Taylor Swift Flashes Engagement Ring at iHeartRadio Music Awards With Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift's Old Mine brilliant-cut engagement ring had its moment at the Dolby Theatre on March 26: raised toward fiancé Travis Kelce mid-chorus as Raye performed "Where Is My Husband" at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, their first awards show appearance together as a couple.

The ring, set in a substantial mounting and first presented during the couple's August proposal, centers on one of the oldest diamond shapes still worn on modern hands. The Old Mine cut predates the modern round brilliant by roughly two centuries, distinguished by a high crown, a small table facet, and a wide, open culet that produces a warmer, moodier glow than the sharp blue-white flash of contemporary brilliant cuts. A substantial mounting, in industry terms, typically signals a cathedral or high-basket prong setting, lifting the center stone well above the band to maximize that antique light. A high-quality Old Mine brilliant between 3 and 5 carats set in a custom gold cathedral setting regularly trades between $80,000 and $250,000 through auction houses and antique dealers, with provenance and documentation pushing figures considerably higher.

Swift made the ring impossible to overlook. She wore a mint-green velvet two-piece from Wiederhoeft's fall/winter 2026 collection, the pale tone serving as a clean frame for the stone, and finished the look with a bridal-inspired manicure. Throughout the evening, cameras captured Swift and the 36-year-old Kelce dancing alongside performances by host Ludacris, holding hands, and sharing a kiss.

She was direct about who deserved credit for the mood. "This album probably also feels very happy and confident and free because that's the way that I get to feel every single day of my life because of my fiancé, who's here tonight," she told the Dolby Theatre audience. She closed with characteristic economy: "So, thanks for all the vibes."

The couple's relationship began in July 2023, when the Eras Tour stopped at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. The ring flash at the iHeartRadio Awards, timed to Raye's chorus as if choreographed, renewed attention to antique cuts and substantial mounting choices as a distinct category on the awards circuit.

Get the Look: Old Mine Brilliants at Three Price Points

The entry point to a genuine Old Mine starts between $3,000 and $5,000 for a 0.75- to 1.25-carat stone in a four-prong yellow gold solitaire. The key specification is a high crown and a large, visible culet. Those two details are the clearest markers separating a period antique from the Old Mine-style reproductions that flood the mass market. Estate dealers and specialist auction houses consistently offer the most reliably sourced stones at this tier.

The $10,000 to $30,000 range opens up 1.5- to 2.5-carat stones, best shown in double-claw or six-prong cathedral settings in 18-karat yellow or rose gold. Skip the hidden halo: a halo crowds the facets and visually modernizes a stone whose entire appeal is historical geometry. Specify a flush-set pavé band or a plain polished shank instead, and request a GIA or GCAL certificate identifying the stone specifically as Old Mine or Old European cut, since that nomenclature on a certificate is harder to fake than marketing language.

At the tier closest to Kelce's choice, budget $50,000 and up for a 3- to 5-carat Old Mine in a high cathedral or basket-prong mounting. Specify a 4- or 6-prong head rather than a bezel, which obstructs the facet structure entirely; target a length-to-width ratio between 1.00 and 1.05 to capture the squarish Old Mine silhouette; and request a "large" or "very large" culet grade if your jeweler provides that grading. That culet produces the characteristic dark eye at the stone's center when viewed face-up, the signature that no modern cut can replicate and the detail that makes a genuine Old Mine brilliant unmistakably itself.