Hoop Earrings: what they are, and huggies vs hoops

Hoop earrings are earrings shaped as a ring put through a piercing. Huggies are their small, close-fitting version. At STRUGA the ring on the ear is solved differently — by a cuff with no piercing and an architectural form.

- A hoop earring is a ring or arc that goes through a piercing; a huggie is its small version that hugs the lobe closely.

- The difference between hoop, large hoop and huggie is diameter and mass; the form is one — a ring through a piercing.

- STRUGA has no classic hoop or large-hoop family; the brand reads the ear through the cuff, the stud and the mono-earring.

- A cuff gives the same arc wrapping the ear but with no piercing — it grips the upper ear.

- STRUGA cuff forms in uncoated 925 silver: BLADE, SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC, BRUTALISM, THORN, CARBON.

- Uncoated 925 silver darkens and lightens on its own, by the way the piece is worn — Living Silver, with no rhodium plating.

• What a hoop is
• Hoops, large hoops, huggies
• Hoop, cuff, stud
• The ring on the ear at STRUGA
• FAQ

What a hoop is

A hoop earring is a ring or an arc that goes through a piercing and closes on the lobe or the upper ear. Unlike a stud-point, a hoop traces the ear with a line: it reads as an arc, holds a diameter and swings with movement. Hoops come in any size — from a thin ring to a large loop.

What matters in a hoop is diameter and thickness. A small hoop reads as a neat arc at the lobe; a large one as a statement that frames the ear.

Hoops, large hoops, huggies

• Hoop — the general type: a ring through a piercing, any diameter.
• Large hoop — big, dense rings, often with a wide hollow profile. The most massive version.
• Huggie — small rings that hug the lobe closely. A minimal, everyday form.

In short: a huggie is small and close, a hoop is a mid arc, a large hoop is big and weighty. The difference is diameter and mass; the form is one — a ring through a piercing.

Hoop, cuff, stud

Three ear forms differ by fixing and pattern. A stud sits as a point on the lobe through a piercing. A hoop traces the ear with an arc, also through a piercing. A cuff gives the same wrap-around arc but with no piercing — it grips the upper ear. If you want a ring on the ear without a hole, the cuff is the closest form.

The ring on the ear at STRUGA

STRUGA has no classic hoop or large-hoop family. The brand reads the ear differently: through the cuff that grips the upper ear with no piercing, through the stud-point and through the mono-earring statement. Where the mass market gives a round loop, STRUGA sets an architectural form — an angle, a link, an asymmetry.

So if you want a "ring on the ear", at STRUGA the cuff plays that role: the same sense of an arc wrapping the ear, but with no hole and with the brand's geometry in uncoated 925 silver — Living Silver.