Model and author Emily Ratajkowski has put a new spin on engagement rings by splitting her diamond in two and hailing it The Divorce Ring.
EmRata split from film producer Sebastian Bear-McClard – with whom she shares a three-year-old son – in September 2022 after four years of marriage. She is now celebrating her “personal evolution” through bling.
“I don’t think a woman should be stripped of her diamonds just because she’s losing a man,” she told Vogue.
In a recent string of snaps shared to Instagram, the My Body author shows off the stunning new addition designed by Alison Lou, a luxury jeweler who initially designed her original engagement ring.
“This is just … ICONIC,” one person responded, while another wrote: “If ever a post deserved a ‘love this’ its this one.”
A third added: “Big Boy Moves my friend.”
The inspiration came from Stephanie Danler’s essay The Unravelers.
“[It] includes the story of her grandmother’s snake ring—a ring that is made up of the different stones from her various marriages,” Ratajkowski told the publication. “I loved the idea of a ring unabashedly representing the many lives a woman has lived.”
EmRata went on to call it a “fun project” during “a hugely transitional period in my life.”
“The ring became symbolic to me—some kind of token or evidence of my life becoming my own again,” he added.
“It’s been a crazy couple of years, and finally I feel a sense of peace within myself and about the life and future I have and will continue to build with my son,” she continued. “Somehow, these rings feel like a reminder that I can make myself happy in ways I never imagined.”
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