Eva Longoria Engagement Ring

Jean Dousset Designs Engagement Ring for Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria Engagement Ring

On November 29, 2006 Tony Parker presented Eva Longoria with an engagement ring designed by Jean Dousset.

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Jean Dousset who was born in Paris, France has worked for prestigious French jewelry houses for the past 10 years, and was most recently asked by Tony Parker to design the perfect engagement ring for Eva Longoria.http://evalongoria.com

"I built the ring around her persona: confident, delicate, and very feminine. That gave me the base of the design. Tony wanted to surprise her with the proposal and the ring. That gave me the stakes," said Jean Dousset.

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Eva Longoria, with husband Tony Parker, has adopted his last name. "That'd be Madame Parker."

The emerald cut diamond ring has 248 diamonds and took 116 hours of work to complete. "I wanted the ring to have one unique and original idea. Something that no one has done before, that would be between Tony and Eva. I asked him to handwrite a personal message to her. His handwriting was then engraved inside the shank of the ring, for her eyes only," said Jean Dousset. "Beyond the execution and the design, I am most proud that the ring has a personal imprint of Tony inside it," continued Jean Dousset.

After working with the prestigious French jewelers, Jean has decided to open his "atelier" (workshop), and will soon follow with a collection of jewelry. He presently works with select celebrity clients.

"As Tony & Eva's friend, I am very touched to have been asked to be a part of this very special moment for both of them. I wish them only love and more love," Jean said.

Her marriage didn't work out on "Desperate Housewives," but things are looking rosy in real life for Eva Longoria: She's engaged to her beau, the basketball star Tony Parker. "Tony flew into Los Angeles last night after his game and surprised Eva at her home as she got off work," her publicist, Liza Anderson, said in an e-mail. "The proposal was romantic and perfect. The couple plans to wed in France in the summer of 2007 in what they describe as a big, happy ceremony with lots of family and friends." Longoria, 31, who plays crafty Gabrielle Solis on the hit ABC show, met Parker, a 24-year-old Frenchman, in the San Antonio Spurs' locker room after a game two years ago. (AP)

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