https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:10:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033364 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:15:55 +0000 Angie 2033364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No earrings, so no rules! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033337 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:59:04 +0000 ChristelJ 2033337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mixed metals can look really nice! I’m not so good at it, though.<br /> I do wear simple earrings with necklaces sometimes. I wear mostly silver as it shows up against my brown hair and echo my grey streaks and cool skin tone. And I’m another one who only wears only lightweight, as I have thin earlobes. For that reason, my earrings are mostly hoops or shapes that contain a lot of negative space! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033302 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 05:50:52 +0000 Liesbeth 2033302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I have learnt so many new terms for earring styles! Makes it easier to define my own preferences really.<br /> Interesting to see a split between rather matchy people and intentionally mismatched ones. I’m a matcher myself, though actual sets aren’t appealing any more. So I tend to wear only earrings or necklace and have the color or shape (ideally) echo something from my outfit. E.g. Pearl earrings with white shell buttons or silver studs with silver hardware. Because I’ve chosen a new bronze specs frame, I’m mixing metals daily now. I’m starting to like the look :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033297 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 03:38:00 +0000 Anonymous 2033297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same as Irina . Matching sets are a huge NO for me . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033286 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 01:52:17 +0000 Jaime 2033286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only posts - I dislike the look of hooks on me. Nothing heavy - if my ear looks stretched or feels uncomfortable it is a no go. I wear gold and silver but it should match any other hardware I am wearing. I like the color to pick up something I am wearing but it has to look balanced - if I already am wearing red shoes and a red bag, I will probably wear neutral earrings. Ha, I didn't realize I had so many earrings rules! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033263 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 00:06:20 +0000 Anonymous 2033263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing too heavy that stretches the holes. Only gold or copper, not silver, and must go with other outfit elements in shape or color. No big button earrings either (small earlobes). Usually no big earrings with chunky necklace, but have made exceptions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033255 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:37:32 +0000 Irina 2033255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Big earrings - no necklace, I only wear these when my hair is short.<br /> Studs if I wear a necklace but no to a matching set, colors must work together. And nothing floral </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033247 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:21:59 +0000 The Cat 2033247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For everyday and casual purposes, I usually don't wear earrings if I'm wearing a necklace. Wearing both feels like too much for my casual elegant style.</p> <p>If dressing up, I might wear earrings as well as necklace. Usually not matching sets (except pearls) but I want them to look harmonious, so same material or colour will be fine. If the earrings are big, I will wear a simple necklace. If wearing a statement necklace, I will wear simple earrings.</p> <p>I am tall-ish and have a big nose, big ears and thick wavy hair. Tiny earrings don't work for me. Mine need to be medium or big. It's a matter of proportions. :-)</p> <p>Silver or white pearls echo my silver white-grey hair and go with everything in my wardrobe. However, I also like to wear fun colours--and materials like enamel and polished wood. When wearing coloured earrings, I want to repeat the dominating colour somewhere else in my outfit.</p> <p>I often wear reading glasses, and I don't mind wearing earrings and glasses in different colours or materials. However, I always make sure that non-neutral colours worn so close to my face are repeated somewhere else in my outfit. (Example: Let's say I'm wearing red glasses and cobalt blue &amp; silver earrings. Then I might wear red shoes or a red cardigan plus a blue skirt or a blue top. Or a patterned scarf including red and blue.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033245 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:18:41 +0000 SarahD8 2033245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One of my holes is "stretched" so studs/posts are not as comfortable and I prefer to wear dangles.</p> <p>If I do wear studs they need to be small, like 1/4 inch diameter. Larger and I look like a kid in the 80s playing dress up. :-p</p> <p>Because my face is fairly long, I prefer dangles that sit fairly close below the earlobe. Long fishhook styles where the actual earrings sits an inch below the bottom of the earlobe aren't so good. I like leverback/dormeuse styles for that reason. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033230 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:44:50 +0000 Style Fan 2033230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rarely wear studs or posts because they hurt my ears.&nbsp; I don't often wear earrings with precious stones (diamonds, rubies, pearls, etc.) because my style is very relaxed and earthy.&nbsp; I rarely wear any jewellery with precious stones these days. &nbsp;<br />I often wear amber earrings and have for decades.&nbsp; I have silver and gold hoops as well that I will occasionally wear.&nbsp; I don't think about what metals I am wearing.&nbsp; I am not a matchy matchy person.&nbsp; Silver and gold gets worn together.<br />I prefer earrings that are longer.&nbsp; I find small earrings get lost in my hair.&nbsp; There isn't much point to them.&nbsp; When my hair was more golden I found gold earrings disappeared into my hair.&nbsp; I preferred earrings with a stone in them.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033228 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:40:25 +0000 rachylou 2033228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My rule is only two things hanging off my head at once. So no hat, scarf, sunglasses, earrings, necklace at once business. Lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033221 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:24:57 +0000 Wise Shopper 2033221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I definitely wouldn't mix metals of different colors. So if it's not a set, as matching as possible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033219 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:06:10 +0000 Gail 2033219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing heavy . Smallish if wearing a statement necklace . Metals need to go with necklace . If wearing large earrings then no necklace.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033217 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:00:19 +0000 ophelia 2033217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't wear heavy earrings, but aside from that rule, anything goes. I don't worry about earrings and glasses or necklaces or all three (like today, and a bracelet and ring). I do like the same metals for earrings and necklaces, generally.<br /> I used to be a jewelry glutton, but now I do find certain shapes and colors don't do me any favors, so I do consider face shape and coloring these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033164 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:45:03 +0000 Cardiff girl 2033164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It’s more about whether the earrings go with the overall look for me than rules specifically about the earrings but I don’t tend to wear large earrings as with glasses and shoulder length hair ruptured can all look a bit busy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033158 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:32:05 +0000 Janet 2033158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My guidelines are similar to JuniperGreen’s. But to that I add: </p> <p>- Nothing heavy. I can’t stand to feel weight hanging from my ears. Plus I have one stretched hole from many years ago.</p> <p>- No large button style earrings. Small studs or crawlers are good. And dangly styles are fine. But those big button styles always look too 80s to me. </p> <p>- I have a size limit. Nothing too large or long (if it hangs below my chin, it’s a no go). Too large overwhelms my small face. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033152 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:17:08 +0000 JuniperGreen 2033152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally!</p> <p>- When I wear necklaces, the earrings must be small.<br />- Similarly, when I wear necklaces the earrings should be the same metal tone and "go" together... but I draw the line&nbsp;at full-on matching sets which feel fussy to me.<br />- If I'm wearing glasses, which I usually am, and ALSO want to wear bigger or dangly earrings, the pairing must not clash (again, they don't need to match).&nbsp; This is easier to pull off if I'm wearing my hair down and the earrings aren't as on display.<br />- Enjoy trends within reason and restrict costume jewelry purchases - they irritate my ears and I end up donating them a year or two later anyway!<br />- For my face shape, I avoid round shapes and rounded drops and look for length or angles.&nbsp; So a medium/large hoop works because it has some length, and my studs and smaller earrings usually have some hard edges or angles to them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033137 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:31:04 +0000 fifthandfinest 2033137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m the same with focus on the earrings or the necklace, never both. I do love a good statement earring though. And necklace layering. All the jewelry basically! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033134 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:30:23 +0000 Anonymous 2033134@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m fast &amp; loose w/earrings. No real rules or parameters just whatever strikes my fancy that moment.<br /> I like precious, costume, large, small &amp; wear mismatched pieces , matched sets, glasses &amp; earrings, necklaces and earrings etc ... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033132 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:12:46 +0000 Anonymous 2033132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a few, although it took your post to make me realize it!</p> <p>No silver, only gold (best for my skin tones).<br />Only wear earrings if there is no necklace worn. &nbsp;(Feels too busy with a necklace.)<br />Small rather than large. &nbsp;Unless I feel like wearing large. &nbsp;:)</p> <p>That's about it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/earring-rules#post-2033126 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:55:48 +0000 Liesbeth 2033126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inspired by Angie’s post, I was wondering if everyone has their own set of earring ‘do’s and don’ts’. Like: no (or small, in my case) earrings with statement necklaces or specs, only real jewelry, must be matching set, must match clothing color, or face shape... I’m curious! </p>