Peer through the window of Annoushka Ducas’s London boutique in the evening, and you might spy women poring over diamonds and sipping Champagne. But they aren’t congregating to peruse engagement rings or push presents, they’re toasting the signing of divorce papers, and the prospect of turning the stones and settings (and emotional scars) of their wedding bands or engagement rings into a poignant new piece of jewelry. “It’s fun rather than miserable!” smiles Ducas, who has been hosting divorce ring parties in her boutiques for three years now, bringing together London’s top divorce lawyers and their clients. “There’s a lot of laughing and cameraderie… it’s really about bringing about a community together.”
Ducas is just one of a host of jewelers responding to a growing appetite for divorce rings, fueled in part by the sizeable jewels sported by A-listers after they’ve signed on the dotted line to singledom. Take Emily Ratajkowski, who back in March 2024, commemorated her divorce from her husband of two years, Sebastian Bear-McClard, with two platinum and 18-carat rings designed by Alison Lou, incorporating the pear-shaped and princess-cut diamonds from her toi et moi engagement ring. “The idea of divorce is a separation, so it was always going to be splitting the ring into two separate but complementary rings,” the brand’s founder, Alison Chemla, told Vogue. The inspiration behind EmRata’s trending pinky design? A toe ring worn by Rihanna.
In January, original power stylist and newly inaugurated Real Housewife Rachel Zoe marked her split from her husband of over 20 years, Rodger Berman, with a jaw-dropping three-stone divorce ring designed by Ring Concierge, which transformed the huge cushion-cut diamond of her halo engagement ring. Elsewhere, celebrity dermatologist Barbara Sturm commissioned her Jessica McCormack divorce ring before her separation from husband Adam Waldman had even been finalised. “Once you’ve made the decision, you’re already there—even if the paperwork isn’t through,” she says. Posting the final creation on Instagram in October 2025—a chunky twisted gold ring with a pear-shaped diamond—she namechecked EmRata as her inspiration.
Unsurprisingly, East London jeweler Rachel Boston—who says she has been working on divorce ring commissions for the last four years—has found her clients clamouring for bespoke designs that look anything but traditionally “bridal.”
“Clients are gravitating towards pieces that feel more grounded and everyday, like chunky bands, sculptural settings, and designs that can be worn as part of a daily uniform,” she explains. “Signet style rings and wide gold bands are popular.” Chelsea-based jeweler Jessie Thomas agrees. “We see a lot of chunky yellow and white gold pieces, with heavy settings and large stones.” Tania and Dima Nawbar, of fourth-generation Beirut-based jeweler Atelier Nawbar, also note the same affinity for the oversized. A recent divorce ring commission saw the central diamond and halo stones from a wedding and engagement ring transformed into a pebble-like cocktail ring, shimmering with bezel-set diamonds.