Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Flower Two Tone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Flower Two Tone Earrings Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT
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Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Sunflower Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Sunflower Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.77 inches (4.5
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Moon Spiral Etched Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Moon Spiral Etched Dangling Earrings
Category
Vintage 1980s French Dangle Earrings
YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Red Geometric Tiered Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Red Geometric Tiered Drop Earrings Features
Category
Vintage 1980s French Dangle Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Abstract Resin Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Abstract Resin Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.46 inches (3.7 cms
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Bamboo Spiral Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Bamboo Spiral Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.29 inches (3.3 cm
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Ribbon Bow Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Ribbon Bow Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.61 inches (4.1 cm
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Orange Citrine Crystal Circle Earrings
$1,463
W 1.11 in L 1.11 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Orange Citrine Crystal Circle Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Gripoix Textured Abnormal Citrine Orange Cabochon Circle Round
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Drop Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Croco Embossed Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Croco Embossed Earrings As seen on Penelope Cruz in the movie
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Amber Flower Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Amber Flower Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.37 inches (3.5 cm
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Double Disc Textured Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Double Disc Textured Dangling Earrings Features
Category
Vintage 1980s French Dangle Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Ruby Flower Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Ruby Flower Dangling Earrings Features: - 100
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Vintage 1980s French Dangle Earrings
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Openwork Flower Wire Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone openwork flower wire dangling earrings (clip on). Embossed
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Mother of Pearl Blue Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Mother of Pearl Blue Dangling Earrings Measurements: Height: 2.95
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 2 in 1 Byzantine Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 2 in 1 Byzantine Dangling Earrings Measurements: Height: 3 inches
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Medal Charm Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage antiqued gold tone dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring medal charms
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Silver Tone and Pearl Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
resin center and a faux pearl drop. Embossed YSL Made in France on each earring. Please note that only
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Bejeweled Shoulder Duster Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE vintage gorgeous and rare shoulder duster dangling earrings (clip-on
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Ruby Jade Poured Glass Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Ruby Jade Poured Glass Drop Earrings Measurements: Height: 3 inches
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Earrings, Circa 1990s
$1,425
H 4.75 in W 1 in D 1 in Dm 1 in L 4.75 in
Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Earrings, Circa 1990s
By Maison Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Dangling Textured Earrings. Clip on. One
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1990s French Artist Dangle Earrings
Materials
Mixed Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Textured Gold Toned Heart Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage textured gold toned dangling earrings (clip on) featuring two hearts
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Heart Logo Double Drop Earrings
$3,024
W 0.16 in L 0.29 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Heart Logo Double Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Logo Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Green Navy Blue
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Drop Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Gold Ripple Zigzag Hoop Domed Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Arty Textured Large Zigzag Ripple Fire Flame Hoop Domed Chunky
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Hoop Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rive Gauche Vintage Massive Jewelled Dangling Earrings
$1,775
H 3.55 in W 2.09 in
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rive Gauche Vintage Massive Jewelled Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage massive gold tone dangling earrings (clip-on) embellished with
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Gold Tone Sea Life Dangle Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone textured sea life dangle earrings (clip-on) embellished with
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Extra Long Gold Tone Floral Dangle Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage extra long gold tone textured dangle earrings (clip-on), featuring an
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Massive Gripoix Crystals Orange Heart Oval Drop Earrings
$2,449
W 1.46 in L 3.08 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Massive Gripoix Crystals Orange Heart Oval Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Massive Large Gripoix Orange Ruby Red Heart Oval Crystals
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Drop Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate
YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche YSL Vintage Jewelled Celestial Dangling Earrings
$1,006
H 2.41 in W 1.19 in
YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche YSL Vintage Jewelled Celestial Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage antiqued silver tone dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring a star top
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Domed Gold Silver Cross Rope Hoop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Unisex Arty Cross Quilted Rope Hoop Circle Round Domed Elegant
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Hoop Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Textured Gold Round Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Textured Gold Round Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.61 inches (4.1
Category
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Yellow Resin Clip-On Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone clip-on earrings featuring an irregular shaped yellow resin
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Engrave Pineapple Flower Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Engrave Pineapple Flower Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.38 inches
Category
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Massive Fingerprint Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT massive antiqued gold tone dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring a fingerprint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Clip-on Earrings
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Bamboo Circle Hoop Door Knocker Earrings
$1,655
W 1.66 in L 2.76 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Bamboo Circle Hoop Door Knocker Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Textured Hammered Large Bamboo Circle Round Hoop Door
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Dangle Earrings
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Rhinestone Disc Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Rhinestone Disc Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.30 inches
Category
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Green Flower Dome Rhinestones Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Green Flower Dome Rhinestones Earrings Features: - 100% Authentic
Category
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Gilt Flower Pearl Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Gilt Flower Pearl Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.38 inches (3.5
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Flower Rhinestone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Flower Rhinestone Earrings Measurements: Height: 2 inches
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Openwork Flower Heart Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Openwork Flower Heart Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.85 inches
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Flower Rhinestone Studded Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Flower Rhinestone Studded Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.53
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Pearl Textured Disc Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Pearl Textured Disc Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.61 inches (4.1
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Orange Resin Rhinestone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Orange Resin Rhinestone Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.26 inches
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Gunmetal Ruby Rhinestone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Gunmetal Ruby Rhinestone Earrings Measurements: Height: 0.78 inch
Category
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Spiral Wrinkled Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Spiral Wrinkled Earrings Measurements: Height: 2.40 inches
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Triangle Amber Cabochon Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Triangle Amber Cabochon Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.38 inches
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Diamante Logo Statement Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Iconic vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT collectible gold-toned (metal dore) dangling clip-on earrings
Category
1990s French Artisan Clip-on Earrings
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Jeweled Bow Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Jeweled Bow Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.18 inches (3
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Red Square Studded Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Red Square Studded Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.42 inches (3.6
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Ruby Heart Massive Gripoix Cabochon Double Drop Earrings
$3,024
W 0.19 in L 0.33 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Ruby Heart Massive Gripoix Cabochon Double Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Ruby Red Cabochon Double Heart Love Dangle Drop Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Chandelier Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Enamel Ribbon Rhinestone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Enamel Ribbon Rhinestone Earrings Measurements: Height: 1 6/8
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Sunburst Emerald Stone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Sunburst Emerald Stone Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.81 inches
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Sunburst Ruby Stone Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Sunburst Ruby Stone Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.73 inches (4.4
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Vintage YSL Diamante Clip-On Half Flower Earrings, 1980s
$2,475
H 2 in W 1.25 in D 0.25 in Dm 1.25 in L 2 in
Vintage YSL Diamante Clip-On Half Flower Earrings, 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Diamante Half Flower Earrings Circa 1980s. These earrings are a
Category
Vintage 1980s French Artist Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Mixed Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Heart Clip-On Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone heart clip-on earrings embellished with a blue glass cabochon
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Oversized Fan Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT oversized vintage fan shaped gold tone dangling earrings (clip-on) embellished
Category
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Orange Heart Love Floral Pearl Drop Earrings
$874
W 0.87 in L 1.7 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Orange Heart Love Floral Pearl Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty 1980s Textured Orange Heart Love Floral Flower White Pearl
Category
Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Drop Earrings
Materials
Gold Plate
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Ethnic Aztec Pattern Dangle Earrings
$1,006
H 3.94 in Dm 1.07 in
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Ethnic Aztec Pattern Dangle Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring cascading ethnic Aztec
Category
20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Materials
Gilt Metal
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Ysl Earrings For Sale on 1stDibs
Find an expansive variety of ysl earrings available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of Gilt Metal, Gold and Gold Plate, these items were constructed with great care. Our selection of items includes 571 vintage examples as well as 11 contemporary versions. Our inventory has long been popular, and it includes earlier versions that date to the 20th Century and newer variations that were made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many different pieces in our collection of ysl earrings to choose from, but Modern and Contemporary ysl earrings are of considerable interest. Many pieces in our collection are stylish for most occasions, but Pearl versions, from our inventory of 4, can add a particularly distinctive touch to your look, day or night. Today, if you’re looking for ball cut ysl earrings and are unable to find the perfect match, our selection also includes bead and brilliant cut alternatives. There aren’t many items for men in our collection of ysl earrings, as most of the options available are for women.
How Much are Ysl Earrings?
Prices for ysl earrings start at $178 and top out at $3,100 with these earrings, on average, selling for $498.
Yves Saint Laurent for sale on 1stDibs
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Earrings for You
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.
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