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Celebrity Jewelry Gawk: Lend me your ears
Diamond-accented earrings were all the rage among celebrities last month as they donned drop and stud looks for a range of appearances, including movie premieres, casual outings and New York fashion week runway shows.
While drop earrings are still the go-to look for the more high-profile events, stars also donned fancier stud and “huggie” earrings.
Scroll down for a look at the best celebrity earrings of September.
Jennifer Morrison of the TV series Once Upon A Time donned Michael M.’s diamond earrings to the premiere of Felony at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 10.
Rose Byrne accessorized with Rona Pfeiffer’s ruby Rose earrings for the Los Angeles premiere of Insidious 2 on Sept. 10. Byrne is a character in the movie.
Jessica Simpson wore Elahn Jewels’ faceted moonstone and micro-pavé diamond earrings while out to dinner with her family in Calabasas, Calif. Sept. 4.
Girls’ Allison Williams attended the Diane von Furstenberg show during fashion week in New York wearing Maria Melinda’s cage earrings.
Teresa Palmer wore Reframed’s 14-karat black gold and diamond Mask earrings ($13,000) to a Warm Bodies event in Tokyo Sept. 9.
Cat Deely of the TV series The Exes wore Le Vian’s pavé diamond Fan earrings to the 2013 Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sept. 15.
Dexter’s Yvonne Strahovski wore Norman Silverman’s diamond earrings to a media event in Beverly Hills on Sept. 12.
Dianna Agron of Glee wore Graziela Gem’s large yellow Pizza earrings ($6,200) for an appearance at ABC Studios in New York on Sept. 10.
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