Do You Suffer From Droopy Dangly Earrings?

Thin Ear Lobes and Long Dangle Earring Posts Don’t Mix

Droopy err, drop earrings can go wrong. You’ve all heard the old stories of the shoemaker’s children having no shoes.

As it turned out I was suffering from the same problem. My thin ear lobes made many drop earrings look like sad and droopy  earrings! None of my dangly style earrings looked right.

I guess that’s why it took me ten years to get around to designing drop emerald earrings to match my emerald necklace.

Thin Earlobes Make Many Fine Dangly Earrings Look Droopy

I Wore This Ten Years With No Matching Earrings!

The problem was my ear lobes. They’re on the thin side and short dangly earrings never seemed to hang right on them. I never sat down and fully confronted the problem until my client Dahlia laid her challenge on me.

Dahlia’s Droopy Diamonds

Dahlia had gorgeous trillion cut diamond drop earrings from her husband that she never wore. They drooped sadly, pointing toward the pavement. She called me in to redesign them.

Designing and Problem Solving Go Hand in  Hand

Very Thin Ear Lobes Love the Snug Fit of These Custom Lever Backs

After designing the basic shape for her earrings, I carefully measured the thickness of her ear lobes. I was determined to make these earrings fit right. Armed with her measurements, I was able to design the perfect width (super thin,) of the dangly earring’s top curve.

When she tried them on for the first time a few weeks later, she was ecstatic. The earrings pointed forward, not down! The top narrow curve of the wire supported her thin ear lobes.

The Jewelry Doctor Takes Her Own Medicine

Well…if I could design something for her…why couldn’t I design something for myself? Like emerald drop earrings?

After measuring the thickness of my own ear lobes, I decided how far down the earrings should hang to look good on my little lobes. After much searching I picked out a beautiful pair of South American Emeralds.

Thin Ear Lobes Need Just a Little Room for a Snug Fit

I wanted these earrings to cling snugly to my ear lobes. I designed the perfect locking post closure, custom fit to my particular ears.

Just like Dahlia, a few weeks later, I was ecstatic and felt fantastic wearing my brand new emerald earrings with my matching necklace!

What’s the Takeaway Message Here?

Do you have droopy dangly earrings, that sneak forward or just don’t hang right?

The Custom Measured Closure Makes For the Perfect Fit

Do you own ill-fitting dangly or drop earrings that tilt instead of pertly point forward? Don’t despair! Something can be done about it.

Fabulous “Drop” Earrings, Not “Droop” Earrings!

Call your favorite Jeweler!

Wear it, Don’t Warehouse it!

Calla Gold

For More on Droopy Ear Lobes, see my post: “Are Your Earrings Pointing Toward the Pavement?”
And my product review: “Wonder Bra for Your Earlobes?”