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Kite shaped engagement rings are a perfect choice for brides looking for an unusual fancy-shaped diamond engagement ring. As their name suggests a kite ring looks like a traditional kite flying high in the sky. Kite engagement rings usually have four straight edges: two short and two long. But kite shaped rings can vary dramatically depending on the cut. Elongated kite shaped engagement rings might look a bit like shield cut diamonds while others look exactly like a kite we might have flown during childhood.

Some Kite rings are more symmetrical and have a more of a diamond shape like this particular ring, the , from the glamourous Luxuria Diamonds brand.

Kite shapes diamonds are one of the oldest “fancy” cut diamonds known in the jewelry industry. Kite diamonds had their heyday in the 1920s and 30s during the Art Deco period. But the problem kite rings is that the old step cut doesn’t sparkle nearly as much as brilliant cuts do. Because round brilliant cut...