Sterling Silver Wide Half-Round Huggie Earrings 11.40mm, 4.80mm Band

A huggie is a hoop built to close tight against the lobe rather than hang from it. The band is short, the section is deep, and it opens like a clasp rather than threading through the piercing. Because it grips the lobe rather than swinging from it, a huggie can carry considerably more metal than a hoop of the same apparent size without ever feeling heavy.

This pair is sterling silver. The section is half-round Ñ flat on the inner face where it meets the lobe, domed on the outer Ñ and cut wide, so it reads as a broad polished band rather than as a wire. The band measures 4.80 mm, with an inside diameter of 11.40 mm.

A huggie sits where the lobe is thickest, so the fit is governed by the depth of the band as much as by the diameter. A deeper band needs a little more room behind the piercing; if you wear a huggie alongside other earrings, measure the gap you have before choosing the section.

Specification

• Metal: sterling silver (925)
• Style: Wide Half-Round huggie
• Band width: 4.80 mm
• Inside diameter: 11.40 mm
• Profile: wide half-round
• Finish: Polished
• Sold as: Pair

Sterling silver is 925 parts per thousand fine silver, the balance copper. The copper is what makes it workable Ñ fine silver on its own is too soft to hold a form Ñ and it is also why sterling tarnishes: the copper reacts with sulphur in the air. Tarnish is a surface film, not corrosion. It polishes off with a silver cloth and the metal beneath is unchanged.

Care. Store silver in a closed box or a zip bag when it is not being worn Ñ tarnish is driven by air, not by wear, so the pieces you wear least are the ones that darken first. Sold as a pair.