Earrings are pieces of the jewelry which are attached to the ears through a piercing in the earlobe. For the earring component it may be made from a number of materials which includes; metal, glass, plastics, beads, bones and many others. Designs ranges from loops to many kind of a bit complicated forms. Most of the earring sizes are limited by the earlobe capability to carry and the way it can be fixed.

There are different types of the earrings which includes the modern standard pierced earrings. Example of these modern standard pierced earring are; stud earrings in which the appearance of floating on the ear or the earlobe without not being able to see from the front the point of connection. There is also the hoop earrings in which they are circular or semicircular in their design. Also they mostly look similar to a ring. Also there are the dangle earrings which are mostly designed to flow from the bottoms of the earlobe.

Huggy earrings which tends to be hugs at someone earlobe and hence buggy and they are very common and popular. The slave earrings are also another type of the earrings which are also called Bajoran earring. There are many other examples of different type of the earrings which one can find in different sites and references.