No matter how much jewelry fashions change, it seems earring charms never go out of style. For several generations, women (and whether you want to believe it or not; men) have adorned their ears with all types of “charms”. These charms have also broken through the cultural barrier that many other objects have not been able to. Celtic tribes, Aboriginal tribes, Native American tribes and several other tribal people, who span the globe, have used their own types of charms.

When you mention the word “charms” it conjures up so many different thoughts in people’s minds. The way you were raised will definitely have a bearing on what you think about these little treasures. Sometimes people get into a certain mind set by what they are taught, and for them, the information is written in stone. This is sad because the use of charm bracelets and earrings have a long rich history across so many cultural lines.

For instance, in some cultures the color pink is dreaded for a man to wear, because the society fears it may show a lessening of the masculinity of the culture. But, in other civilizations, the color pink is simply viewed as a nice color to view and has no bearing on feminine or masculine ideas. Do you understand the point which is being made here?

People from this generation only think of a trinket as something which hangs from an earring, bracelet, or necklace that is made of a certain metal. This is so very far from the truth. Charms for earrings have been made of metal, shell, glass, wood, stone and various other elements. Heck, in this generation (and a few generations past) the use of plastic and nylon has been incorporated in the making of earring charms.

This has been a brief look at the history of earring charms and how our modern styles came about. Now it’s time for you to start your own fashion history with charms.