Special occasion earrings can make a dazzling statement

Earrings are Creative Expressions

There are various forms of body art that people use to enhance their looks, make statements or are queues into their cultural beliefs. Earring-wearing is one such form of body art that has an interesting and diverse history and is exhibited in many creative forms.

The act of wearing earrings far outdates most other forms of self-expression including wearing necklaces, showcasing hair jewelry and bracelet-wearing. Earrings are a type of enhancements that both men and women use to make personal statements and to dress up their physical appearance, whether they are casual, diamond studded or special occasion earrings.

Earrings are usually round rings that are worn through or on the ear and can be an artistic or personal expression of one’s personality and mood. They enhance an individual’s look and can be a part of one’s cultural expression as well as religious, symbolic and aesthetic preferences. They can be either machine manufactured or hand-crafted and vary in look, size, shape and form.
Many cultures use natural substances such as copper and wire to form their earring jewelry and give it a form of creativity which denotes their background. Other natural and precious materials like diamonds, silver, and gold are also used to make earrings into creative pieces.

Earrings can be quite stunning or subtly soft and range anywhere from casual, fun earring jewelry to special occasion earrings and can run the gamut of price in between. The most expensive pair of earrings in the world is a pair of Harry Winston diamond earrings which consist of two pear-shaped diamonds in a platinum setting. They have over 60.1 total carats of diamond weight and are called the Extraordinary Diamond Drop Earrings. Although you may be pressed to find many owners, they are an extraordinarily beautiful pair of earrings to behold and are sold at only $8.5 million USD!

Kinds of Earrings

The origin of earrings date back as far as 3000 B.C. when they were initially made of metal, wood, bone and plastic materials. They were crafted in uses that were either beneficial for trade or purely aesthetic in nature. Even though the act of piercing of the ear was not made popular until the 1920s (when the earring began gaining in beautifying popularity), earrings were worn as either clip-ons or hung around the lobes of the ear in a permanent fashion.

Stud earrings are a very popular type of earring and give an appearance as if it is floating on the ear, minus a visible connection point. The studs are threaded through the ear’s piercing point and are held in place by a pin or a post on the backside of the ear. This post keeps the stud from moving around atop the ear lobe. Its popularity is in its clean, no-frills look and is popular with both sexes and all ages, although they can also be found as special occasion earrings exhibited as diamonds and rubies.

Hoop earrings are circular in design and are also a popular and preferred look. They are often constructed of metal or gold material and have an inner wire tubing which is inserted through the ear’s piercing. The hoop earring is a casually-preferred look but can be dressed up as well with fillers of diamonds and other materials. Many hoop earrings that are used as special occasion earrings are heavier and more elaborate than your basic hoop metal earring.

Although there are various types of jewelry that are expressions of an individual’s personality, earrings are most commonly used to enhance and call attention to an individual’s physical features. They are generally worn by women, but are increasingly becoming popular and more evident in both sexes. There are men in many cultures who now wear earrings as an expression of their personality and culture. In recent decades, ear piercing and earring wearing has become quite popular among men in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Their popularity will likely continue to increase as more people are finding them as a form of expression and enhancement.