Taylor Swift is officially in her bridal era!
After two years of dating, Travis Kelce got down on one knee in a garden filled with pink and white roses and asked the world’s biggest pop star to marry him. Of course, the sparkle on the multi-Grammy-winner’s left hand is giving fans plenty to swoon over.
The joint Instagram announcement nearly broke the internet, with the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨.” The carousel of photos captured the dreamy moment, including Travis proposing and the couple in full embrace.
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Within seven minutes, the post racked up over a million likes, proving that Swifties were ready to celebrate this fairytale chapter. Swifties are calling it the fairytale ending she’s been writing about since “Fearless.” And while the photos of them in a tight hug were heart-melting, it’s the close-up of the vintage-inspired ring that has the fandom buzzing.
A Ring Fit for Miss Americana
So, what exactly is sitting pretty on Taylor’s finger? According to jewelry experts, Travis worked with Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry to design an antique-inspired masterpiece. Estimated at around $550,000, the center stone feels like a chapter straight out of her discography: elegantly poetic and Swift-coded. It’s an antique, elongated cushion-cut diamond, estimated to weigh between seven and ten carats. But as per the Brides website, it sits at eight carats, with an F color and VS1 clarity.
Some experts also describe it as an Old Mine Brilliant Cut, a historic shape popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. It’s bezel-set in 18k yellow gold with needle-point prongs and filigree engravings along the band, giving it a look that suggests it could have been passed down for generations. Smaller diamonds also adorn the shoulders of the band, adding just the right amount of shimmer without detracting from the center stone. Fans immediately took to social media to gush, with one writing, “Of course that’s Taylor Swift’s engagement ring. It’s so quintessentially her.” Another joked with a “Lover”-era lyric: “No paper rings here.”
The design has even sparked conversations about whether Taylor just set the next big trend in celebrity engagement rings. Zendaya and Lily Collins have also been spotted wearing bezel-set styles, but Taylor’s massive one, paired with its antique romance, may officially seal the deal. Jewelry TikTok creators have chimed in too, with one saying, “I always thought she was an antique cushion girl because of the history and whimsy.” It seems the football champ understood the assignment.
Love Story in Real Life
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The ring is breathtaking, but the story behind it is just as sweet. Travis first tried to connect with Taylor during her Eras Tour in 2023, when he made her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it. He didn’t get to give it to her that night, but fate had other plans. By September of that year, Taylor was spotted in the Kelce family suite at a Chiefs game, and by her own words, they were already a couple. Since then, they’ve been supporting each other’s worlds: she cheered him on at Super Bowl LVIII, and he sang along at her stadium shows across the globe. She even dropped hints about their romance in songs like “So High School” and “The Alchemy.”
Now, with her 12th studio album “The Life of a Showgirl” on the horizon, which she announced together with her man on his and his brother’s podcast “New Heights,” Taylor has more than new music to celebrate. The engagement ring feels like the perfect emblem of where she is today: still the girl who wrote “Love Story,” and baby, she just said, “Yes!”