Why Newlywed Celebrities Love Bezel Engagement Rings

Scroll through any red carpet arrivals gallery this year and you’ll spot the same detail on more than one hand: a diamond sitting flush in a smooth metal rim, no prongs in sight. It’s not a coincidence. Bezel settings have quietly become the engagement ring style celebrities keep choosing, and there’s more to it than aesthetics.

The Setting Everyone’s Copying

A bezel setting wraps a thin band of metal around the entire edge of the stone, holding it in place without claws or prongs. Zendaya’s engagement ring, a cushion cut diamond set in a yellow gold bezel, brought a lot of attention to the style, and Miley Cyrus followed with her own bezel-set ring not long after. Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift have both worn versions of it too, though Swift’s take leans more delicate, with a fine bezel framing the centre stone rather than fully encasing it.

Zoë Kravitz’s ring is probably the one that got dissected the most online. It’s a large stone set low, so the whole thing sits close to the finger instead of perched above it. That lower profile is the whole point of a bezel, and it’s exactly why the look reads as more “wearable” than a classic solitaire, even when the diamond itself is enormous.

Why It’s Not Just a Trend

Here’s the thing about celebrities and jewellery: a lot of what they wear gets replicated because it looks good in photos, then quietly disappears in a year. Bezels aren’t following that pattern. Jewellers have been reporting steady growth in bezel requests for a few years running now, and the reasons brides give aren’t really about celebrities at all.

A bezel protects the stone. There’s no prong to catch on a jumper, snag a towel, or bend out of shape after a decade of wear. For anyone who works with their hands, cooks a lot, or just doesn’t want to think about their ring every time they touch something, that’s not a small thing. It also sits lower, so it doesn’t catch on gloves or gym equipment the way a raised setting can.

If you’re weighing up styles for yourself, it’s worth looking at how a local jeweller interprets the setting rather than just going off what you’ve seen on Instagram. Cullen Jewellery’s bezel engagement rings New Zealand collection is a decent example of how the style translates across different stone shapes, from round brilliants to elongated cuts, and it gives a clearer sense of proportion than a red carpet photo ever will.

The Practical Case Rarely Gets Mentioned

Most coverage of celebrity rings focuses on carat size and who designed it. What gets left out is that a bezel is genuinely one of the more durable settings you can choose, full stop. Higher settings look striking, but they’re also the ones jewellers see come in for repairs after a knock or a loose prong. A bezel spreads pressure evenly around the stone, so there’s less for daily life to wear down.

That’s really the throughline here. Celebrities aren’t choosing bezels because a stylist told them to. They’re choosing rings that hold up to actual wear, look modern without trying too hard, and don’t need babying. Turns out that’s a pretty universal set of priorities, red carpet or not.