What are Earring Jackets?

This article originally posted Mar 29, 2021 and was edited in April 2025.

If you appreciate versatile jewelry, earring jackets are the perfect addition to your jewelry collection. If you aren't familiar with the earring jacket concept let me explain. Earring jackets are metal design components that can be worn with a pair of personal studs or post earring styles. I fell in love with the concept of earring jackets back in the eighties when I was sixteen. At the time I was working working at a jewelry store at the Sun Valley Mall in Concord, California. It was love at first sight when I picked up my first pair of earring jackets. I was amazed at the various ways you could wear the jackets. I thought they were the coolest thing ever - I had to get a pair. I couldn't stop raving about them to my mom. I was fortunate to have a mother who worked in the jewelry industry and she ended up gifting me the most elegant pair of dainty 14k gold earring jackets. I was thrilled beyond belief. I was so excited to put them on my ears. I wore them everyday for months. Reflecting back I remember enjoying my daily ritual of styling them with my various teenage outfits. Today, I still have those beautiful 14k gold earring jackets and continue admiring their beauty.

MONOLISA 14k Gold Earring Jacket Set with with 4 Carat Peridot Gemstone Stud earrings.

There are a few benefits to adding earring jackets to your jewelry collection. First, they are great for traveling. You can create various earring styles without having to pack lots of jewelry. How great is that? You can create minimal to fancy earring styles in seconds. Second, transform your old jewelry into new styles. Take your old pairs of post or stud earrings and transform them into lots of new earring styles using your earring jacket sets. Another bonus, keep a set of earring jackets in your handbag with stud earring options for instant styles on the go. You never know when you will need to change your earring style to match that perfect outfit. 

The earring jacket concept inspired me so much over the years that when I became a jewelry artist I had to create a MONOLISA Earring Jacket Collection. Hand making earring jacket are one of my favorite pieces of jewelry to create as a artist. Prior to launching my earring jacket collection it was a long process. It took me a few years to design just the right styles with the perfect gauge of metal. It also required a lot of patience. I started the design process in 2021 and in 2023 I finally developed the right earring jacket styles. The earring jacket designs in my collection include designs in 14k yellow gold and the finest silver, Argentium. One of the coolest things about my earring jacket sets are that they come with gemstones studs and the jacket designs allow customers to wear the earrings more than three ways. The styling options include 1) wearing the earring jackets with the gemstone studs 2) wear the earring jackets in the front or back of your earlobe 3) only wear the stud earrings for a minimal style 4) mix and match the earring jackets with a personal pair of stud earrings such as diamond or pearl studs - resulting in lots of versatility. Another bonus about the MONOLISA earring jacket styles, they are super light-weight, yet durable. 

There are 14 steps that go into making MONOLISA Argentium silver earring jackets. In this video Jewelry Artist Lisa Ramos shows viewers her handmade process.

There are a few things that make my MONOLISA earring jacket collection especially unique. Each earring jacket set is handcrafted personally by me in my Clayton, California studio. The earring jacket are a one of a kind made piece that isn't casted - pouring molten metal into molds for mass production. The handmade design is an extensive process of sawing metal pieces, hand sculpting, soldering, hammering, texturing, sanding, buffing, multiple hours of heat hardening the Argentium silver to increase the tarnish resistance properties, stone setting and polishing. The earring jacket collection is not mass produced or sold in retail stores. Pieces from the collection can only be purchased on this website or at a art show. My design philosophy is focused on creating high quality jewelry pieces you can wear for years to come. The MONOLISA Jewelry Collection has been featured at fine art juried shows in California. My mission is to design beautifully handmade limited edition pieces that add a touch of elegance to any personal style.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog article about what earring jacket are, the styling benefits and how owning a pair inspired me to create my own earring jacket collection. Hopefully you will have the opportunity to own a pair of earring jackets and you too may become fascinated with there cool versatility. Until we meet again...

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This blog article is written by California Jewelry Artist, Lisa Ramos. Lisa is a member of the International Gem Society (IGS), Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) and Argentium Silver Guild.

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