….or rather, get your rocks on.  There is something so utterly captivating to me about a huge sparkly piece of stone on my hand.  Everyone notices it.  I feel glamorous just drinking a cup of tea or putting coins in a ticket machine.  At work my hands are on constant display to the public and it cheers me up to see my ring sparkling when it catches the light, even in the most menial of tasks.  Fancy, sparkly, over-the-top and exquisitely inappropriate. Who is bothered if it isn’t a genuine diamond?  It’s the illusion which is real!

Clockwise from left:  Boohoo, £8; River Island, £9.99; V&A Collection, £70; Miss Selfridge, £12.50.