Start with a stud. Small baguettes set beside round diamonds in a square or a circle sit flat on the lobe and go with everything, and studs made nearly all the sales here. Shop under one carat as the listing prints it. Every pair bought in the year sat there. Take 18K gold in white or yellow, and ask the desk which back a pair wears before you pay.
The cut: what a baguette diamond is and why it flashes
A baguette is a long, narrow diamond cut in steps, named for the French loaf. Its facets run in flat rows, so it throws broad, clean flashes where a round brilliant scatters many small sparks. Baguettes are usually small stones, and jewelers line them up in rows or set them beside rounds. That mix of straight and round is the look of most of these pairs.
Most listings name their baguettes. Five name only round diamonds, so study the photos, or ask which cuts a pair carries before you buy.
Styles: baguette diamond stud earrings and butterfly earrings
Buy a stud for every day. The studs here are small squares and circles, several framed by a halo of rounds, and they sit 6 to 10 mm across. They made nine in ten of the pairs sold in the year. Several are offered for men too, and his pairs have their own page, men's baguette earrings.
A butterfly is the pair for a night out. The butterflies spread 10 to 16.5 mm, as wide as the biggest stud or wider, and one lines its wings with baguettes. For rounder clusters, open women's cluster earrings, and for a single stone, women's studs.
Carat and size: how many carats baguette diamond earrings should be
Judge the size by the millimeters first, then the carat. A baguette pair spreads its weight across many small stones, so the width tells you how big it looks on the lobe. Every pair bought in the year listed under one carat. Most of those carried more than half a carat. The heaviest pair prints 1.81 carats.
Ask whether a weight covers the pair or one earring. Only the 14K butterfly says its number is for both ears.
Gold: 18K white gold or yellow gold baguette earrings
Take 18K. Most pairs are made in it, and it carried nearly nine in ten pairs sold. It is 75 percent gold, so the yellow runs deeper. It is a little softer too, which a stud resting on the lobe barely notices. More pairs in this gold are on 18K gold earrings.
Pick white or yellow on most listings. None of these pairs comes in rose. White gold makes the diamonds look colder and brighter, while yellow warms them.
Backs and returns: screw back baguette earrings and the return window
Ask which back a pair wears, because no listing here names it. A screw back turns down a threaded post and stays put through sleep, the safer choice for a stud you leave in. A push back slides on faster and loosens over the months.
Returns run fourteen calendar days from the day a pair arrives, and it has to be unworn and unaltered. Get the desk's okay first, then send it back on the return label we provide. The refund loses five percent for restocking, plus the return shipping. A pair changed or built for one person stays final. Ask in the live chat, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.