Fashion Diamond Earrings

Not sure yet what to wear? Fashion earrings are the place to look when you want something unexpected without committing to one specific style — a bit of hoop here, a bit of drop there, all mixed together in the same collection. Our collection draws from hoop and drop styles alike, with lab-grown diamonds and a choice of 10K, 14K or 18K gold in yellow, white and rose tones.

More Than One Way to Stand Out

Rather than being its own separate design language, fashion earrings pull together the boldest option from every other category on the site. Among studs, that means an oversized cluster or halo design rather than a simple solitaire; among men's styles, a more elaborate cluster or mixed-cut pattern rather than the most restrained option. Drop and dangle pieces here tend to be the ones with the most visible movement and the fullest scatter of stones, and hoops or huggies show up with more decorative detail — alternating cuts, an inside-out setting, a fuller, rounder profile — rather than a clean, uninterrupted line of diamonds. If a design in one of those categories reads as the quieter, everyday choice, its more dramatic counterpart is usually the one that ends up here.

Choosing the Right Closure

The closure affects how secure and how easy to wear a pair actually is, which matters more here than with a solid stud, since a longer earring puts more weight and movement on it. A post-and-stud back is the simplest and most secure, best suited to shorter, lighter drops. A hinge, or lever-back, closure locks shut with a small lever, holding heavier or longer earrings more securely in place through a full day of movement. An English wire hooks through the ear and hangs open at the back, giving the earring room to swing more freely, at the cost of a little extra security. A fish hook is similar but simpler still — just a curved wire with no locking mechanism at all — usually reserved for lighter, occasional-wear pieces rather than earrings meant to stay in all day.

Choosing Your Metal

Modern diamond earrings come in 14K or 18K gold, in yellow, white or rose tones.

• Yellow gold fashion earrings have a warm, classic feel, and small scratches or fingerprints are less noticeable on it than on a bright white metal, making it a practical choice for a pair you put on and forget about.
• White gold fashion earrings give a cooler, more contemporary look that makes a diamond read as more neutral against it, so the stone itself takes more of the attention than the metal around it, though they need occasional re-plating to stay at their brightest.
• Rose gold fashion earrings have a warm, romantic tone that tends to suit a wide range of skin tones, and pair naturally with any rose gold pieces already in your jewelry box.

For the gold tones, 14K contains more alloy metal, making it more resistant to the everyday scratches and knocks an earring picks up going in and out of a bag or a jewelry box, while 18K contains more pure gold for a richer, deeper colour.

Related Categories: Stud Earrings, Hoop Earrings, Dangle & Drop Earrings

Lab-Grown Diamonds

If you like the idea of a diamond without the mining behind it, a lab-grown stone gives you exactly that — grown in a controlled setting rather than underground, but chemically and physically identical in every other way: same hardness, same brilliance, graded on the same 4C scale. It's a genuine diamond, not a simulant like cubic zirconia or moissanite, so choosing one over a natural stone comes down to what matters more to you, not a difference in quality.