Silver hoop earrings are versatile type of jewelry that is eminently affordable and fashionable. They are also quite versatile in the type of look you want to create ranging in sizes from shoulder dusters to small huggy type hoops that cling to your ear.
Before it was the gold hoop that was the basic item of jewelry in a woman’s wardrobe. Nowadays because the price of gold is so high, a gold hoop often has an entry level price point in the mid $200 range.
Perhaps eight years ago you would’ve been able to purchase a pair of white gold hoop earrings or yellow gold hoop earrings at an opening price point of $50 or $60.
This is no longer the case since gold hovers at the $1200 per ounce price point on the gold spot market. So silver is now the new gold and silver hoops are gaining in popularity as an essential part of the woman’s jewelry wardrobe.
Diamond and Sterling Silver Hoop Earrings
Diamond Silver hoop earrings have recently become quite popular because now diamond hoop earrings can occupy opening price points that are unheard of in today’s gold market.
One of the first companies that started mounting diamonds into sterling Silver was the company called Hot Diamonds.
This was at least eight years ago when mounting diamonds and sterling silver was considered heresy from a jeweler’s point of view.
Sterling silver at the time was not considered a very precious metal and was not considered worthy of mounting precious stones in it.
However now that the spot price of gold is over $1000 per ounce, it only makes sense from a jewelry retail point of view to Mount diamonds in sterling silver and create opening price points for diamond jewelry that are accessible to everyone.
Diamond Quality in Sterling Silver Earrings
Often men are to loss when they go out to buy diamond jewelry and are quite taken aback at the high prices that diamonds set in 14 carat gold and 18 karat gold command simply because gold is now double the price of what it was five years ago.
Sterling silver cubic zirconia earrings could be a viable alternative but not necessarily a good value for money. Although diamond prices have gone up some, it is nowhere near the rate at which gold prices have gone up.
Commercial quality diamonds in carat weights from two points to five points have remained steady in terms of pricing at retail.
So jewelry items like diamond sterling Silver hoop earrings have price points that are at least one quarter of the price of a similar item made out of gold.
So you can easily find a pair of one carat total weight sterling Silver diamond earrings for under $300.
Granted the diamonds will be of the highest quality and will have their share of inclusions and imperfections but it’ll still be a nice looking and glittery piece of diamond jewelry that a man can afford for his wife or girlfriend.
Sterling Silver Set With Diamonds Can Have The Same Look As White Gold
There are many types of diamond hoop earrings to be found if you’re shopping for a pair.
Women have their own preferences as far as diamond earring styles, more than likely she would prefer pave diamond silver hoops because of the way a pave setting emphasizes the scintillating nature of small diamonds catching light.
Sterling silver is just as easily set with diamonds in a pave style as gold is. Whatever types of diamond settings you see in gold hoop earrings can be achieved in sterling silver hoops earrings whether you are considering small or large silver hoop earrings.
The only limitation will be the cost factor since manufacturers are not like to put high-value, high quality diamonds suitable for diamond engagement rings and diamond wedding bands in gold into sterling Silver.
However it is still possible to find sterling Silver hoop earrings prong set with with two point to five point round diamonds just as you would find gold diamond hoop earrings set in a similar way.
This is a popular category and sterling silver earrings since women are always looking for better pricing on a high-quality diamond hoop earrings look without the expense of a precious metal like gold.
David Yurman silver hoop earrings
Silver hoop earrings achieve high style in David earing collections for women. His signature cable motif is what you commonly see in his hoop earring collection which are primarily plain sterling Silver and sterling silver paired with gold in a two tone style.
Of course his earing collections with gold are a bit pricier than the sterling silver but not so much because his pricing is more based on the fact that his jewelry is from a reputable designer as opposed to the actual materials used in the piece of jewelry.
His cable motif is well interpreted in his sterling Silver hoop earrings because hoops by their very nature are skinny circular pieces of metal that her good showcase for his cable finish.
The cable finish is nice because as the name suggests it is reminiscent of steel cable and with a bit of antiquing it exhibits a style and class that takes it beyond its simple origins in sterling silver.
Now all this famous designer needs to do is add a collection of mens silver hoop earrings using his signature cable motif that matches his new streamline collection of mens band rings.
