Classic Diamond Floater® To understand the future, let's look for a moment at the past. Our ad in the current issue of Martha Stewart Living / Weddings features the ring that started it all....the Classic Floater®. I'd like to share with you the intriguing story of how this ring came to be. A woman came to me with a loose diamond that had belonged to her fiancee's grandmother, wishing to have me mount it as her engagement stone. The stone was beautiful, with fine proportions and finish, and high color and clarity. She so much admired this diamond that she asked me not to "put it in a cage". She was, of course, referring to the prong head that most jewelers assemble to a ring shank to create the traditional solitaire. Classic Diamond Floater® with Bagguette Channel Think of what we put in cages, and why; animals in the zoo, birds in a cage, a prisoner in a cell. Cages are about containing something rare, beautiful or dangerous. While your diamond isn't dangerous, it is definitely rare and beautiful! Classic Diamond Floater® By the way, she also mentioned that she was active in sports, especially skiing, and wanted to wear her engagement ring all the time. Classic Diamond Floater® The Classic Floater® is the ring I designed for her. I'm pleased to say that to my knowledge she still is enjoying this ring today...over fifteen years later. She has been able to view and appreciate not just the top of her treasured gemstone, but all of it - from the table to the culet. Little did I realize that from this design concept - the Floating Diamond - would come my whole collection of jewelry inspired by the idea of enhancing to the fullest the brilliance and beauty unique to each gemstone.