What earrings symbolize? Through the years among women, earrings are a symbol of womanhood and a sign of identification. Women are known to wear them since ancient times. The earlobe is associated with financial stability and social status. … Everyone loves earrings, as a way to express themselves
An earring is a piece of jewelry attached to the ear via a piercing in the earlobe or another external part of the ear . Earrings have been worn by people in different civilizations and historic periods, often with cultural significance.
Earring components may be made of any number of materials, including metal, plastic, glass, precious stone, beads, wood, bone. And other materials. Designs range from small loops and studs to large plates and dangling items. The size is ultimately limited by the physical capacity of the earlobe to hold the earring without tearing. However, heavy earrings worn over extended periods of time may lead to stretching of the earlobe and the piercing.
What is stud earings?
Stud, minimal earrings
The main characteristic of stud earrings is the appearance of floating on the ear or earlobe without a visible (from the front) point of connection. Studs are invariably constructed on the end of a post, which penetrates straight through the ear or earlobe.
Hoop earrings
are circular or semi-circular in design and look very similar to a ring. Hoop earrings generally come in the form of a hoop of metal that can be opened to pass through the ear piercing. They are often constructed of metal tubing, with a thin wire attachment penetrating the ear. The hollow tubing is permanently attached to the wire at the front of the ear, and slips into the tube at the back.
What is dangle earings?
(also known as drop earrings) are designed to suspend from the bottoms of the earlobes. Their lengths vary from a centimeter or two, all the way to brushing the wearer’s shoulders. A pierced dangle earring is generally attached to the ear with a thin wire passing through the earlobe . It may connect to itself with a small hook at the back, or in the French hook design, the wire passes through the earlobe piercing without closure, although small plastic or silicone retainers are sometimes used on ends. Rarely, dangle earrings use the post attachment design. There are also variants that attach without piercing.
get their name from their resemblance to a barbell, generally coming in the form of a metal bar with an orb on either end. One of these orbs is affixed in place, while the other can be detached to allow the barbell to be inserted into a piercing. Several variations on this basic design exist, including barbells with curves or angles in the bar of the earring.
Commonly, stones are channel set in huggy earrings.
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