Hoop Earrings

Shop this page as two piles, or you will compare a $270 tube with a $3,295 pavé hoop and think the pricing is random.

Gold examples with the size printed: Medium Classic Hoops 12mm at $270, Large Classic Hoops 15mm at $290, Jumbo Classic Hoops 30mm at $365, Massive Classic Hoops 40mm at $400, and Super Jumbo Diamond Cut Hoops 45mm at $640. Diamond-cut on those last hoops is a faceted gold surface, not a gemstone. Diamond examples: Anna Nano Hoops at $455, Baguette Hoops at $1,035, Jane Hoops at $2,840, and Inside Out Diamond Pave Hoops at $3,295.

Everything earring-shaped, hoops included, starts at diamond and gold earrings.

Outer diameter is measured across the hoop at the widest point, not the thickness of the tube.

• 10 to 13 mm: a huggie or a mini hoop. It stays inside the earlobe. Mini Classic Hoops are 10 mm at $270. Classic Flat hoops are 13 mm at $355.
• 15 to 20 mm: the everyday gold hoop. Large Classic Hoops 15mm are $290. Extra Large Classic Hoops 20mm are $325.
• 23 to 32 mm: the hoop people notice. Medium Slim-Tube Hoops 23mm are $315. Large Slim-Tube Hoops 32mm are $355.
• 40 to 45 mm: a statement. Massive Classic at $400 and the 45 mm diamond-cut at $640. Hold one up to your jaw in a mirror before you decide.

Thickness is separate. A slim tube at 32 mm can weigh less than a thick 20 mm hoop. Hollow hoops, like Bella Hollow Hoops Medium at $610, look wide and weigh less because the inside is empty. They dent more easily. The face-by-face version of this list is the hoop earring size guide.

A huggie hugs the lobe and usually hinges open. Diamond Trinity Huggies are $1,835. Ruby Glow Huggies are $1,395. They are in the hoop count because the catalog files them there. If you want only the small hinged ones, use diamond huggie earrings.

Closures differ. A small gold hoop often uses a post through the ear and a click or a friction back. A huggie uses a hinge and a snap. A large hoop may latch. None of that is printed as a spec line, so the photo and a question to the showroom are the check. A hoop that gaps at the bottom will fall. Do not bend it shut with pliers. That ovalizes the tube.

Studs, if a hoop feels like too much hardware, are on stud earrings and in the diamond stud guide. Men who want a lobe piece from this brand are usually looking at clusters, not these hoops. That guide is men's earrings.

Plain hoops are 10K, which is 41.7 percent gold. That hardness is the point of a hoop you hook on a mask or a collar. Diamond hoops are 10K or 14K depending on the listing. 14K is 58.3 percent gold and a deeper yellow. There is no 18K hoop.

Wear small and medium gold hoops daily. Take 40 mm hoops and inside-out diamond hoops off for the gym, the pool and sleep. Store them separately so a diamond hoop does not scratch a plain gold one. Diamonds sit at the top of the hardness scale. Gold does not. Warm water and a soft brush are enough. Perfume goes on before the hoops, not after.

Orders ship insured. A manufacturing defect has a 7-day window. All sales are final. Try a diameter on the ear at 7900 NW 27th Ave, Unit 506, Miami FL 33147, or call 954-504-5640 with the listing name.