Last year we rounded up the most iconic celebrity rings of 2025, and 2026 has only given us more to talk about.
So here's the specifics: the cuts, the settings, the designers, and the trends each ring helped set off.
A Case for East-West
Zendaya
So, what style of engagement ring does Zendaya wear? A 5.02-carat elongated cushion-cut diamond, set east-west (sideways, rather than the traditional point-up orientation) in a Georgian-style cut-down setting. The band is two-tone: yellow gold with a white metal basket cradling the stone, widely rumoured to British jeweller Jessica McCormack, though never officially confirmed by the couple.
It debuted at the 2025 Golden Globes and it's still doing a lot of heavy lifting for the east-west trend. Turning a stone on its side changes the whole feel of a ring and makes it less expected.
If you like Zendaya’s ring, you might like our newest east-west ring, the Beau, an oval diamond ring in a half-bezel setting which has a tapered wider band.
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The Elongated Cushion, Reimagined
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Kravitz is newly engaged to Harry Styles, and the ring is an elongated cushion cut diamond, set low in a slim yellow-gold bezel, estimated at around 9 carats. It's believed to be another Jessica McCormack design; Kravitz has been photographed wearing the designer's pieces before.
We love this one for the setting more than the size. A bezel wraps the stone in a thin rim of metal all the way around. It’s a more understated, everyday feel than a claw setting, even at a serious carat weight. If that low-profile, sculptural look speaks to you, our Still ring, an oval lab diamond in a yellow-gold bezel, is built on the exact same idea.
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Proof a Diamond Doesn't Need to Be White
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson's ring from Colin Jost is the one that gets people to look twice. It features an 11-carat light-brown diamond in an unusual elongated pear shape, claw-set so it appears to float above a curved dark ceramic band. It's attributed to James de Givenchy of Taffin, and it debuted all the way back at Comic-Con in 2019, which tells you how well it's held up.
It’s a good reminder that diamonds don’t have to be bright white to feel special. Warm, champagne-toned stones have been showing up more and more in our own consultations, and this ring is a big part of why.
If you like a coloured diamond, you might like our Golden Hour ring which features a yellow diamond.
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More Iconic Actress Rings to Know
A few more that come up often enough in consultations to be worth a quick mention:
Blake Lively — a large light-pink oval diamond with a hidden halo on a rose-gold pavé band, designed by Lorraine Schwartz. Ovals were fairly uncommon before this ring; they now make up roughly a quarter of all engagement rings sold.
Anne Hathaway — a classic 6-carat emerald-cut diamond on a diamond-pavé band, designed by her husband Adam Shulman with Kwiat.
Emma Stone — the rare ring where the centre stone isn't a diamond at all. Her ring from Kataoka is built around an 8mm Akoya pearl in a snowflake motif. A good reminder that an engagement ring doesn't have to revolve around a diamond.
Margot Robbie — a pear-shaped diamond on a thin pavé band in white gold or platinum. Understated, and a good example that a “celebrity ring” doesn't have to mean an enormous one.
Lily Collins — a rose-cut diamond, bezel-set in yellow gold by Irene Neuwirth. Rose cuts have a flat base and a domed, faceted top, giving them a softer, more antique glow than a standard brilliant cut.
Suki Waterhouse — a toi et moi ring pairing a princess cut and a pear-shaped diamond on a pavé platinum band. If you've been eyeing our own toi et moi pieces, this is the celebrity version of that same idea: two stones, one ring, no single centre stone dominating the show.
What These Rings Have in Common
Put them side by side and a pattern shows up fast: east-west settings, low bezels, warm and unexpected stone colours, cuts with a bit of age or asymmetry to them. Very little of it is the traditional round solitaire, and a lot of it is rings that feel personal rather than default.
That's really the whole philosophy behind how we work at Ma Folie. Every ring we make is built around the client and the stone in front of us. If any of these looks are speaking to you, whether it's an east-west cushion, a bezel setting, or a stone colour you haven't seen much of, we'd love to talk through it.
Book a consultation at our Vancouver studio, or browse our engagement ring collection to see where we might start.
