Trend Focus: Bold Statement Earrings

Audacious and bold, the trend of large earrings is everywhere.

It's an easy way to switch up and transform your existing wardrobe. Mix it up! Subtle shifts in your jewelry style can add a dash of pizzazz to your day. (Especially if it is grumpy outside or if mandatory scarf-wearing is ruining your necklace game.)

Hair up or down? Either works.

Glint and sparkle peeking out from hair...or a sleek bob to showcase and create a focal point. Either way, be sure to keep other jewelry to a minimum to maximize the eye-catching impact of statement earrings.

Colored stone earrings add a fun, fresh look to your palette.

Suzy Landa's whimsical earrings are inspired by the geometry of an octahedron. She uses 18 karat rose gold outlines the shape which encloses eight expertly-cut trillion shaped aquamarines in each earring. Deep, gemmy, aquamarine blue paired with warm rose gold make these a delight both spectrally as well as architecturally. Wear these colorful geometric stunners paired with something more linear in a second piercing to create a look that demands attention.

Absolutely delightful.

Carolyn Keys tells us that she "creates modern hand made jewelry for the fierce and the fearless". Her pieces are inspired by her former career as an architectural designer and are fabricated in her studio. The reflective hammered sterling silver shows movement and shifting mirror-like reflections of the surroundings, for those who like to keep their "extra" for their earrings. Staff favorite? Her Maxima Punk earrings, although the Stonehenge earrings run a close second!

Unusual in shape and form, adorning a pair of Bagues earrings from the Barcelona collection is like wearing a stained glass window in a sphere or a globe from antiquity--rife with the dust and glory of exploration and exotic places. 18 karat gold provides the lattice-work for fired enamel inspired by the colors of the Mediterranean. Light streams through the translucent panels, making them ideal to wear with an elegant up-do, or with a simple ponytail to carry the joy of kaleidoscopic color into the everyday these earrings focus on the bending of light over sleek matte silver and into glimmering gold hollows for a look that is subtly audacious!

Inspired by architecture, made by hand, these earrings are masterful creations that are eye-catching and a sure way to elevate your daily style.

The best thing about bold statement earrings? They can transform an understated outfit into a show-stopper. It's not overly complicated to tote a pair with you for a quick day-to-evening switch up. Your favorite jeweler is happy to teach you about best practices for storage. There's nothing wrong with wearing a conversation-starter, after all!