The jeweler who created Taylor Swift's model wedding ring spills the tea about the reaction to the trinket and how her own life has changed.
Swift and Kelsey announced their engagement V joint post on Instagram on August 26, which featured a series of photos, including a close-up of Swift's ring. This piece features a cushion cut diamond from an old mine, set in a ring designed by Kindred Lubeck.
Kelsey designed the ring with Lubeck, founder of Artifex Fine Jewelry.
“She does all her gold engravings by hand and I just thought her stuff was so cool,” Swift. He stated this in an interview with British radio on the Heart Breakfast program.
“So I showed him the video a year and a half ago, and he just seemed to pay attention to everything. When I saw the ring, I was like (sighs), “I know who did it. I know who did it. I know who did it. And yet, he listened to me!” He did amazing. It was like, you really know me. I didn’t know what I wanted, but somehow he made it happen, and it’s kind of flexible.”
Lubeck said that he was called “Ophelia's Fate” hitmaker completely changed the rules of the game.
“The fact that she recognized my work is such an incredible honor,” Lubeck said on the Oct. 17 TODAY show. “She said, 'I know who did it.' When I heard that, it was the most exciting thing.”
Lübeck, who now has huge number of followers on social networksstill enjoying the attention Swift gave her.
“I think it's something you only dream about happening to you, so it's incredibly surreal. Like, I have a 'pinch me' moment every day. But also, it's such an honor. I feel so honored,” she said on TODAY.
Jewelry is something of a new career path for Lubeck, 30, who is originally from Jacksonville, Fla., and graduated from Florida State University with a degree in psychology. Lubeck, the daughter of a jeweler, began creating her own jewelry in 2019 at the age of 25, she shared in Video from Instagram.
“It was the most natural thing in the world,” Lubeck said of following in her father's footsteps on the TODAY show.
Lubeck said her signature style, which involves hand-engraving gold, began when she took an engraving class in 2021 and was “totally hooked.” She stayed after hours and came to her father's jewelry store on weekends to hone her skills.
“I was just obsessed with it,” she said.
Lubeck is now unable to keep her inventory in storage thanks to Swift's praise for her.
“I look at it all the time,” Swift said of the ring during the performance. appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” October 6.
Old mine cut diamonds are antique diamonds from the period when they were cut and polished by hand. Jeweler Hannah Florman previously told TODAY.com that old mines “send a message that the owner values individuality over mass-produced perfection.”
“This ring celebrates craftsmanship and sophisticated beauty that transcends trends,” she said.
Lubeck's star is currently on the rise, prompting Willie Geist to ask if she has her eye on a Super Bowl ring design.
“I would!” she answered. “Absolutely!”
