Taylor Swift Engagement Ring: 13 'vintage' details 'from the vault' on pop queen's engagement to Travis Kelce
Published on: Aug. 27, 2025, 6:59 a.m. | Source: Times of India
Swifties, gather 'round, because the pop queen has gone and done it again! On August 26, Taylor Swift and her NFL superstar boyfriend (now fiancé) Travis Kelce officially announced their engagement with a charming Instagram drop, cheekily saying, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The internet collectively swooned.At the heart of the announcement? What stole hearts most wasn’t just the giggly caption; it was the dazzling, vintage-inspired engagement ring that looked like it was plucked straight from the vault of a bygone romance. Think Victorian-era romance meets “cottage-core poet meets royal-in-disguise.”Taylor’s stunning engagement ring, a vintage-inspired showstopper co-designed by Kelce and Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry. Featuring an Old Mine Brilliant Cut (or elongated antique cushion cut) diamond, bezel-set in yellow gold with intricate side accents, it’s everything the world expected from the queen of "vault" anthems. In fact, this ‘special’ engagement ring is full of enchanting surprises; from hidden initials, hand-engraved filigree, needle-point prongs, to even a connection to Taylor’s beloved Vault tracks! It’s like every detail is a wink to her past eras and her Swift-coded mysteries. Fans are already decoding every loop and line in delight.With carat estimates ranging from 7 to 12 carats, values vary wildly, from $125K to as high as $5 million, depending on who you ask.What other ‘Easter eggs’ are hidden in the engagement ring? Let’s pop open the glittering box and discover 13 vintage-vault-worthy details that make this engagement ring and moment quintessentially “Taylor Swift from the vault.”
