Styling ·
How to stack silver rings
Three ideas for wearing more than one ring at a time without the hand looking crowded.
Rings are made to be worn together. The trick is to give the eye a place to rest.
Start with one stone
Choose a single ring with a stone, and let it be the point of the hand. Then add plain bands around it: on the same finger above and below, or on the neighbouring finger. The stone should be the only colour on that hand.
Mix the finishes, not the metals
Sterling silver comes bright, satin and oxidised, and the three finishes stack well together. Keeping everything silver lets the finishes do the work. A bright band beside an oxidised floral ring shows off the engraving on both.
Vary the weight
A wide antique-style band on the index finger, a thin band on the middle finger, a stone on the ring finger. Alternating heavy and light keeps the hand from reading as a single mass of metal.
On sizing
Stacked rings sit tighter than a single ring, because they push against each other. If you are buying bands to stack, go a quarter size up from the size you would wear alone. Our ring size guide explains how to measure at home.
Leave a finger bare
The little finger and the thumb are the easiest to leave empty, and an empty finger makes every other ring look deliberate.
Written by Andromeda. Questions? Write to us.
