9kt earrings

9ct gold earrings by independent designers: small studs, colourful sweetheart pieces and fine hoops set with diamonds, spinel, tourmaline or sapphire. 9ct gold contains less pure gold than 18ct, which makes it slightly harder and well suited to earrings worn every day.

Ivy Nixon Jewellery's Florence hoops come with blue spinel or green sapphire. Ciara Bowles adds colour with sweetheart studs and trio earrings, and Dinny Hall offers lab-grown diamond studs and pavé mini hoops. Heidi Hockenjos keeps to plain ball and disc studs.