

Paris: The Star of our Spring-time City Fantasies

Continuing our celebration of the culture and style of our favorite Spring-time cities, we take a fresh look at that oft romanticized metropolitan, Paris, through one of it’s most locally beloved arrondissements, the 10th, or Canal Saint-Martin. Fans of contemporary French cinema will recognize the colorful concrete banks of this canal, originally commissioned by Napoleon […]
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Life & Style in our Favorite Spring-time Cities: Seattle

This season we’re celebrating the climes where Spring-like weather is a year-round phenomenon. The soft rains create colorful skies and keep these cities vibrant both culturally and ecologically. Not only does the ever-present promise of a passing shower make for an existence lived seamlessly between indoors and out, but unique styles, as well. Once shrouded […]
Bridal Jewelry

Pinspirational Bridal Jewelry

Like many of our brides, we are obsessed with the wonderful world of Pinterest. This week we’ve curated a collection of bridal jewels inspired by a few of our favorite wedding themed pinboards. Whether your preferred wedding style is simple and demure or bold and glamorous, we’ve got wedding day baubles to suit every temperament. Oh […]
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Language of Love: Engagement Ring of the Week

There are many ways to say “I love you.” Secret notes left in coat pockets, the squeeze of a hand, a furtive glance across a crowded room. Your wedding bands are a message of love from your partner that you carry with you every day. Analogous to the multitude of methods available through which we […]
victorian diamond engagement ring and wedding bands

Wedding Band Anti-Commandments

If you were reading along as we shared pairing ideas to complement our superb Victorian engagement ring of the week last Thursday, then you know that our rules for wedding band shopping are quite simple. Throw out the rules. As the dust settles post-engagement and you begin planning the finer details of your ceremony with your partner, you may […]
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Wedding Bands: An Advanced Course in Pairing

Earlier this week we explored the ever-evolving history of wedding bands and finding unique ways to incorporate these centuries old traditions into your nuptials. Brides and grooms today have the good fortune of surveying over 3,000 years of wedding ring rituals to remix into whatever style, shape, and material that suits their lives. (Ed. Note: […]
ancient egyptians wedding

Wedding Band 101: Make Your Own Tradition

If there is one constant in the rich tradition and styles of wedding bands throughout the course of history, it is that they have constantly changed. From the earliest rings made by the ancient Egyptians of rushes and reeds, twisted into circles to symbolize eternity, to the iron betrothal rings of the ancient Romans, to […]
collage picture of Stein and Toklas

A Life Lived Full of Love & Creativity

Some of the greatest loves in history have left a legacy not only of their undying affection, but of their creative output, as well. This week, we’re celebrating those romances that have contributed not only to our understanding of true love, but also to the artistic canon.   “Lobster” and “Fattuski,” as Alice Toklas and Gertrude […]
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Engagement Ring of the Week: A History of Love

Inspired by the season and our knee weakeningly dreamy Engagement Ring of the Week, we decided to take a historical journey through the evolving traditions of courtship and gift giving. With Hallmark Valentines reaching a staggering 144 million sent annually, we hope this look back will inspire you to forgo mass produced items in favor of […]
Key barcelet

Key to Her Heart: February Special Collection

In cultures as varied as Hinduism, Taoism, and Celtism the heart symbolizes the center of being – both physical and spiritual. It is little surprise then, that when we give ourselves wholly to our beloved, we choose to express it with this simple yet powerful symbol. Our specially curated February Boutique is teeming with just […]
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Style Forecast: Dreamy Watercolors and Painted on Patterns

There were some truly sensational looks stomping down the Spring runways and we saved our favorite of the trend forecasts for last – the head to toe prints of painterly patterns and gentle watercolors. Designers as diverse as Michael Kors, Acne, Matthew Williamson, Elie Saab, House of Holland and many more each offered up a […]
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Engagement Ring of the Week: Bold in Life & Love

As curators of exquisite estate, antique, and fine jewels spanning more than three centuries, it should be no secret that we have a soft spot for the carefully patinaed wedding looks which monopolized Pinspiration boards throughout 2012. After all, who doesn’t love a gathering of vintage mercury glass vases and votives clustered around a stack of […]
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Style Forecast: Rock & Roll is Here to Stay

Punk’s “incendiary influence on fashion” – as described by Andrew Bolton, Curator of The Costume Institute – has never been more at the forefront of the couture conversations than on the runways of the Spring 2013 collections. And “although punk’s democracy stands in opposition to fashion’s autocracy” says Bolton, “it’s youthful and aggressive forcefulness,” has […]
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Style Forecast: Emerald Elegance from the Red Carpet to Your Closet

When Pantone – the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industry – announced Emerald as color of the year, we were overjoyed. Not only has Emerald long been associated with brilliant, precious gemstones (for which we have a keen interest), but it is also an ancient symbol of […]
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Engagement Ring of the Week: Style Me Pretty Edition

At Doyle & Doyle, we are constantly inspired by the world around us. Especially our brides. As such, we curated a special collection of engagement rings and elegant jewels specifically for the women of the Style Me Pretty community who inspire us daily with their incredible wedding style savvy. The pieces featured in our collection […]
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The Doyle & Doyle Gift Guide: Part 2

This holiday season, Doyle & Doyle will help you choose a timeless treasure for all those nearest and dearest to your heart.  From the cousin who has been your co-conspirator since as early as your blanket fort adventures, to the colleague who spends enough time entrenched with you to find your idiosyncrasies endearing, to the […]
collage picture of two ladies, antique hair comb

The Doyle & Doyle Gift Guide: Part 1

This holiday season, Doyle & Doyle will help you choose a timeless treasure for all those nearest and dearest to your heart.  From the cousin who has been your co-conspirator since as early as your blanket fort adventures, to the colleague who spends enough time entrenched with you to find your idiosyncrasies endearing, to the […]

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Whether you want to learn about the history of antique jewelry, get practical advice about styling or caring for your vintage jewelry, or information on store happenings, our blog will keep you in the know. Email info@doyledoyle.com, or contact us online to find out more about our jewelry collection. We’re happy to answer all your questions.

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