Earrings

Earrings are the quietest way to change a face. This edit is built around that idea, and organized by how a pair actually wears rather than by the house that made it. Studs lead the category — round, cushion and pear solitaires, halo-framed centers and small clusters — the pieces that stay in from morning to evening. A smaller group of drops and hoops sits alongside them, from short teardrops that graze the jaw to pairs designed to catch light with movement.

Stones range from natural and lab-grown diamond through a wide color spectrum: ruby, sapphire, emerald, tanzanite, aquamarine, opal, turquoise and cultured pearl, including Akoya and South Sea. Settings are listed in 18K, 14K and 9K gold in white, yellow and rose, and in fine silver where the design calls for a cooler frame. Where a retailer publishes carat weight, millimeter dimensions, color grade or clarity, we carry it through onto the listing so pairs can be compared honestly side by side.

Each pair links out to the retailer that stocks it, at that retailer's own published price. As further brands are approved, this page will grow in both range and price ladder — the categories stay the same, the names within them keep expanding.