Earrings

Hey Petallus

I love danglers, and like scarves round my neck, I've continued to wear danglers whatever the current fashion. My view is I can wear what I like. I've just bought a pair of glorious danglers in Greece. I now only wear one ear ring in each ear, though I did enjoy the early 80's phase for several studs in one ear, and a dangler in the opposite one.

Go for it - choose the ones you like, and if it's studs, that's a good choice as well. I have some lovely studs for more formal do's, or if I'm wearing a chunky necklace and feel danglers would be too much

I've changed to studs over the last 10 years or so, too. I have lots of dangly ones which I used to love wearing, but some of them do look dated, or otherwise 'not right' on me now!

(Mind you, I have studs of all shapes, sizes and colours, so not too austere! )

I like very small studs for everyday wear. I don't have many long dangly earrings - rather short drop ones of various styles.If I get bored with my already massive collection, I go on Ebay where you can find almost any style at very reasonable prices. It's one of my few extravagances

I love earrings and always wear them. As to the style, it depends on what I'm wearing and how I have my hair. I didn't know they went in and out of fashion. X

I agree J52 I don't think danglers are dated at all. There are some fabulous ones in the Plumo catalogue that came today
I just find some of mine a bit heavy sometimes.

I love earrings too and usually pick up a "treat" (or two) when I am passing Accessorize an accessories shop. I often wear earrings that don't necessarily match my outfit - like bright pink ones with a red dress

However, I stopped wearing danglers when a beautician said to me (I had danglers on that day) that "you want to avoid anything with vertical lines after a certain age" ... plus I would prefer to avoid this

www.realself.com/Ear-lobe-surgery/reviews

I get my love of earrings from my mother, she used to say she felt naked without them, and we took her favourite pair off after she died.

I had my ears pierced the week I got my first pay packet. Mum didn't approve so she refused to pay.
I mostly wear hoops but sometimes studs. I have a short neck so never wear danglers.
The hoops I have in now were a Christmas pressie, I put them in on the day and haven't taken them out since. Anyone else sleep with hoops in ?
They are gold

Danglers or studs, I wear either quite happily depending on what I am wearing and how I have my hair - which is quite long and curly, so I need fairly large earrings when it is down otherwise they don't get seen!

'Austere' earrings are for going shopping in. What I think of as functional, everyday jewellery, usually silver. In the evenings I like quite colourful matching earring and necklace sets, maybe murano glass, although I also wear them if I am going out for a nice lunch or something.

www.gemwaithnia.co.uk/muranoearrings.html

DBH buys me a set from here for xmas every now and then. So not too dangly.

I'll have a look at that site in a minute.

I wonder if whether or not one wears glasses makes a difference.

I saw a pic of the Queen once, glasses, crown and earrings and it looked very cluttered.

Oops - wrong link.

www.gemwaithnia.co.uk/earrings.html

I like Plumo, too! Also Pia.

I have an earring fetish. He is threatening to buy a cupboard just for earrings. I even have a special going-away earring travelling case that holds 32 pairs!

I wear glasses when I am singing, and I know what you mean, I am very careful which glasses and which earrings I wear. I don't have to worry about the tiara though. Not for lack of trying, but he wouldn't buy me one when they were in fashion!

It's more or less the same earrings on both links janerowena. They're lovely aren't they and relatively inexpensive.

Is it? That's good, I'm not with it today. Yes, they are all very individual and often they are the only pair like it, so no worries that you have picked up a pretty pair from the carousel at Sainsbury's and your friend has the same set! Or Pia, whose earrings are roughly the same price.

I wish the necklaces were a little longer, but I have solved that with necklace extensions.

As for current fashion - I never did throw out my eighties earrings. Some of the less flamboyant ones are perfect for now. I saw some on eBay advertised as 50s - no they weren't, I remember buying them in 1990!

I have my mother's earrings from the 50s but they are clip on.

I can remember wearing those when I was much younger and having to take them off every few hours because they were pinching.

Jane those are lovely earrings (on the website). I can feel a spend-up coming on. I don't really count those as proper danglers (that weigh a ton).

Most of my earrings are dangley ones and I have lots and lots, though I tend to wear small hoops most of the time (and I do sleep in them). Was never able to wear clip-ons - they were so painful!

I've got more earrings than I care to think about [some of which I've never worn] but I end up wearing one of three sets, a black pair, an amethyst pair or an amber pair [the 1980's parrot ones are in a drawer somewhere; I refer to that as 'my Bet Lych period']. Because I tend not to wear them every day I do tend to struggle to put them in sometimes but find that putting a bit of vaseline on my earlobe helps.

I have loads of earrings all shapes and sizes they are mainly very plain,I wear a classic pair of pearl studs everyday and for something special a glittery pair of large studs,I find dangley tend to get caught up in my hair and then there is a fight with them at a night time to get them out.

Diamond or pearl studs. Though I have one pair that are diamonds and pearls.
Looking at the moment for a pair of black opal ones to match the gorgeous ring my aunt has just given mr.

I love earrings, or my efalump keyrings as my dgd calls them!

When I'm being smart I wear pearl or diamond studs, but when I'm feeling giddy they're dangly.

Galen I love opals, what a lovely gift.

Pearl earrings go with most outfits, I have several pairs of studs of different sizes and a pair of pearl drops that my parents gave me. Amethysts are my favourite stones followed by blue topaz. Can't afford diamonds except the fake kind!

I wear earrings to match my outfit even if I am just doing the chores. As a hobby I make a lot of jewellery to give to charity so I have plenty of raw materials. I hate to see a naked pierced ear! I must admit I favour studs these days.