Hoop Earrings Are Having a Moment

Sonia Rykiel is among the fashion houses that have interpreted the hoop earring for the 2019 spring collections. These earrings were shown in Paris last fall. Credit...Anne-Christine Poujoulat/Agence France.

Spend a day counting the number of women you see wearing hoop large earrings. (Never mind. You’ll lose track.)

But basic doesn’t mean boring. Reimagined this year in variations embellished with rows of seed pearls, enameled roses, gold snakes and dangling gemstones, hoops are having a moment. Just don’t call it a comeback.

“Trends change but they really never go away,” said the New York-based designer Jennifer Fisher, sometimes described as the “queen of hoops.” Her collection includes 20 variations, each available in three different metal finishes and three or four sizes.




ImageBaby Samira Hoops by the New York-based designer Jennifer Fisher.“Hoops feel, in a way, like denim,” she said. “They’ve been around for thousands of years and culturally, they represent different things, but hoops are something you can’t have too many of.”

Earrings have been annexed by fashion. They take the limelight on the catwalk, and they dominate accessory floorspace in fashion retail. So while other jewellery fights with your wardrobe, earrings are on the same page. Dressing in a swan-like polo neck, as seen at Marc Jacobs’ spring runway? Outsize brightly coloured danglers are the perfect accompaniment. Going for a messy bun and a tweed coat, as at Chanel’s most recent show? You’ll want a bold mismatched pair of different-sized hoops. All the cornerstones of the modern wardrobe – the white shirt for day, the kaftan dress for summer evenings, even the one-piece swimsuit for days by the pool – are improved by the addition of a good earring.