SHANE WATSON: Time to put away the blingy earrings - less is more
Share:
The lead-up to this year's festive season was saturated with Kate Moss, thanks to her party collection for Zara. Earlier this month we saw more pictures of Kate than we had in the past five years combined: Kate straddling a chair in a beaded bralette; Kate in a beaded black dress, entering and exiting a Mayfair club the night of the launch party.
![[Kate Moss straddles a chair in a beaded bralette as part of her collection with Zara]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/19/93564195-14234223-image-a-26_1735499381942.jpg)
You would have thought there was nothing left to be said on the subject of this fashion icon's style but... there is one more thing. I could not help noticing that, in all these images – in the Zara ad campaign and paparazzi shots – there was barely a hint of earrings. On launch night Kate was wearing her party best and an unassuming pair of small drop earrings, just big enough to dazzle when the flashbulbs caught them.
![[Jennifer Lopez completes her chic ensemble at the IndieWire Honors with a subtle pair of earrings]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/19/93564393-14234223-image-a-27_1735499560669.jpg)
Fast-forward a few days and Victoria Beckham was a guest, along with husband David, at a banquet for the Emir of Qatar at Buckingham Palace. What was she wearing? A plain black dress of her own design, hair scraped back, and no jewellery... apart from some small, light-reflecting drop earrings.
Plain black used to be the backdrop for Christmas bling, especially earrings: shoulder-scraping waterfall earrings; velvet and rhinestone bows; hammered gold and pearls the size of quails' eggs. I have drawerfuls of dangling diamante earrings, semi-precious stone clusters and big crystal chandeliers, all still waiting to be retrieved from their pouches this party season, and it isn't going to happen on New Year's Eve either.
