14 DAY TRIAL // Diamonds are truly a girl’s best friend, and it would seem that they and Kim Kardashian are now very tight. Shortly after the announcement that she is engaged to Kris Humphries, word has emerged that he paid a whopping $2 million for the bling on her finger.
Designed by Lorraine Schwartz with precious help from Kris himself, the ring is positively stunning: simple yet very elegant, classic but, at the same time, of quite an impressive size.
In an interview with People magazine, Kim says she grew up dreaming of the day her prince lover would propose to her – and even fantasized about the perfect ring she’d get from him.
As she puts it, the one Kris gave her comes very close to the one she used to dream about as a young girl.
“In high school I went to Macy’s and bought this fake ring, my ‘perfect’ ring, and this is almost the exact same,” Kim says of the 20-carat ring she received earlier this month, when Kris surprised her and popped the question.
“It’s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It’s perfect,” she adds, adding that she loves the classic cut. At the same time, Kris says he only had one requirement: it had to be big.
“The 16.5-carat emerald cut center stone is flanked by a pair of 2-carat trapezoids, for a total weight of 20.5 carats! Humphries even managed to work out the design without Kim knowing,” People writes.
Of course, all this came at a very steep price: TMZ says it has it on very good authority that Kris forked over $2 million for the customized sparkler but, from what he and his fiancée are saying, it was money well spent.
“[Lorraine] always listened to what I would want and the shapes I love. I had said I loved an emerald cut and they were scheming and plotting for a while,” Kim says of her favorite jewelry designer.