279: Engagement Ring Trends, The “4 C’s”, and All Things Diamonds with Fine Jewelry Founder Stephanie Gottlieb
Conversations with Cam
Dear Media
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Stephanie Gottlieb to talk about her journey into the jewelry world, how she worked her way up from the Diamond District in Manhattan to setting out on her own, and how her business took off unexpectedly and grew into the luxury fine jewelry brand it is today. Stephanie shares how she has witnessed women find value in themselves through their investments in jewelry, how someone can explore what they want in a ring before an engagement occurs, and what the “4 C’s” mean for picking out a diamond. She also talks about how people can save some money on rings, how you can redesign an existing engagement ring, and what the staple jewelry pieces might be throughout someone’s life. Finally, she unpacks making the iconic “87” necklace for Taylor Swift, how that moment has had an impact on her business, and she shares her thoughts on Selena Gomez’s and Zendaya’s engagement rings.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- How Stephanie got started in the jewelry world
- Stephanie’s experience in the Diamond District in Manhattan
- How her business took off
- How someone can explore what they want ring-wise pre-engagement
- The 4 C’s for picking out a diamond
- On the timeless engagement ring styles that will never go out of fashion
- Where people can potentially save some money on rings
- Various ways you can redesign an engagement ring
- On staple jewelry pieces throughout someone’s life
- On entering celebrity jewelry territory
- On the impact of the Taylor Swift #87 necklace
- Stephanie’s take on Selena Gomez’s and Zendaya’s rings
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, my favorite people. |
| 0:05.7 | I am so excited to share today's episode with friend and diamond connoisseur, Stephanie Gottlieb. |
| 0:11.9 | We get into it all today. |
| 0:14.6 | If you are someone who is looking to learn more about diamonds or the engagement ring shopping process or engagement rings in general |
| 0:22.7 | or just hear how she has built this empire that she runs right now. This episode is for you. I love |
| 0:28.7 | Stephanie. I got my engagement ring from her before I knew her. Shout out of Joe. And she has now |
| 0:34.2 | become like a member of our family because evidently us Linville girls love her jewels. |
| 0:40.0 | So I love Stephanie. She has so much knowledge to share on this topic. And I found some of the |
| 0:45.9 | things she told me fascinating. We kind of just dove right in because we got to talking about |
| 0:52.3 | my engagement story. And then I was like, you know what, F it, let's just start here. |
| 0:56.5 | So it dives right in, but I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:58.6 | And without further ado, here is Stephanie. |
| 1:00.7 | Also, I feel like I haven't mentioned this enough, but if you were someone who likes to watch |
| 1:04.0 | podcasts, you can watch all of the previous episodes, including this one, over on our |
| 1:08.1 | YouTube linked in the show notes. |
| 1:10.0 | Come on in. including this one over on our YouTube linked in the show notes. I remember when he proposed conversations, I had to end up here to let his conversations with care. |
| 1:37.1 | I remember when he proposed because I was so confused, A, I had no idea it was coming, which is shocking because we've been together for so long |
| 1:44.8 | and I feel like I just would have known. |
| 1:46.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.7 | But like I straight up hadn't showered in like three days. |
| 1:49.3 | I was sick. |
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