Chris Rock's Earrings In Style

Posted by Maire Loughran Jun 6, 2007

I am a huge fan of cubic zirconia (CZs). They look great and can be set in 14K gold creating a very impressive piece of jewelry at a fraction of the cost of using diamonds.

In the past I have also blogged that one advantage of owning CZs in the fact that if you ever loss the piece of jewelry it is not a major event. I speak from experience. I had (note the had) a really attractive pair of hoop earrings set with 8 CZs. The hoops were 10K gold and the 4 CZs were appropriate for the size of each hoop. They really looked spectacular worn in my second piercing with a pair of diamond studs.

I got them at Big Lots for $9.99 - yeh Big Lots. What a buy. Well, went to put them on last week and I am missing one. Tore the house and studio apart - even emptied out the vacumn cleaner bag - no luck. I'm in the process now of just making another hoop to match the first.

In a recent In Style magazine article that month's man of style, Chris Rock, list his 'Right Stuff' and on the list is a pair of CZ earrings. As he puts it they "look the same as diamonds. It's not like anyone's going to put my earlobe under a microscope." My point exactly.

The earrings are an attractive tricky cut that resembled a square but is known as radiant-cut and are set in a white gold 14K post setting.

Here is the link to find out more about Chris Rock's CZ earrings at Fauxsie. Fauxsie's motto is that 'sometimes it's cool to fake it'. I took a quick look around their website and the jewelry is quite spectacular. Check out this pair of impressive Martini stud earrings.

Fauxsies also has a Eternity Band set in 14K white gold with approximately 2.5 carats of CZs - there was alot of press about this ring in Bride's Magazine.