Sunday, September 26, 2010
Stud Earrings: The Best Friend to Beautify Your Ears
Earrings are a specific type of jewelries which are worn on the ear by having one or multiple bores on the ears and then the piece of jewelry is inserted on that. Earring can come into various categories which are equally popular to both male and females. The various styles of earrings are now-a-days a big contributing factor to ones personality as well as in the addressing the style and fashion statements. The earrings just like other jewelries vary in terms of their design, the stone inserted into it, and the metal used for manufacturing it. The Earrings come into various categories like Clip on earring, The Magnetic earrings, Ear Hook, Ear Screw etc. In any of these categories, stud earrings easily fit in. It’s that kind of earrings where a precious gem or stone is studded and so is the name. Among the gems used most frequently, the diamonds occupy a premiere position in terms of the usage in the earrings.
Generally a earring which is studded with gems are simple in design, where a single or multiple number of gems are inserted on a metal strip and the studded strip is given the shape of an earring. But because of the beauty of the stones or the gems inserted, a studded earring always looks trendy and fashionable. The earring varies with shape and the carat content with stone inserted into it. The metals of choice for this type of earrings are generally gold, sometime platinum as well. The sterling silver earrings where the metal used is sterling silver, 92.5% by weight of pure and fine silver alloyed with other metals are also considered for this earring.
This earring when into the shape of round ring has a resemblance with the engagement ring and for the same reason it can often be substituted with the Engagement rings. However, the stones studded in it are lesser tightly held with the metal compared with the Engagement ring, so it should be handled very carefully. The earrings play a significant role in fashion when used the arts. Like in the portrait by Johannes Vermeer, the portrait “The Girl with the pearl earrings “, the earring contributed a different appeal to the portrait.