The Forever Diamond Lie: How Marketing Made a Gem a Requirement
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The Forever Diamond Lie: How Marketing Made a Gem a Requirement
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About this listen
Diamonds feel ancient. Inevitable. Like they’ve always been part of love.
They haven’t.
In this episode of Lies We Bought, we dig into the marketing history behind diamonds and how one of the most successful advertising campaigns of all time turned a plentiful gemstone into a symbol of forever.
We explore how De Beers controlled supply, reshaped social expectations, and tied diamonds to love, sacrifice, and seriousness through repetition and psychology rather than tradition. From the invention of the Four Cs to the myth of the salary rule, this episode breaks down how diamonds became mandatory, why they still feel emotionally charged today, and what happens as lab-grown diamonds begin pulling at the threads of that story.
This is a cultural and marketing history of diamonds, not a judgment on personal choice. Understanding the story doesn’t mean rejecting it. It just means finally seeing it.
Welcome to Lies We Bought.
They sold it. We bought it. Now we’re unpacking it.
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