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Quiet luxury—also known as “stealth wealth”—is in these days, I’m told.

This trend, or perhaps more realistically this lifestyle, refers to wearing logo-less, discreet, high-quality, expensive items, which don’t scream designer but do “whisper” money, as style editor Emma Childs suggests.

Rihanna—a long-time aficionada of all things logos and jewels—doesn’t exactly fit the bill when you think of celebs embracing quiet luxury, and you better bet the Fenty founder knows it.

In a recent, now-deleted TikTok, the star showed off her feet in some very fancy shoes and an even fancier toe ring.

The shoes were heeled black sandals with crystal-embellished ankle straps by Amina Muaddi, originally retailing at $1,380, but now on sale for $966 at Matches Fashion.

As for the ring, it looked much more like a hyper-luxurious engagement ring than you’d expect a toe ring to, ever, featuring a giant pear-cut diamond.

Rihanna gave her TikTok the tongue-in-cheek caption, “quiet luxury.” I see what you did there, RiRi.

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“Rihanna is always impressing with her jewellery—just a few months ago, she wore $3.2 million worth of diamonds during her performance at the Super Bowl. Thus, it’s no surprise to see her flaunting an enormous diamond on her toe during a recent night out,” commented Maxwell Stone, a diamond expert at Steven Stone.

“Custom made by XIV Karats, the ring features a 9 carat pear cut diamond, sat on a pave band.

“Having been around since the late 1400s, pear-cut diamonds have been worn by women for centuries. Because of their nontraditional cut, they’re believed to symbolize the empowerment and independence of the wearer—making the cut the perfect

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Good afternoon, we’re here to inform you that Rihanna just stepped out wearing a diamond toe ring worth more than…literally anything most of us have ever laid eyes on. (Unless you’re in possession of your own million dollar toe ring, in which case I take it all back.)

Rihanna showed off her giant diamond toe ring in a TikTok, which she iconically captioned “quiet luxury.”

The 9 carat ring was made by XIV Karats, who confirmed that Rihanna wore it ahead of the 2023 Met Gala when she stepped out in this:

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Also, since you’re wondering, yes people in the comments of Rihanna’s TikTok think she’s telling us she’s engaged to A$AP Rocky so—if you’re reading into this toe ring—you’re not alone. And if you want to speculate further, fans also think she wore a straight-up wedding dress to the Met Gala.

As one person put it, “I’m going to go out on a limb here and say I think this is a nod to Rihanna and ASAP getting married. She’s late, she’s the last to arrive, and she’s in a wedding dress.”

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ROGERS, Minn. (FOX 9) – A diamond anniversary ring found in a regional wastewater treatment plant in the Twin Cities has been returned to its owner after nearly 13 years.

The Metropolitan Council previously found the ring in March at the treatment plant in Rogers, Minnesota, noting it was a “rare event, like winning the lottery.” After posting on Facebook about the discovery, the Met Council announced on Monday the ring was returned to its rightful owner.  

The ring was found by a maintenance crew that was working on a piece of equipment that separates large and heavy items from the wastewater as it enters the plant. As one of the technicians began to shovel out sand and grit that had settled to the bottom of the machinery, another technician spotted a shiny object in the material. It turned out to be the diamond ring. 

The Metropolitan Council posted on Facebook about the ring with “distinctive features” in hopes of locating the owner. Hundreds of people who had lost rings in the wastewater treatment system contacted Met Council about the found ring. Each person was asked to describe the ring and submit photos of it. 

Only one photo looked like a match. Two jewelers compared the ring photo against the actual ring, with both determining it was highly likely that it was a match. 

The owner positively identified the ring as the one that had been lost almost 13 years ago. After reuniting the owner with the diamond ring, the owner now wants to thank the

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A lost diamond ring found at the Rogers Wastewater Treatment Plant is now reunited with its owner, according to a news release from the Metropolitan Council.

The Met Council announced in April that workers had found a unique, gold ring “with a bunch of diamonds.” They then asked people who think the ring could be theirs to describe it and send in photos.

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Hundreds of people contacted the Met Council, hoping the lost ring was theirs. Only one photo looked similar, so two jewelers compared the ring to the photo and confirmed it to be a match, according to the release.

“My daughter called me and she said, ‘Mom, you’re never going to believe this,’” said Mary Strand, the owner of the ring.

She said her daughter alerted her to news reports about a ring being discovered at the wastewater plant.

Strand believed it could be hers, after losing a gold ring back in 2010.

She said her husband had gotten her a ring for their 33rd wedding anniversary but it was a little too big.

“I reached over and flushed the toilet and the ring fell in and it was swirling around and I truly dove for it,” Strand explains.

Oddly enough, the Strands run a sewer business called Viking Sewer and Drain Services, so they have experience in retrieving items that have gone down drains.

She said they took the toilet outside and tried to shake out the ring, then put a sewer camera 200 feet down the sewer line to see if they could find it.

“We’ve saved a lot of rings and we really thought

Mary Strand accidentally dropped her diamond ring into the toilet 13 years ago — then she flushed and saw her beloved jewelry swirling down the drain.

“I’m watching this ring swirl,” she recalled when talking with the Metropolitan Council, which provides services for the Twin Cities metropolitan area. “I dove for the ring, and it went down. It went down the drain. “

Panicked, the first thing the Rogers, Minnesota, woman did was call her husband, who happens to run a sewer and drain cleaning business.

He shook the toilet, hoping his wife’s ring might be stuck, but he had no such luck.

He also used a sewer camera — that can look about 200 feet away from the toilet — but “didn’t see anything,” he said in a Metropolitan Council video.

“I never, ever, ever thought that I would ever see this again,” Strand said.

Then in March, crews at the Rogers Wastewater Treatment Plant “spotted a sparkle coming from the muck” while working on machinery, according to a May 17 news release from the Metropolitan Council.

“Buried in the grit and the muck, they found a chisel, a clamp and a diamond ring,” officials said.

Metropolitan Council Maintenance Manager John Tierney “realized that it was probably special to someone and made a public appeal to find the ring’s owner,” according to the release. “Hundreds of people responded and shared photos and descriptions of rings lost down the drain. But only one photo stood out.”

That photo was of Strand’s long-lost diamond ring.

“Two jewelers compared the ring with the photo, and both said it was a likely match,” officials said.

“Against all odds,” the ring was returned to Strand on May 8.

Boy flushed his mom’s engagement ring a year ago. Sanitation workers just found it

NEW YORK CITY – The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in finding the three individuals wanted in connection to a jewelry theft. 

Police say at around 2:10 p.m. on Friday, April 28, a 55-year-old man was changing his tire in front of 261 W St. when the first suspect talked to him. 

While the victim was distracted, the second suspect went to the car and removed a suitcase from the backseat, police said.

The suitcase contained approximately $100,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry. 

The third suspect was acting as a “lookout,” police said.

The three unidentified individuals fled the scene in a taxi and were last seen near the Queensboro Bridge.

The NYPD is looking for these three individuals. (NYPD)

Individual #1:

• Man with light complexion, slim build, approximately 30 to 40 years old, and 5’7″ to 5’8″ tall.

Individual #2:

• Man with light complexion, black hair, average build, 30 to 40 years old, and approximately 5’6″ to 5’7″ tall.

Individual #3: 

• Woman with light complexion, black hair, average build, 30 to 40 years old, and approximately 5’4″ to 5’5″ tall.

No injuries were reported. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).