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Updated May 15, 202427 Ultra-Unique Wedding Bands for Women
These uncommon options will bring your engagement ring aesthetic full circle.
Choosing a wedding band to exchange at the altar is usually one of the final steps in wedding planning—but don't let it become an afterthought. Unique wedding bands for women are rarer than you think, lost in a sea of (beautiful, yes, but more common) diamond infinity rings and wide gold bands. And yet, the wedding band is among the most important elements of your wedding to personalize; you'll be wearing it every day 'til death do you part, after all. To find unique wedding bands for her, consider first the engagement ring: Will the bride be donning them together, or wearing one or the other individually? From there, you can get personal, taking into account unique diamond cuts, gemstone colors, metal preferences and customizations. Brides can expect to spend anywhere from $500 to a few thousand on a wedding band, and the range is wide due to the variables (some bands are simple hammered gold, others are rife with rare gems). The average unique wedding band for her is $1,000 to $3,000. Here, we outline a few things to look for when searching for unique women's wedding bands, and round up 28 nontraditional styles to start your search.
What Makes a Unique Wedding Ring?
If you're looking for a wedding ring that's unlike all the rest, there are a few features to seek out. Here's a list you'll want to read before you shop.
Design Elements
Knife edge, crisscrossing bands, hammered metal, uncommon shapes like bows and hearts—the options are virtually endless. Look for elements that have meaning to you and your spouse, or symbolize something about your relationship (one of our favorite unique wedding bands below maps a star chart of the wedding day, for instance). These overall silhouette elements are what set wedding bands apart as most unique.
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Colored Stones
From subtle Champagne diamonds to sparkling emerald to edgy black sapphires, there's a colorful gemstone for every aesthetic—and any can be incorporated into unique wedding rings for women. Pro tip: Emeralds are among the softest stones and therefore most prone to damage; diamonds are the hardest.
Stone Shape and Setting
Once you've chosen a color, consider how the stones are set. A row of parallel baguettes affixed to a wide band (like the edgy tourmaline option on our list), or mismatched stones set at skewed angles are both unique variations. Marquise-shaped stones are rarer than most, and some diamonds are even cut in the shape of hearts.
Metal
Whether your wedding band has stones or not, it's the metal that makes it. White gold and platinum are having a moment; yellow gold is timeless. But, for something more off-the-beaten-path, look for two-tone styles that mix metals. Vintage-obsessed brides may also like rose gold or brushed gold for their unique wedding bands.
Customizations
Many of the rings in our list have the option for a unique engraving—maybe the couple's initials or wedding date, or a phrase they love to share with each other. Others offer customization options, like rendering a ready-to-wear ring in a different type of gold for a look that varies slightly from what others are buying online. Of course, for the ultimate in personalization, brides can design something from scratch, or incorporate heirloom diamonds.
The Best Unique Wedding Bands for Women in 2023
KATKIM Anerise Open Ring
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If a unique ring is your goal, there's no better place to search than KATKIM. Created by designer Katherine Kim in Los Angeles, the brand prides itself on sustainability, and each piece is handmade with conflict-free diamonds. This particular band, an open circle of 18-karat gold with floating princess-cut diamonds in square settings, has a geometric air that appeals to artistic types. Pro tip, though: Make sure the finger is sized correctly in advance, as open rings cannot be resized.
Dana Rebecca Designs DRD 7 Stone Multi-Shape Ring
Photo: Dana Rebecca Designs
Chicago-based Dana Rebecca Designs is all about the stack: changing it up, mixing and matching and—of course—adding to it from time to time. Start your stack off right by opting for this stellar modern wedding band, made up of oval, pear and emerald-shaped diamonds—each approximately .2 carats—set at alternating skewed angles.
Grown Brilliance Round Lab Grown Diamond Channel Set Wedding Band in 14-Karat Rose Gold
Photo: The Knot
Channel-set wedding bands have made a glitzy showing for men in recent years, but are still relatively uncommon for women's bands. We love the uniqueness of this one, with round diamonds inset halfway around the ring totaling 1 carat.
Melanie Casey Morse Code Rings: Initials in 14-Karat Yellow Gold
Photo: Melanie Casey
Perhaps the most delicate band to make our list at just 1.2 millimeters wide, this one is arguably the most unique. Its round and baguette diamonds represent the dots and dashes of Morse code, and can be arranged in any grouping to spell out letters and numbers. Each band carries just one letter though, so opt for your new last initial, or double or triple the dainty band to get your whole new monogram. (Another offering by the designer spells out "love" in code.)
Suzanne Kalan Firework Rainbow Sapphire and Diamond Frenzy Eternity Rose Gold Ring
Photo: Ylang23
Your love creates fireworks, right? Make them last forever with a sparkler inspired by sparklers, like this colorful Suzanne Kalan creation with a rainbow of baguette sapphires. The green, blue, pink and purple stones are interspersed with round white diamonds that glitter and glow like your love.
Ashley Zhang Seed Pearl Ring
Photo: Ashley Zhang
Pearls are hot in bridal right now, but it's rare to see them replace diamonds in a wedding band. We love the switch-up, seen here in a sweet antique-inspired stacker with five natural seed pearls set in delicate prongs. It's a dainty style that pairs well with a thicker banded engagement ring.
VRAI Signature V Band with a Pavé Band
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VRAI is a great option for sustainable-minded brides looking for a classic band, but the jeweler offers a few off-the-beaten-band designs as well. We love this V-shape pavéd band, which fits puzzle-like with VRAI's V-shaped engagement ring, or adds a unique geometric element when paired with a straight engagement band. The pavé can go both ways: upping the glam when paired with a pavéd engagement ring, or adding just a touch of subtle sparkle to a plain gold ring.
Gage Diamonds Luna 140-Karat Gold Art Deco-Inspired Diamond Ring Enhancer
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Some brides opt for not one but two wedding bands to sit on either side of the engagement ring; an old-school and two-for-one alternative is known as a ring enhancer. It features two connected but spaced sides, usually a mirror image, that create a frame. You slip off your engagement ring, drop it between the two sides of the enhancer and slip it all back on as one unit. This one is beautiful, with alternating round and baguette diamonds totaling .3 carats.
Leo Black Special Day Signet Ring
Photo: Catbird
Did you consult your significant other's birth chart before committing to the engagement? Here's the perfect piece for astrology-obsessed brides, a bulbous 14-karat yellow gold wedding band with eight colored diamonds, sapphires and rubies representing the planetary placement on the date of your most special day. Circling around a hand-engraved sun, the "planets" glimmer with beautiful symbolism.
MiaDonna Wildflower Accented Wedding Band in 14-Karat Yellow Gold
Photo: Miadonna
Are you getting married in an open field? Carrying a bouquet of freshly picked blooms or wearing florals in your hair? We've found just the ring for you in MiaDonna's wildflower-inspired wedding band. The diamonds are cut in four different shapes and come together in a half circle that beautifully frames your engagement stone. And it's all as planet-friendly as freshly picked flowers: The company uses recycled metals and lab-grown diamonds, and gives back to The Greener Diamond.
Grown Brilliance Tapered Baguette Lab Grown Diamond Wedding Band
Photo: The Knot
The tapered baguette is one of the most modern diamond shapes. This minimalistic band puts an extra contemporary spin on the shape: A clean white gold band is topped with two aligned baguettes and two tapers, in a just-slightly-raised setting. The price point is right, too; double up to sandwich your engagement ring with two bands.
Dana Rebecca Designs DRD Sophia Ryan Infinity Ring in Yellow Gold
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This open-loop infinity band gets the ultimate seal of approval: Designer Dana Gordon wears it in her own wedding band stack. Round white diamonds are set in two rows of 14-karat gold that create infinity symbols, the perfect embodiment of your eternal love.
Point No Point Studio Half Moon Salt & Pepper Diamond Ellipse Setting Wedding Ring
Photo: Point No Point
An ultra unique jeweler dedicated to uncommon stacks, Point No Point crafts mostly V- and U-shaped bands to fit with its geometric engagement offerings. This gold wedding band presents a diversion from the ordinary with its hefty 9-millimeter width and half moon-shaped salt and pepper diamond. The ellipse cutout leaves room for a circle stone to rest flush against the band.
Oscar Massin Beaded 18-Karat Yellow Gold Ribbon Ring
Photo: Saks Fifth Avenue
Unique metal work—rather than flashy gemstones—is the hallmark of Oscar Massin, not to mention the hallmark of many brides looking for an ultra unique wedding band. This one delivers, with 18-karat gold sculpted to look like an unraveling ribbon and adorned with golden beads on top and bottom.
Aurate Brooklyn Baguette Diamond Ring
Photo: Aurate
Fit for a princess, this baguette band stuns with a unique tiara-shaped taper of diamonds totaling 1.22 carats, hand set by master jewelers in 14-karat gold. The straight bottom edge will line up flush with any style engagement ring, quite literally crowning it with something extra special.
KATKIM Pink Sapphire Marquis Cove Ring
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All the shameless splurges on our list go to rarely seen colored gemstones, like this KATKIM stunner set with marquise sapphires in varying shades of pretty pink, totaling a whopping 4.25 carats. It brings to mind a tiered wedding cake or fiery tiara, and is perfect for the whimsical, one-of-a-kind bride.
Brilliant Earth Winding Willow Ring
Photo: Brilliant Earth
Who needs diamonds? We love the natural beauty of this delicate vine-inspired ring, featuring sculpted leaves around a white, yellow or rose gold band. It's a fun piece to wear with or without your engagement diamond, and is handcrafted in San Francisco with comfort and durability in mind.
Wwake Tourmaline Baguette Band
Photo: Wwake
A row of parallel Nigerian tourmaline baguettes in shimmering shades of green are set against a band of 14-karat solid recycled gold on this unique wedding band for women. Pair it with an emerald engagement ring, or a second wider gold band.
Anna Sheffield Serpent Band in 14-Karat Rose Gold and Ruby
Photo: Anna Sheffield
This one's for the edgy brides. If your big day is abundant with moody decor, you're wearing leather jackets with your wedding attire or have a "'til death" neon sign, a serpent ring may be just the finishing touch (and—bonus—the serpent represented eternal love in ancient times). It's an Anna Sheffield specialty, and this one is rendered in rose gold with ruby eyes.
Enchanted Disney Fine Jewelry Snow White Anniversary Band Ring
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And, on the other end of the edginess spectrum, we have our bow-obsessed brides (bows are trending in wedding gowns, after all!). Bring the look to your wedding band with Enchanted Disney Fine Jewelry's Snow White-inspired ring. A demure bow is sculpted in 14-karat rose gold and adorned with tiny diamonds totaling .25 carats.
Melanie Casey Diamond Lace Edge Demi Ring
Photo: Melanie Casey
Designer Melanie Casey's MO is dainty diamonds, and this lace-inspired band is no exception, featuring 22 1-millimeter diamonds totaling .19 carats. We love it for beachy or bohemian brides, and it makes a great stacking band; its arches line up well with the engagement ring's central stone.
Ashley Zhang Petite Toi et Moi Rolling Ring
Photo: Ashley Zhang
With a name translating from French to "you and me," what ring could be a better representation of joining your lives together? The dual 2-millimeter bands—one solid yellow gold, the other pavéd with diamonds—roll individually but never separate, just like you and your partner. Opt for custom engraving to add an extra personal touch.
Haute Carat Emerald Cut Bezel Diamond Eternity Band in Rose Gold
Photo: Haute Carat
A unique bezel setting for the emerald cut stones sets this diamond infinity band apart, but the best part is its customization options: Brides can select the band metal, band width and carat weight of each stone, with the most opulent option ringing in at $27,800 and a full carat per diamond. We love the more modest quarter carat per stone, set in pretty rose gold.
Monique Lhuillier Bliss Diamond Anniversary Band
Photo: Kay Jewelers
Pro tip: If you're looking for something out of the wedding-band box, try searching instead for "anniversary bands." And, who could do wedding and anniversary bands better than the queen of bridal herself, gown designer Monique Lhuililer? This ring represents a slight departure from her typically timeless aesthetic with marquise stones balanced atop a row of infinity symbols.
David Yurman DY Delaunay Faceted Band Ring in 18-Karat Yellow Gold with Pave Diamonds
Photo: David Yurman
If your wedding vibe—or personal aesthetic—veers art deco or vintage, look no further. David Yurman offers this cool wedding band, sculpted inside and out. The engravable interior features an organic wave design, while the exterior is all geometric with faceted sides inlaid with round diamonds.
James Allen 14-Karat Yellow Gold Diamond Wedding Band
Photo: The Knot
We love this simple band for the way it looks almost beaded with diamonds from afar, the uncommon prong settings outlining the rounds and setting them just far enough apart to allow light to pass through and create the beaded illusion. We love it with a beaded or embellished gown for the big day—but its unique yet timeless appeal will last a lifetime.
Erstwhile Day & Night Band
Photo: Catbird
Perfect for the eco-conscious couple, Catbird's handmade Erstwhile collection is crafted using exclusively vintage stones—in this case, vibrant blue sapphires totaling .85 carats, and .69 carats of Old European cut diamonds. Even the band itself shifts in tone as the stones change, from yellow gold to platinum (a great option for brides fond of mixing metals in their day-to-day jewelry).
