Drop Earrings: An Eternal Bridal Favourite

Drop Earrings: An Eternal Bridal Favourite

Drop Earrings

If you find stud earrings too simple, hoops too old fashioned and chandeliers too ornate to suit your bridal taste, consider wearing drop earrings with your wedding dress.

What are drop earrings

Drop earrings basically have a drop feature – a pearl or a crystal/ gemstone or a metallic feature in round, pear, teardrop or any other shape – hanging down from the lobe part. Most drop earrings have a single line feature suspended from the ear hook or stud that ends with an eye catching hanging feature (the actual drop) below the lobe. These earrings have more length than width and the overall length of the earring can be long or short, depending on the design.

A classic style in vogue for thousands of years

Drop earrings happen to be among the most popular earring styles for bridal as well as evening wear. Believe it or not; women have been wearing this style for more than 4500 years! Ancient Egyptian and Mycenaean women used to wear drop earrings. Leading museums around the world have some exquisite pieces created millennia ago that still inspire jewellery designers across the world.

So what’s that special something about drop earrings that has made them a classic? Find out below.

Drop earrings look lovely with most face shapes

As drop earrings add length and slimness to facial contours, these look fabulous on oval, round or heart shaped faces. Square faces too can carry this style fabulously well. Rectangular and narrow faces are the only two face shapes that need to avoid drop earrings as these types need earrings that can add width to facial contours.

Drop earrings go well with most necklines and dress styles

Strapless, high necked, one shoulder, round, V, U or sweetheart – whatever your gown’s neckline, drops will work with it. Similarly strappy, sleeveless or full sleeved or any length in between, vintage look or sleek contemporary – whatever the style, these will go well.

Drop earrings catch the eye without going over the top

Being slim and linear with a single standout feature (the drop part), these earrings are all about grace and shimmer that enhances your beauty without overpowering it. As the drop part usually reflects or refracts light with slight movements, it brings all eyes towards the face of the wearer.

Drop earrings are a great idea if you are wearing a heavily embellished wedding dress that needs simpler jewellery to offset it. Drops also go well with different necklace styles – simple chain, chain and pendant, choker, collar or any other.

Are drop earrings and chandelier earrings the same?

Not really, chandelier earrings also hang below the lobe next to the neck but these are way more elaborate than drops. Chandeliers usually fan out in fancy shapes to create a substantial sparkling effect using numerous crystals or gemstones. Drops, in contrast, are usually simpler with one crystal or pearl getting the limelight.

At Bella Krystal we have a wide range of stunning drop earrings lined up for you to choose from. Teardrop crystals, colourful crystals, pearls, pearls with crystals, crystals with halos – browse through our collection and take your pick.

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