Lightweight, high quality hoop and other dangly earrings?

March 6, 2021 4:46 PM

I'm on the hunt for lightweight, high quality hoop and other dangly earrings that I can order online. By "high quality" I mean earrings that won't get discolored/broken/bent after a handful of wears. For hoops, something about the size as these chunky medium hoops from Madewell.

I bought these smaller Madewell chunky hoops which are pretty, but super heavy despite their smalll size, and it made me hesitant to buy other earrings online (especially the medium hoops I linked earlier in my question).

For hoops, I'm looking for just plain, small-to-medium sized, silver or gold hoops; for dangly earrings, pretty much anything goes, I'd just love to know about largish but lightweight ones!

Price point -- I'm open to paying up to around $45 if they will really last a long time, but no more than that because I seem to always lose/break earrings.

posted by rogerroger to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (7 answers total)

I’ve had good luck with Etsy in general for these. I like the “infinite” hoops which are a bit different from the style you posted in that they don’t have a post. I looked through my past orders and I most recently bought these. That seller has a lot of other styles if you prefer silver. But I’ve ordered similar styles from many other sellers in the past and always had good luck with the infinite style. Super light weight. I have them in varying sizes in 7 ear holes and comfortably sleep with them nightly. They don’t tarnish.
posted by Waiting for Pierce Inverarity at 4:59 PM on March 6, 2021

I just bought these and really like them. I bought the ascending three sizes from the smallest.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 5:37 PM on March 6, 2021

Oh, should add--yes, crazy light weight. I plan on not taking them out unless there's an occasion but those are a dim memory at the moment.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 5:39 PM on March 6, 2021 [1 favorite]

I am very impressed with the gold hoops I got from Halie and Co.
posted by sulaine at 12:41 PM on March 7, 2021

My go-to workaround after developing sensitive earlobes that swell and turn red from most cheap earrings is to buy a couple of pairs of titanium hooks. Using needle-nose pliers, I move the dangly bits from inexpensive hook earrings to the titanium hooks, and there you go.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:24 PM on March 7, 2021 [1 favorite]

Ok hear me out...my favorites lately have been polymer clay. I know it's not silver and gold but it's having a hay day right now and I am 100% on board. VERY lightweight. Flexible so it's hard to break and I am living for all the hoops. I get my hoops from Made by Maeberry. She has hoops in 3 sizes and has black and white for more neutral colors (trying to make up for that lack of silver and gold) and also ALL THE COLORS. She is the queen of hoops.

Dangles in clay are the lightest things ever and a ton of different artist make them. I love Hillside Studio, Morrissey Made Clay, and Shoppe Clay. If there is nothing listed in some of the online stories now, it's because they have a good following and there are "earring drops" on certain days that are announced ahead of time so you know when to snag what you've been eyeing.

Anyway, clay earrings are SO light and have been a game changer for me so I wanted to throw them out there as an option.
posted by whitetigereyes at 6:52 AM on March 8, 2021

I have hammered silver hoops from Mostly Sweet and I love them, and they stay on really well (I have a habit of accidentally batting at hoops and causing them to go flying)
posted by radioamy at 12:19 PM on March 8, 2021 [1 favorite]