Why more women are buying into the single earring trend, a style driven by George Michael and Michael Jordan in the 80s and 90s, and Harry Styles and Paul Mescal today

Designers and stylists are embracing the freedom of asymmetry, both in runway looks and everyday style, encouraging women to create their own unique ear stacks

Sophie Bille Brahe always intended it to be like this. And she thinks women more than ever want to wear jewellery this way.
“The first piece of jewellery that I created that was very successful was the Croissant De Lune. It is a single earring that consists of a row graduating diamonds delicately emphasising the line of the ear, and it continues to be one of our most in-demand styles,” she says.

“Women today want to be presented with new ways of wearing fine jewellery, and it is always one of my biggest challenges to keep developing my designs to produce shapes and styles that women want to wear.”

It’s something Sydney-based jeweller and gemologist Olivia Bond has observed in her clients too.
“We have noticed growth in interest and sales of single earrings, and a general trend towards asymmetry when it comes to earrings and piercings,” she says. “Many of our clients, from students to school mums, have different numbers and locations of piercings in each ear, so they like the flexibility to buy singles to complement that.”
Bond has also noticed more demand for a single statement earring such as a one-of-a-kind tourmaline drop set in her signature twist motif she recently created.