PHOTOS: 30 Non-Traditional Wedding Bands and Engagement Rings (Plus 5 for Him!) That We’re Kind of Obsessed With

Philly jewelry boutique Egan Day has gorgeous designs for the bride who wants something just a little bit different.

By Carrie Denny Whitcraft· 3/25/2014, 4:11 p.m.

Just a few of the many gorgeous alternative wedding bands at Center City’s Egan Day. All photos by Sarah Zwerling.

Every time we do a photo shoot here at PW for one of our twice-yearly issues, there are approximately 84,762,580,341,48,937 pieces of gorgeous merchandise on set.

We certainly ooh and ahh over all of it—obviously, we love it all if we’ve gathered it together for the purposes of showcasing them for our brides in our pages!—but one of the stores that elicits many a longing sigh and high-pitched squeal and other general utterances of extreme coveting is Center City jewelry boutique Egan Day. (Not to mention, as I’ve told owner Kate Egan before, feverish screams of “I need this!” as we scurry over to the mirror and try the pieces on ourselves.)

I popped by the shop the other week, and couldn’t help but notice how many options there were in the cases—the store only features a handful of talented artists at any given time, all exclusive to Philadelphia, and displays their work each in their own case—for wedding bands and engagement rings that are just a little bit out of the ordinary; just non-traditional enough to be considered “alternative,” but hardly so out there that you couldn’t easily see them slipping on the ring finger of your left hand as you say your “I dos.” (And some of their designers, such as Nicole Landaw, will work with couples to create custom bands, too.)

They’re just so pretty, we can’t even. And since we know there are so many brides out there who are looking for something a little bit different when it comes to their wedding-ring stack, we pulled together this slideshow of a few of our faves. So take a look! We have a feeling there are a lot of grooms out there (there are styles in here for him, too!) who are going to receive this link today.

Annette Ferdinandsen 18-karat diamond pave coral stick bands in pink, yellow and white gold, $3,400 each, 10-karat coral stick ring, $340, and 14-karat woven thorn ring, $505.

Gabriella Kiss 14-karat gold Amore band (also available in 18-karat and platinum), $660.

Gabriella Kiss gold diamond rings, L-R:
yellow diamond, rusty diamond, black lace diamond, grey diamond, champagne diamond, red lace rose-cut diamond, rectangular rose-cut diamond, black diamond, rusty diamond, pear black diamond, $1,060-$6,615.

Maria Beaulieu 18-karat white gold grey diamond ring, $9,000.

Nicole Landaw 14-karat eternity bands in white and yellow gold, 14-karat edged eternity band in pink gold, and 14-karat white-gold eternity band with black diamonds, $2,865-$3,820.

Nicole Landaw 14-karat honeycomb band with diamonds, $2,420, and 14-karat champagne band, $1,595.

Nicole Landaw 14-karat open flower ring in white gold, $3,410, and 14-karat diamond bead ring, $3,050.

Nicole Landaw men's bands. Top: 14-karat bold band; L-R, middle row: 18-karat hammered band, 14-karat domed band, and 14-karat classic band; Bottom: 14-karat thing classic band, $1,370-$2,500.

Ted Muehling ring in 14-karat gold (also available in 18k and 22k), $1,150.

Ten Thousand Things 18-karat Bamboo band with pave diamonds, $1,180, 18-karat Avanyu band with pave diamonds, $3,120, 18-karat Wave band with pave diamonds $2,230, and 18-karat sapphire ring with pave diamonds, $4,870.