Divorce rings: why women are celebrating their breakups

Name: Divorce rings.

Age: Relatively new. British Vogue is reporting that they are a thing. And if it’s in Vogue the chances are it’s in vogue.

Appearance: You know, they go on a finger, generally made of metal, might include a gemstone or two.

So, not unlike an engagement ring, or a wedding ring? Physically similar maybe, but ideologically different.

Because it marks not hitching but unhitching? Not just marks, but actually celebrates. “It’s fun rather than miserable,” jewellery designer Annoushka Ducas told Vogue. Ducas hosts divorce ring parties at her boutiques, inviting top divorce lawyers and their clients. “There’s a lot of laughing and camaraderie … it’s really about bringing a community together.”

Even if it’s really about two people becoming apart! But what has sparked this new appetite for divorce rings? Mostly it’s trickled down from A-listers, like Emily Ratajkowski for example …

Remind me … Model, actor, had a part in Gone Girl. She celebrated her divorce from Sebastian Bear-McClard with not one but two rings that incorporated the diamonds from her engagement ring.

Well, at least she’s recycling – that’s good. Upcycling even. Anyway, Vogue goes on to talk to a bunch of jewellers who are making them, as well as highlighting splitters, including a celebrity dermatologist, who have found lavish divorce rings helpful and flashed their ice on social media.

All very well if you’ve got the cash to splash. Well, if you can’t afford new finger furniture you can always just raise one …

The middle one, perhaps? Exactly. Or there are other ways of marking a separation in a celebratory way. For example, I offer #DivorcedMomCore.

And that is? An idea that has made some impression on the internet. Basically about releasing yourself from someone else’s aesthetics, and making your home – and, by extension, your life – all about what you want it to be.

Chuck out that painting of theirs you really hate and do your own mural? Yeah, burn it! Or do what Honest Company founder Jessica Alba did after filing for divorce from husband Cash Warren.

Which was? Divorce tattoo. Specifically the words: “life is transformation is life”

Nice. Or just have a divorce party? Perfect. Nicole Kidman’s pals – including Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon – are said to be throwing a big one for her after her split from Keith Urban.

And for those of us without Hollywood mates? No matter. Searches for “divorce cakes” and “divorce party games” are reportedly up. Pin the tail on the ex, anyone?

Do say [with uncorked bottle raised aloft]: “FREEEEEDOOOOM!”

Don’t say: “Yeah, but I just really miss them …”