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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a pair that is 1.4ct total weight and they are the perfect size for my somewhat big ears. I wore them on my wedding day and nearly every day since.  I don't think I would like bigger ones, but I doubt 1ct per ear will look too big or gaudy.

Just note that apparently its against DCUM fashion etiquette to wear diamond studs in the daytime - it was news to me when I learned this! 
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FFS: Can't shower in pearls.

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Oh for heaven's sake. This is a vestige of the days when anyone who could afford diamond earrings had to "dress for dinner." One would not wear anything that sparkles like a diamond before dinner. And one wouldn't miss the opportunity to sparkle -- at dinner. It's some Downton Abbey/Gilded Age level nonsense.

I got my diamond studs after my first year of law school at a fancy school where at least half of my fellow female students wore diamond studs every day. They are very popular with the women attorneys I've practiced with as well -- as part of their work dress. Of course when this "no diamonds in the daytime" etiquette rule came about, there were no women attorneys. So. Things evolve -- and fashion and the etiquette surrounding it are no different.

For anyone new here: there are a lot of folks hanging around DCUM who are obsessed with class and etiquette, and given the things they say it always seems to me that it is all aspirational for them, because it all seems to have come from someone who has read a Miss Manners book but has never been around any actual people.

FWIW, I predict the popularity of diamond-wearing will take a nose dive soon; lab diamonds have made big diamonds cheaper and available to everyone and so there isn't as much cachet to wearing them anymore. This started with the proliferance of moissanite, but lab diamonds are the nails in the coffin. There will be a move from an emphasis on materials (diamonds, other gems, platinum, etc) to an emphasis on craftsmanship. We are already seeing this with the popularity of the work of designers like Elizabeth Gage. So handmade enamel earrings will be worth more than diamond studs. You heard it here first. [/quote]

Agree and disagree. I think that for most people, diamonds are like strollers - you're heavily aware of the market for a finite phase of life, and then you sort of naturally move on. My cohort got engaged and married in our late 20s/early 30s in the 2010-2018 timeframe. I would consider myself to be someone fairly into jewelry, and I was only vaguely aware that lab diamonds had become such a thing. I had to really convince myself that I was okay going lab for a recent pair of earrings - it felt foreign and bit unknown. (I love them by the way!) I think if you polled my close girlfriends, who are late 30s and in the throws of pregnancies, newborns, and toddlers, they likely don't even realize lab is a thing. I would imagine it's the same for the 40+ crowd unless you have some specific reason to be buying jewelry again (perhaps milestone anniversary?).

Plus, it's not like the lab diamonds are super cheap. My 2ctw students were maybe $2.5k? I went higher on color because I've heard some lab diamonds are less consistently colored (even if you go GIA). And then of course, I had to be okay with the idea of my $2.5k being "wasted" if the diamonds proved to be poor quality down the line. Just food for thought.[/quote]

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