Lynn Ban, Jewelry Designer and ‘Bling Empire’ Star, Dies at 52

Lynn Ban, a celebrity jewelry designer and a star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” died on Monday, just weeks after she had emergency surgery for a brain bleed following a skiing accident in December. She was 52.

Her son, Sebastian Kain, confirmed her death in an Instagram post on Wednesday, noting that “she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery, so I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who supported her.”

Ms. Ban disclosed her skiing accident in a post on her Instagram account on Dec. 30, saying it occurred on Christmas Eve in Aspen, Colo. It was accompanied by a photo of her in bed with a partly shaved head.

Ms. Ban said that after the accident, she skied to the bottom of the mountain, where a ski patrol checked her for a concussion and cleared her. Her fall “didn’t seem that bad at the time,” she wrote. But at the suggestion of a paramedic, she went to a hospital for a CT scan, which detected the brain bleed. She was then airlifted to a trauma hospital. “Last thing I remember was being intubated and waking up after an emergency craniotomy,” she wrote.

Lynn Ban was born on May 27, 1972, in Singapore to David Ban, a developer, and Patricia Ban, a certified gemologist who nurtured her daughter’s love of fashion.

Ms. Ban designed fine jewelry worn by some of the world’s most recognizable artists and celebrities, including Rihanna, Beyoncé, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone. According to her website, she also worked with Rihanna on jewelry for her concert tours, appearances, music videos and her Fenty x Puma collections.

Ms. Ban often set precious stones like diamonds in oxidized metals to create visual contrast.

In a 2017 article in The New York Times, Ms. Ban talked about her signature armor rings, including a piece she created for Rihanna to wear in photographs for W Magazine. Told to imagine Rihanna as the last woman in a postapocalyptic world, Ms. Ban created a claw armor ring, an articulated design that stretches up the finger and ends in a clawlike pointed tip.

“It continues the theme of my signature armor ring but is even more protective,” she said. “It’s like a weapon.”

She added that it was no coincidence that the piece was created during a time of political flux, in the wake of President Trump’s election to his first term. “Revolution and social protest have always sparked intense periods of creativity,” Ms. Ban said. “Just look at the 1960s.”

In addition to her parents and her son, she is survived by her husband, Jett Kain.

In a statement on Wednesday, Jeff Jenkins, the founder and president of Jeff Jenkins Productions, which produced “Bling Empire” and “Bling Empire: New York” for Netflix, called Ms. Ban “a genuine original.”

Alain Delaqueriere contributed research.