How to Choose Stud Earrings for Weddings
One of the most important things to a bride is making sure her jewelry matches. It is for this reason that there are wedding sets that consist of stud earrings and necklaces as well as wedding and engagement ring sets. However, because engagement rings typically feature diamonds and the preferred wedding jewelry is pearls, it can be difficult to match jewelry. Here is a short guide to matching wedding jewelry.
Obviously, there are other things that the bride should consider such as dress and hairstyle as these will affect what sort of jewelry will be worn, as most brides want everything to match perfectly and some pieces do not match with certain hairstyles and gowns.
The first step is obviously to choose what type of stud earrings will be worn at the wedding. Traditionally, the jewelry worn at weddings features pearls. However, this usually refers to the necklace and earrings, although recently this has expanded to include the wedding and engagement rings. If the bride would like to match everything, she can choose diamond stud earrings and necklace that features some sort of diamond pendant. Otherwise, she can choose pearls as the rings matching the rest of the wedding jewelry matters much less than the stud earrings and necklace matching.
Once the bride has picked out whether she’d like diamonds or pearl, the next thing to choose is the setting. While this doesn’t matter with pearls and there are only so many ways to set a pearl, there are numerous settings available for diamond stud earrings. Simple stud earrings usually make use of solitaire settings and a small-sized diamond. Other more complicated settings that are used with diamond stud earrings include the bezel and channel settings, since they allow for more stones, especially princess cut diamonds.
For those brides who would like to use vintage jewelry, either option works well, since pearls and diamonds will complement jewelry such as vintage engagement rings which often have large diamonds set atop the ring and along the top part of the band.
One affordable alternative to the diamond stud earrings are those which make use of Moissanite. Moissanite stones are gems that are often used is in lieu of diamonds since they are nearly identical. In fact, Moissanite can be cut and set in the same way as a diamond which means that brides who would like to save a bit on their wedding jewelry could purchase Moissanite stud earring and still have stud earrings that look fantastic and still match the rest of her jewelry, especially if she uses diamonds.
Nicole Johnson is a jewelry consultant who specializes in vintage engagement rings and stud earrings.
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