Ivanka Trump is an adviser to the 45th President of the United States of America; her father, Donald Trump. I've seen Ms Trump wear some exceptional earrings but the pair pictured is particularly large and striking. However, notice how the earring on the right seems to pull down on her earlobe? This is because the earring is very heavy coursing the earlobe to strain under its weight.
"Well," you might say, "Large costume earrings have always been heavy".
Maybe, but they're becoming larger, heavier and we're wearing them more often...
With the explosion of Chinese manufactured goods over the last 10 years, there are more large costume earrings available than there ever has been. These costume earrings are quite often made of lead, die-cast zinc and contain large glass stones. Chinese manufacturers care not for your earlobes.
Earlobes are very delicate and are sensitive to weight. Large costume earrings might be lots of fun to wear but if they're too heavy then in a short time you will have very sore earlobes. Their weight will only allow large costume earrings to be worn on occasion only.
Everyday earrings need to be comfortable to wear; one-carat diamond studs weigh in at barely a gram, which would hardly be noticed. A 12mm pearl shepherd hook earring weighs less than 3 grams which can be comfortably worn all day.
Yes, they are more expensive than large costume earrings but then, they are a bit more classy too...