Hoop Earrings Have A Romantic Heritage

There's something romantic and daring about gold ring earrings. In fact, the look originated with pirates and gypsies. Pirates favored the style as the practical swashbuckler always likes to have assets that may be quickly converted to cash. Gypsies, on the other hand, wore their gold hoop earrings as status signifier for each other: the more gold jeweler a lady wore, the richer and more powerful her clan.

Gold ring earrings are one of today's most popular jewelery accessories, a fashion classic that should be a staple of every woman's jewelery collection. And as more and more men become comfortable with ornamentation, gold-hoop earrings have become an essential part of the well dressed male's wardrobe as well.

If you think of gold hoop earrings as being uniform in look and design, think again. Gold hoop earrings come in a wide selection of styles. Gold ring earrings can be either large or small, yellow gold or white gold, plain or sparkling with diamonds or sapphires. While manly gold hoop earrings are smaller and thicker than the female equivalent, they're similarly sure to sport gemstones. 2 bejeweled gold hoop earrings, in fact , makes a fabulous keepsake for the man in your life since it is something he's unlikely to buy for himself - and isn't that the sign of a perfect gift?

The hottest way to blend gemstones with gold hoop earrings is to enhance the pieces with tiny round channel-set diamonds or sapphires. Another popular look with medieval subtleties is the gold ring earring encrusted with colorful amethysts, topaz, and citrines, or other semiprecious stones.

How do you pick that perfect pair of gold ring jewelry for yourself or for the special person for whom you're buying? Mostly it's a matter of personal taste and experience: what looks best on you? What looks best on him or her? There are a few guidelines to go by, however, if you're a first time buyer. The lustrous gleam of 18 carat white gold sets off black or dark brown hair in a particularly striking fashion, whereas yellow gold-hoop earrings are a perfect complement to lighter hair colors. One style parameter that does seem to be more or less inviolable: extra large gold hoop-earrings, between 35 to 65 mm in diameter, are almost always the province of young women in their late teens and early twenties; possibly they look so terrific with long hair. When older women put on over sized hoops, they may look as though they're trying too hard - which is entirely unnecessary when there are so many gorgeous gold ring jewelry to choose among.