Diamond Stud Earrings: Elegant Unisexuality

by E-NewsCast Team
November 13th, 2009

A diamond stud earring is made up of just one perfectly cutdiamond, set in fine gold or silver. The simplicity of thedesign itself is its own selling point: anything fancier and youcould easily fall into the trap of over-accessorizing. Asingle-stone earring is singled out for its sophisticated look.A diamond is 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral onearth, corundum, the stuff from which rubies and sapphires areformed. Only diamonds can cut other diamonds. Ironically,diamonds are also brittle. If you hit one hard with a hammer, itwill shatter. If it is placed in an oven and heated to about 763degrees Celsius (1405 degrees Fahrenheit), it will simplyvanish, releasing only a little carbon dioxide and NO visibletraces whatsoever.Contrary to popular perception, diamond stud earrings are notjust for women! There are quite a few male celebrities who havepopularized the use of ear accessories — Johnny Depp beingamong the more famous of them. Respected artists like Usher andKanye West have taken to sporting diamond earrings. MorganFreeman wore a diamond earring to a roundtable discussion of hismovie “The Sum of All Fears” in Washington DC in May 2002.If stud earrings ever looked elegant on a woman, ironicallyenough they fantastically boost the macho appeal of the men whowear them. The purity of the stone, the value of the stud, allspeak highly of the man’s discerning taste, his eye forrefinement. After all, uncouth bad boy-types aren’t the onlyvirile types in the world — the snazzy, clean-cut James Bondfigure has also been universally identified as irresistiblymacho.The virtue of the diamond stud earring lies in its unisexappeal. Both men and women have the privilege of accessorizing,and a single diamond stud is sometimes more than enough to setoff their own personal styles. A simple diamond stud earring istimeless, and appropriately goes with the saying “Fashion fades.Style is eternal.”

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