Trending earring styles for 2025

If you’re after a new pair of earrings, take notes from the experts. Our Jewellery Team has pulled together some earring trends for the year ahead, so whether you’re expanding your jewellery collection with silver or gold earrings for women or looking for a gift, here's a breakdown of the trending earring styles for 2025.

What are the different types of earrings?

Material

Gold plated earrings

Gold jewellery is perennially in style and pairs well with anything, making gold earrings a go-to for everyday looks and special occasions. Gold-plated earrings tend to have a brass base with a gold coating, meaning they look as good as the real deal without the price tag. Keep your pieces sparkling with our guide to cleaning gold jewellery.

Silver earrings

Pure silver is quite a soft material, so our silver jewellery is made from sterling silver or silver 925: an alloy made with 92.5% silver mixed with a stronger metal such as copper. This makes sterling silver earrings a good pick for everyday wear. You can learn more ways to clean and care for your jewellery in our guide.

Pearl earrings

A classic style, pearl earrings remain a jewellery staple. We use natural, cultured, and faux pearls across our pearl jewellery, as the variety of shapes and sizes adds interest to each earring. Read more about the different types of pearls in our jewellery.

Gemstone earrings

Malachite, amazonite and opal are among some of the stones in our collection of gemstone earrings. Our gemstones are sourced from all over the world, often set into gold-plated and sterling silver earrings. Each chosen for its natural colour and finish, the variations in shape, shade and texture add to the character of each earring.

Enamel earrings

Enamel earrings are made using a resin, which is applied by hand to our costume earrings. When this decorative coating is set, it forms a hard, outer layer that protects the metal underneath. Enamel earrings are often brightly coloured and patterned.

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Style

Stud earrings

Studs are a simple style of earring that sit neatly on your earlobe. You’ll typically find designs featuring a small gemstone or pearl secured with a fastening such as a butterfly back. Thanks to their minimalist design and secure fit, stud earrings make a good choice for newly pierced ears or can be paired with other styles for a buildable multi-piercing look.

Hoop earrings

Just like their name suggests, hoops are circular in style. They tend to attach to your ear with a pass-through fastening, but you’ll also find hoops with stud backs. There are lots of different sizes of hoop earrings to choose from. Huggies are a type of smaller hoop profile, named ‘huggie’ because of the way they sit close to, and essentially hug the ear.

Drop earrings

Drop earrings are a style that drops just below the ear lobe. Anchored from studs, hoops, or hook backs, drop earrings have charm accents or small beads and gemstones. They might sound like dangly earrings, but the difference is that drop earrings don’t sway when you walk.

Chain earrings

Chain earrings feature a suspended chain that loops from the front to the back of the earring, while chain link earrings have two studs for your multi pierced ears. Usually a fine chain, this style offers a delicate drop that hangs below the earlobe. The design can sometimes have two chains that sit in front of and behind the lobe.

Tassel earrings

Tassel earrings are often more statement styles, designed with a tiered drop in beads, gemstones, and plated metal. Often larger in size, tassels are perfect for festivals, a night out, or just adding colour to your everyday look.

Beaded earrings

Beaded earrings are embellished with pearl or glass beads, usually in hoop and drop styles. Often an easy way to add colour to your earring collection, our range has classic gold and silver tones as well as bright beads in mood-boosting colours.

What’s to come in 2025?

The Jewellery Team explain earring trends for the year ahead.

Model wearing a silver oval stud earring

Silver Hoop Earrings

Coming soon

1. The re-imagined hoop

Hoop earrings aren’t going anywhere in 2025, but they are getting a refreshing shape update. ‘This spring we are seeing hoops in new shapes and textures coming through, with the oval or U-shape being key,’ says Jewellery Buyer Lianna Sheppard. ‘This re-imagined shape adds contrast to your ear stack, with the elongated hoop sitting nicely below your smaller, classic styles.’

Gold Plated Heart Stud Earrings

2. Textured finishes

With gold, silver and costume jewellery, texture is key. Raised, puffy textures and ridges are two key design details across our silver- and gold-plated earrings for the upcoming season. ‘Within our multi-packs, hoops, and studs, we’re exploring tactile finishes through debossed line patterns, contrasting surfaces and sleek, puffy designs,’ says Lianna.

Model wearing a large floral stud earring

Flower Statement Earrings

Coming soon

3. Statement studs

The small-scale stone or textured stud remains on trend, but the new stud style coming through for spring has sized up. ‘It's a case of the larger the better when it comes to our statement stud profiles for SS25,’ explains Lianna. Also known as a 'bouton' style, these statement studs are impactful enough to wear solo, but if you have multiple piercings, pair with stacking earrings for a bold stack. ‘Expect stone inlays, textures and engravings, while bows also remain a key motif.’

Model wearing shiny silver heart earrings

Pearl Statement Earrings

4. Return of the pearl

Pearl jewellery made a major comeback in 2024, with modern takes on the timeless style filling our jewellery boxes. ‘Pearls will always be in our collection,’ assures Senior Jewellery Buyer Rebecca Jones, ‘with elevated pearl details coming through on many costume styles.’ Pearls will be used throughout our 2025 collections to bring a hint of vintage luxury.

Silver Tone Heart Earrings

5. High-shine impact

Designed with simple finishes and standout shapes, high shine jewellery is on every style maven’s radar as we head into 2025. ‘When designing this collection, we wanted to keep the focus on clean lines and smooth h surfaces, to allow the shine to have full impact,’ explains Rebecca. ‘While often minimalist in shape and detail, the simple polished metal finish offers everyday wearability with a touch of glamour, and pairs effortlessly with existing jewellery pieces.’

Model wearing a pair of gold drop heart earrings with scalloped edging

Heart Statement Earrings

6. Romance

Hearts remain an iconic motif across our jewellery collections. ‘This season, we’ve taken this classic design and experimented with exaggerated puffy shapes, embellished stone detailing and colourful enamelled patterns,’ explains Rebecca. Layer a heart necklace with your go-to signature chain or try some heart earrings with dainty drops and textured charms to add movement.