Drop earrings made from lucite are a favorite of designer Oscar de la Renta for spring and fall. However, drop earrings made with both real and fake gemstones are very popular as well. Check out some of the gorgeous suggestions for spring and summer ranging from luxe to fake.
Single Emerald Cut Drops
Bruni Design is offering a pair of emerald cut blue topaz single drop earrings set on karated gold lever-back ear wires. Call ABC Carpet and Home at (212) 473-3000 for more details.
Emerald cut refers to gemstones that are cut in a sort of square shape with rounded corners. Blue topaz one of December’s birthstones and is one of the more expensive semi-precious gemstones. It gets its blue color by irradiating clear topaz.
A very small pair of these earrings (image on this page) is available from Amazon for $30.
Easy Instructions to Make a Pair of Drop Earrings
Want to make a pair on the cheap? These earrings are extremely easy to make and are very inexpensive if using simulated gemstones. Substitute blue topaz in the instructions for the cubic zirconia. Also, suggested is using blue zircon.
Double Drops
White and blue topaz and Byzantine Pendant Earrings from Verdura.com (click the Verdura Classics link to see the image). No price is listed on the website, so the price is probably – well, pricey.
Get a similar pair on the cheap from Robert Redford’s Sundance Catalog. At present Sundance has a selection of blue topaz drop earrings ranging in price from $48 to $400.
The Ice Princess Earrings priced at $48 have two light blue topaz stones set in sterling silver and are approximately one inch long. Pierced, the blue topaz is cut in oval and trillion shapes. Trillion is similar to appearance to a triangle.
The term Byzantine refers to the Eastern section of the ancient Roman Empire. Very powerful during the 5th and 6th centuries, its capital was at Byzantium also know as Constantinople.
Multi-Strand Drop Earrings
The Judy earrings by Lee Angel were featured on the cover of Vogue January 2009. These earrings are 14K gold plate with a single pave-crystal ball. Available at boutiques and online for $120.
Definition of Gold Plate and Pave
Gold plate means that 14K gold is electroplated over some sort of base metal – usually brass. There is no legal requirement in the USA for how much gold has to be plated over the base metal. Pave style means small crystals are laid on metal, closely set so that the metal is obscured – kind of like pavers in a garden path.
