What are the types of locks for earrings

You need to choose ear­rings not only in accor­dance with mod­ern fash­ion trends and per­son­al pref­er­ences. Par­tic­u­lar atten­tion should be paid to the con­ve­nience, wear­ing com­fort and safe­ty of the ear­ring lock. In this mini-guide, you will learn which are the most com­mon types of ear­ring clasps, what fea­tures and ben­e­fits they have. This infor­ma­tion will help you make the right choice.

English lock on earrings

The Eng­lish fas­ten­er is con­sid­ered the safest and most durable latch of all mechan­i­cal fas­ten­ers for any ear­rings. This dec­o­ra­tion is very easy to put on thanks to the slant­ed back flap. It has a built-in spring inside, which pro­vides easy open­ing and clos­ing, and also secure­ly holds the ear­ring in the ear. It is main­ly used in small mod­els of ear­rings, most often in gold, it is val­ued for the absence of an addi­tion­al plug and the con­ve­nience of a latch. Since sil­ver is soft­er than gold, this can cause the stud to bend. This is not a hid­den defect in the dec­o­ra­tion, but a nat­ur­al fea­ture of this type of fas­ten­er. Such sil­ver ear­rings are most often bought for chil­dren due to the absence of an eas­i­ly lost plug and the reli­a­bil­i­ty of fas­ten­ing.

The main types of English fasteners for earrings

1. Eng­lish ear plugs, or open ear hooks, are as pop­u­lar as the clas­sic types of locks on ear­rings. Their ease of don­ning is based on the slant­ed back flap, which, thanks to the spring built into the inside, opens and clos­es well, hold­ing the clasp secure­ly. This cas­tle is espe­cial­ly appre­ci­at­ed in expen­sive jew­el­ry mod­els. Most often used for long pen­dant ear­rings. Putting them on is very quick and easy — you just need to pass a cor­rect­ly curved hook through the hole in your ear. How­ev­er, it is worth addi­tion­al­ly strength­en­ing the ear­rings on open hooks with sil­i­cone pads, this pre­vents their loss.

2. Eng­lish lyre-type wire, or closed ear­rings, is a com­mon­ly used type of clasp for ear­rings in Europe. Its char­ac­ter­is­tic fea­ture is a sim­ple and at the same time reli­able fas­ten­ing. The ear­ring is insert­ed into the hole in the ear with a hook, the mechan­i­cal latch clos­es. To put on such an ear­ring, insert the tip into the hole in your ear and hook it onto the hook, which pre­vents the ear­ring from being lost. It is used for jew­el­ry of large sizes. Ide­al for long dan­gling ear­rings.

Fishhook Earring French Clasp

French fish-shaped ear hooks are fas­ten­ers made of long curved wire with a loop. They are ide­al for dis­play­ing sin­gle gem­stones and small crys­tals. Insert­ed through a hole in the ear, the fas­ten­er makes it pos­si­ble to visu­al­ly length­en the ear­ring mod­el.

Such prod­ucts are more con­ve­nient to wear in the sum­mer when high-necked coats, scarves or hats are not used. The dis­ad­van­tage is the fragili­ty of the wire and loops.

Italian clasp on earrings

Uni­ver­sal and beloved by many, the Ital­ian lock is used for almost all types of ear­rings. It is designed for chil­dren and active women. The main advan­tages of this option are sim­plic­i­ty and small size. It con­sists of a stick-stud that is insert­ed into the auri­cle and a plug screw (sil­i­cone or met­al with spe­cial slots to pre­vent the plug from slip­ping off). A qual­i­ty fas­ten­er should be slight­ly elas­tic, which ensures wear­ing com­fort.

Open hook fas­ten­ers used to be used only in inex­pen­sive jew­el­ry, but today they are used in ear­rings made of gold, plat­inum, sil­ver and oth­er types of pre­cious met­als. The hook is thread­ed into the hole in the ear and, under the weight of the ear­ring, fits per­fect­ly into the auri­cle. But these mod­els need to be removed at night and dur­ing sports.

Classic types of clasps on round and semicircular earrings

Hoop ear­rings, or con­go, are a time­less clas­sic that will nev­er go out of style. Women fell in love with them back in the 1960s, and now they are worn by the most famous female blog­gers and show busi­ness stars. This type of clasp for round ear­rings con­sists of a wire that needs to be insert­ed into the oppo­site tube.

Types of locks for closed-shaped earrings:

1. tra­di­tion­al — a wire that is insert­ed into the oppo­site tube;

2. the wire snaps onto the oppo­site plug;

3. clamp­ing pin — a groove with a small recess into which the pin is fold­ed.

Among closed ear­rings there are not only cir­cles, but cres­cents and ovals. The thin met­al starts at the front and ends behind the ear pad. These ear­rings can be spe­cial­ly dec­o­rat­ed with dif­fer­ent details, lined with dia­monds or pre­cious stones. Most often they are made of gold and sil­ver. Clas­sic discs can be found in retro style, as well as in var­i­ous sizes — from 1 to 10 cm in diam­e­ter. Such jew­el­ry also needs to be removed at night so as not to injure the ear­lobe.

Pin closure for long earrings

Pin — the most com­mon fas­ten­er, con­sist­ing of a thin wire and a tip (but­ter­fly, cone, cylin­der, lamb). There are as many opin­ions on the mar­ket as there are hand­piece mod­els of vary­ing qual­i­ty. Such a lock is con­sid­ered one of the most reli­able, as it 100% pre­vents unfas­ten­ing.

The dec­o­ra­tive part of the jew­el­ry is con­nect­ed to the rod with a thin chain that pass­es through the hole in the ear. This adds an extra pos­i­tive opti­cal effect to the jew­el­ry design.

Stud earrings with screw or pin closure — the best-selling model in the world

Stud ear­rings are suit­able for both women and men of any age, with any type of face, for any style of cloth­ing. They are made in dif­fer­ent vari­a­tions — from sim­ple stones and pearls to dia­monds and pre­cious stones.

This type of ear­rings is called “studs”. Most often they are used in beau­ty salons for pierc­ing ears with a device called a “gun”.

Fas­ten­ing is most often made of but­ter­flies or disks, some­times the dec­o­ra­tion is attached to the ear with screws.

A vari­ety of studs are clus­ter ear­rings. This mod­el appeared before our era in Crete and Cyprus. In a met­al set­ting, indi­vid­ual stones, usu­al­ly of the same size or one cen­tral stone sur­round­ed by sev­er­al small­er ones, are placed next to each oth­er. In its design, this dec­o­ra­tion resem­bles a flower or a bunch of grapes. It looks ele­gant and ele­gant, prac­ti­cal and roman­tic women will espe­cial­ly like it. The ear­rings are easy to put on and wear very well as they don’t snag on scarves and shawls.

In pin mod­els on a car­na­tion stick, a small recess is pro­vid­ed for secure fix­a­tion of the clamp. In screw — the clip must be screwed onto the clasp, which makes it pos­si­ble to adjust the pres­sure force on the ear­lobe.

Minus — this dec­o­ra­tion is incon­ve­nient to put on on your own, you need to keep it even.

A few years ago, the world was con­quered by sim­ple round dou­ble-sided pearl studs, which had a larg­er pearl instead of a clas­sic stud on the back. They adorn the ear­lobe not only in front, but also in the back. This mod­el à la for Dior was cre­at­ed by design­er Camil­la Miceli. Women from all over the world have fall­en in love with this sophis­ti­cat­ed and sim­ple design, and jew­el­ers, in addi­tion to small­er and larg­er pearls, come up with var­i­ous vari­a­tions of this prod­uct.

What are the clasps on pendant earrings?

These are mod­els that hang slight­ly from the ear. They gen­tly sway and add a touch of ele­gance and fem­i­nin­i­ty to even the most sim­ple and strict out­fits. The length of this jew­el­ry varies from short ear­rings to jew­el­ry that shim­mers with ends on the shoul­ders. The vari­ety of designs is amaz­ing:

• wor­thy chains with a pre­cious stone at the end,

• non-tra­di­tion­al geo­met­ric and asym­met­ric shapes,

• pieces of pre­cious met­al of incred­i­ble shape,

• chan­de­lier ear­rings adorned with dia­monds or col­ored stones.

Usu­al­ly they are fas­tened with an open African hook, which bet­ter bal­ances their length and weight.

A clas­sic teardrop-shaped stone in a met­al frame is usu­al­ly mount­ed on a disc or screw.

A novelty in the world of fashion — a clasp in the form of an overlay-clip for earrings

One of the newest trends in the jew­el­ry world is the ear­ring, which fas­tens like a stud or hook and goes up the ear. The slight­ly curved twig dec­o­ra­tion can be either plain met­al or embell­ished with stones that gleam provoca­tive­ly on the way up. Such prod­ucts attract with their sim­plic­i­ty and min­i­mal­ist look, there­fore they are suit­able for any out­fit and any occa­sion.

Loop clasps on children’s earrings

Brisura loop designed specif­i­cal­ly for chil­dren’s ear­rings. In Ukraine, this clasp is found both in jew­el­ry for babies and for girls up to 6–8 years old. On the dec­o­ra­tive part of the ear­ring there is a loop, in which the mov­able part is attached in front. The jew­el­ry is secure­ly held in the child’s ear and does not fall out. Just in case, you can make a small lock to close.

The name of the clasps with an additional chain on the earrings

Cuff ear­rings are a true work of art. They have a dif­fer­ent shape, they are made from dif­fer­ent mate­ri­als. This mod­el of dec­o­ra­tion has been known for a very long time. It was main­ly worn in ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, India.

All Cuffs are divid­ed into two main types: those that require ear­lobe pierc­ing and those that do not require, which are attached to the ear with a spe­cial cuff that is adjustable for each ear.

Cuffs come in dif­fer­ent sizes, and their fea­ture and advan­tage is that they are attached to the entire ear with­out pulling the ear­lobe. When worn, they are almost invis­i­ble.

Pierced cuffs are suit­able for peo­ple of all ages. You just need to put the cuff on your ear in the desired posi­tion. Then gen­tly squeeze it with your fin­gers until you feel a slight squeeze. Now you need to check if the dec­o­ra­tion is fixed cor­rect­ly.

Some ear­rings are attached to a spe­cial hook, which can always be bent under the design of any loop. Oth­ers have clip-on ear­rings and stud ear­rings. And the upper or mid­dle part of the eye­let is fas­tened with a clip, and in the low­er part — like a reg­u­lar ear­ring. These cuffs fit more snug­ly around the ear.

Types of locks on earrings that do not require ear piercing

Many peo­ple can­not afford to have holes in their ears due to reli­gious rea­sons, health rea­sons, or because of the dress code at work.

So jew­el­ers came up with clip-on ear­rings, a sim­ple clip mech­a­nism that allows jew­el­ry to stay on the ear with­out pierc­ing the ear­lobe. The prin­ci­ple of oper­a­tion resem­bles a minia­ture vise that com­press­es the ear from both sides. In the past, the clamps applied a lot of pres­sure and caused great dis­com­fort when worn. How­ev­er, mod­ern clips are made using new tech­nol­o­gy. They are almost not felt when worn and do not slip off the ears thanks to a reli­able lock.

Then, as an addi­tion to grandiose events, dan­gling clip ear­rings embell­ished with sparkling crys­tals or a large stone are ide­al. Such prod­ucts will def­i­nite­ly attract atten­tion and imme­di­ate­ly catch the eye, which allows you to save on the pur­chase of oth­er jew­el­ry and acces­sories.

The visu­al effect depends on what you com­bine them with. This jew­el­ry will be a great addi­tion to an exquis­ite dress with a deep neck­line. Ver­sa­tile gem­stone clips will go with a plain white shirt and jeans.

Dur­ing the week, del­i­cate thin clip-on clips in the form of sticks will also come in handy. Here you can bet on pearls in a charm­ing, min­i­mal­ist ver­sion. Small clips in the form of non-stan­dard, nat­ur­al stones or clips with a minia­ture pat­tern will look orig­i­nal. Such dec­o­ra­tion attracts atten­tion and looks like a work of art.

A large selec­tion of ear­rings with dif­fer­ent types of locks in the pho­to and descrip­tions is pre­sent­ed in the Sil­vers online store. Choose those jew­el­ry that you con­sid­er com­fort­able and suit­able for your style of cloth­ing, order deliv­ery in Ukraine and wear it with plea­sure!