Vintage Earrings Make the Outfit

Whether you choose to search out the real thing, or simply buy a reproduction, a pair of vintage earrings can really make a fashion statement. Celebrities of late have been wearing reproductions of vintage jewelry of all kinds on stage, on tour, and at award shows. Just like people clamor to buy the look like gowns of the rich and famous, they are also eager to buy reproductions of the vintage jewelry they wear.

Vintage earrings come in a variety of styles, fashioned after many of the same influences as vintage rings and other pieces. Most were clip-ons, and ranged from wild and outrageous to elegant and luxurious
.
Large colored glass globes are a vintage drop earring style that was one of the simplest yet sophisticated designs of the Art Deco period.

Large crystal clear rhinestones were also frequently added to silver strands and embellished with silver and gold toned beaded edgings. Large and elaborate are definitely the words to use when describing vintage jewelry and vintage earrings are certainly no exception!

Prong set stones were often the choice when one didn’t choose to wear a drop earring. Ice topaz crystals were a popular choice, often mounted in goldtone open back settings that added even more pizzazz whenever the light shone on them.

You can even find vintage earrings that are designed in two different layers for a really glamorous effect. One layer of rhinestones is actually mounted behind the other and drops a little lower. How intriguing!

Just as rings and other jewelry took their cues from other countries, there is a line of vintage earrings called the Asian fan design that open up like a real fan and are embellished with a phoenix bird which is considered to be the bird of heaven is Asian culture.

To put it really quite simply, there are so many styles of unique and dramatic vintage earrings on the market, that t finding and or owning even one pair would be considered a luxury!