Step aside, traditional cuts! While classics will always have their place, 2025 is opening its arms to the incredible marquise shaped diamond as a captivating comeback! With a unique elongated outline and a rich history, the marquise cut is now much more than a vintage whisper – it's a bold, elegant statement commanding attention in engagement rings and fine jewelry alike. If you're looking for a diamond that blends historical romance with cutting-edge modern flair, all while delivering incredible visual presence, let us clue you in on why the marquise is the diamond we are loving this year.
What Is a Marquise Diamond?
Before we get into whether this diamond is trending, let's talk about the allure of the marquise diamond.
History and Origin of the Marquise Shape
The marquise cut has a truly royal history. Legend has it, King Louis XV of France had a jeweler create a diamond shape to resemble the perfect smile of his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. The royal beginnings of this diamond created an elongated, boat-like shape that brings with it an air of elegance and luxury, as well as a bit of aristocracy. The popularity of the marquise diamond has ebbed and flowed over the decades, but its unique history creates timelessness.
Defining Features: Shape, Facets, and Elegance
A marquise diamond is defined by its elegant, elongated shape with two pointed ends. This striking outline is complemented and emphasized by a brilliant-cut facet pattern, typically featuring 58 facets designed to have the most sparkle and fire. Because of its lengthened shape, the marquise diamond offers a dramatic look often compared to a narrow boat or the curve of an eye. The brilliance is centralized, creating dazzling flashes of light that make it truly stand out.
Symbolism Behind the Marquise Diamond
The marquise diamond is much more than beauty. The shape of the marquise diamond is sometimes viewed as symbolizing the uniqueness, individuality, and elegance. There are many forms of symbolism in the marquise diamond. For many people, they are the shape of love and passion and could symbolize an everlasting love. With its boat-like form—sometimes referred to as a “navette” (little ship)—the marquise evokes a journey or voyage, making it a meaningful choice for engagements, milestones, and bold self-expression.
Why Marquise Shaped Diamonds Are Trending in 2025
Unique, Elongated Silhouette
In a world saturated with round and even oval diamonds, the marquise has a refreshing and unique shape. Its unique shape will stand out to anyone wanting a ring that will represent themselves in a distinct way from everyone else. The long lines form a shape that draws the eye and establishes elegance immediately.
Vintage Revival Meets Modern Sophistication
2025 is seeing a strong resurgence of vintage-inspired trends, but with a twist. The marquise shape effortlessly bridges the gap between classic romance and contemporary style. Its historical roots lend it a timeless, vintage charm, while its clean lines and dramatic form allow it to feel incredibly modern when set in current designs. This duality makes it incredibly versatile and appealing to a wide range of tastes.
More Finger Coverage and Illusion of Size
The most practical and appealing aspect of a marquise cut is its substantial face-up size. Compared to its carat weight, a marquise diamond almost always has a significantly larger face-up size than other shapes, particularly the round brilliant. A marquise shape also has a magical lengthening and narrowing effect for the finger making it extremely flattering on anyone's hand.
A Statement Cut in a Sea of Round Diamonds
As personalization and individual expression continue to be the trend in jewelry, the marquise provides a powerful way to make a statement. By selecting a marquise, you are choosing a fully-bright, high-aesthetic boldness that is an imaginative way of expressing your individuality while justifying diamond brilliance and elegance. You can't beat the boldness of that true statement cut!
Marquise Shaped Diamond Jewelry Beyond Engagement Rings
Although the marquise is famous for engagement rings, its versatility extends beautifully into other kinds of fine jewelry.
Marquise Diamond Necklaces
A single marquise diamond set horizontally or vertically to form a solitaire pendant looks stunning, its elegant lines and shimmering light draws attention to the décolletage. Marquise diamond necklace is a lovely addition for both an everyday look and to an evening.
Marquise Diamond Earrings
Marquise diamonds set as earrings are stunning, whether as delicate studs that subtly enhance the face or as elegant cascading drop earrings that add sophisticated movement and brilliance. The shape of a marquise stone means they are sure to catch the light from every angle.
Marquise Diamond Fashion Rings and Anniversary Bands
Besides using them for engagement rings, marquise diamonds can be set in fabulous fashion rings, cocktail rings, or even when placed as accent stones in an anniversary band. Marquise shapes can lead to creative designs whether set alone or being set in clusters.
Custom & Bespoke Possibilities with the Lucenjuri Artisan Studio
Your jewelry should always be as unique as you are! At Lucenjuri, our Artisan Studio specializes in bringing your unique visions to life. If you have a vision for a specific marquise design that is not in our currently available collection – whether that is a detailed custom pattern or just a specific combination of shapes and metals – we can craft a one-of-a-kind piece tailored precisely to your style. You dream it, we build it!
Most Popular Marquise Diamond Settings and Styles
Solitaire and East-West Rings
The timeless solitaire setting allows the unique shape of the marquise to truly shine as the focal point. For a modern twist, the east-west setting (where the marquise is set horizontally across the finger) has surged in popularity, offering a contemporary and distinctive look that feels fresh and unexpected.
Halo and Double Halo Designs
If you want extra sparkle, and the illusion that your stone is larger, halo settings are a perfect match for marquise diamonds. A single or double halo of smaller diamonds encircles the central stone, amplifying its brilliance and creating a breathtaking display.
Vintage-Inspired Settings
As the marquise diamond has such a fascinating history, it naturally fits into a vintage styled ring setting, with lots of art deco detailing. Filigree, milgrain, or scrolling detail are all great ways to show off the marquise and give an antique feel, but still be bespoke.
Marquise with Side Stones
Pairing a marquise center stone with side stones, such as baguettes, trillions, or smaller pear shapes, can create a truly magnificent and personalized design. The side stones, when carefully selected, will increase the effect of the brilliance of the main diamond, and contribute to the overall grandeur of the custom lab-grown marquise diamond ring.
Choosing the Right Marquise Lab Grown Diamond
Understanding the Bow-Tie Effect
Due to their elongated shape, marquise diamonds can sometimes exhibit a "bow-tie effect" – a dark, bow-tie-shaped area visible across the center of the diamond. This is very common; however, if the diamond is cut with excellent proportions, you can minimize this effect and maximize the sparkle.
Ideal Length-to-Width Ratios
The length-to-width (L/W) ratio provides an indication of how slender or wide your marquise diamond will appear. This very much depends on personal preference, but a common range for ratios is 1.75 to 2.25. A lower ratio would give you a wider, shorter diamond and a higher ratio would give you a more slender and elongated look.
Recommended Clarity and Cut Quality
For marquise diamonds, cut quality is paramount to ensure maximum sparkle and minimize the bow-tie effect. Look for excellent or very good cut grades. In terms of clarity, because of their brilliant facet pattern, minor inclusions are often masked, making eye-clean diamonds in the VS1-VS2 range (or even SI1, if carefully inspected) excellent value. When it comes to color, preference is personal, but marquise diamonds do display more color than a round brilliant, so many prefer H color or higher.
Marquise vs. Other Diamond Shapes
Marquise vs. Oval
Both are elongated and flattering, but the marquise has pointed ends while the oval is entirely rounded. The marquise has a sharper, more dramatic shape, while the oval is softer and more continuous in curves.
Marquise vs. Pear
The pear shape (teardrop) has one end rounded, and one end pointed, balancing the marquise shape and round shape features. The marquise with two pointed ends and symmetrical features has a different, more elongated, distinct design from a pear shape’s more asymmetrical appearance.
Marquise vs. Round
The round brilliant is the most favored shape, and sparkles like no other shape. The marquise shape has plenty of brilliant facets with which to create sparkle, it has more flashes due to its more elongated facets, can have a far more significant appearance of size compared to its carat weight than a round brilliant, making it a bolder, more unique alternative.
Marquise Lab Grown Diamonds: Modern, Ethical, and Stunning
Choosing a lab grown marquise diamond is the perfect way to embrace this trending shape while aligning with modern values.
Why Lab Grown Suits the Marquise Cut So Well
Lab grown diamonds are a testament to scientific innovation, creating diamonds that are chemically, physically, and optically identical to mined diamonds. Therefore, you can experience the beauty of a marquise cut with a transparent origin story and a significantly reduced environmental footprint. This fits perfectly with contemporary consumer values in 2025.
Pricing Advantages and Quality Consistency
Because lab grown diamonds have fewer of the price escalations in the supply chain as mined diamonds, you have substantial value. You're more likely to obtain a larger carat weight or higher quality (cut, color, clarity) marquise diamond in your price point. This means that you could buy that show-stopping marquise diamond you've always wanted without compromise, all while knowing its quality is consistently graded by independent gemological labs like IGI.
Lucenjuri’s Curated Selection of Lab Grown Marquise Diamonds
At Lucenjuri, we meticulously curate a stunning collection of lab grown marquise diamonds, ensuring each stone meets our high standards for cut, color, and clarity. Whether you prefer a classic setting or are excited to envision a custom design with our Artisan Studio, our ethically-sourced marquise diamonds are meant to sweetly mark your individual love story with distinction.
Final Thoughts: Is a Marquise Shaped Diamond Right for You?
Dramatic yet refined, the marquise cut is a bold statement of individuality. If the marquise's historical allure, dramatic silhouette, finger-flattering shape, and individuality resonate with you, then a marquise diamond could certainly be your perfect diamond. It's a choice that speaks volumes about individuality, sophistication, and a love that stands apart.
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Marquise Diamond FAQs
What does a marquise diamond symbolize?
A marquise diamond often symbolizes individuality, sophistication, and enduring love. The unique boat-like shape of the marquise diamond can also represent a journey or a future stretching out before you.
Is the marquise diamond cut outdated?
Far from it! While it has a rich history, the marquise diamond is experiencing a significant resurgence in popularity in 2025, especially with modern settings like the east-west orientation, making it a highly trendy and sought-after choice.
What settings look best with a marquise diamond?
Marquise diamonds look spectacular in loads of settings, particularity classic solitaires, modern east-west settings, sparkly halos (single or double), protective bezel setting (the no risk option), or vintage-style settings! The extra sharp ends of a marquise can be damaged easily, most jewelers will typically recommend V-prongs to help protect the tips.
How do I make sure I don’t get a diamond with a strong bow-tie effect?
When it comes to bow-tie effects, the most important thing to remember is to focus on cut quality. Ultimately you want a caliber of cut that is graded either "Excellent" or "Very Good" by a trusted lab, such as the IGI.
How much is a marquise diamond?
Every diamond, including a marquise diamond is going to be dependent on carat, cut, color, and clarity. Their elongated shape often provides a larger visual presence for their carat weight. Lab grown marquise diamonds generally provide a lot more value compared to mined diamonds of comparable quality.
Are marquise diamond popular?
Yes, absolutely! Marquise diamonds are very popular and are the leading trend in 2025! With its unique elongated shape, a marquise diamond has an incredibly flattering shape that combines vintage elegance with a modern feel which makes them exceptionally desirable for everyone!
