Polished C Hoop Huggie Earrings in 14K Yellow Gold

A C-hoop is a circle left deliberately unfinished. Two terminals face each other across an open gap, and that gap is the design. It gives the shape a direction and lets the earring sit against the lobe as a curve of gold rather than as a closed ring. The gap has a second use that nobody advertises: it makes the earring easy to orient by feel, because your fingers find the two terminals before your eyes find anything.

The proportions are 16.00mm tall to 10.40mm wide, so the C is stretched vertically and follows the lobe's own line downward. High polish across a continuously curving band produces one long highlight that slides along the curve as you move, and that is all an unset earring has to work with. There is no stone here doing the job on the metal's behalf.

At 3.4 grams there is enough mass to read as solid gold in the hand, and a push back keeps the pair close to the ear.

This is the one that gets worn on the mornings when nobody is thinking about earrings, which is most mornings. Solid 14K yellow gold, warranted for life.