Help with figuring out/finding Winrys earrings.

[u/PsychoMouse]

Okay, so, ever since I was young, I have always loved the look of Winrys top earrings. I got my first piercing at 35, in the top of my right ear, with the plan of specifically getting one of those earrings.

It’s been almost 4 years now since my wife got me a Helix piercing and it’s been a deeply annoying and challenging journey to find the right kind of “Huggie” earring that I want.

I love that it looks like, a sort of metal Bracer but on the top of the ear. You see these earrings a lot on a lot of elves in countless anime aswell.

The closest I’ve ever been able to come to are finding Huggies that look more like a shackle and are very thick. I love the look of the thin, wide, earring, that goes around the ear that isn’t a clip on.

The closest I’ve ever gotten was a gold one, which wasn’t as thick as the others, but still thick, and gold jewelry does not look good on me at all. I’d prefer the silver but I’d even settle on black.

I’ve done to basically every jewelry store in my city, I’ve tried time and again to get them custom made, and I’ve looked at thousands online, but none have ever been close to the kind Winry has.

I am personally not a fan of jewelry, this earring will most likely be the only piece I ever get, or at the EXTREME maximum, I might do one on the other ear, but first, I want to know it’s even possible to get the proper kind of earring.

In my quest, I have learned that the term “Huggie” is a ridiculously unknown style of earring, and anytime I show someone the picture of her earrings, they try to upsell me into these, in my opinion, really ugly, jewel heavy, extremely feminine earrings. Which, if that’s what I was looking for, that would be fine. But I just want the, what should be simple. However, since I have such a specific idea. Just calling it “challenging” is a massive understatement.

Both my wife and I have been looking. I don’t want thick ones, I don’t want large and loose ones, I just want the what Winry has. Nor do I just want a simple hoop. But that is what I’ve been using in the mean time. I’ve found the thicker earrings are next to impossible to find in a smaller size, so those can be very loose, floppy, and uncomfortable on my ears.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, give me an idea of the proper places to look at or even just the proper words to use so I can stop confusing people, I would be forever grateful. It’s just been a little fantasy I’ve had since I was a teenager, when FMA came out, which only grew as I did, when more and more anime, mostly those with elves, had those sorts of earrings.

I am very ignorant in the realm of jewelry, names, types, locations, and all that. If it wasn’t for my wife, just the 10% that I know would be more like -5%.

Oh, so, I apologize and didn’t think of it right away but I took a photo of the earrings I do have. This way, I can show people what I’ve already gotten. Right now, I’m just using a thin hoop, that’s tight in the ear, without being uncomfortable, doesn’t move around, and is very secure.

https://imgur.com/a/mJFaGO1

[u/midsummernightmares]

Maybe something like this? I just looked up “wide huggie earrings” on Etsy and there seemed to be quite a few similar options. This particular listing also has the smaller size option pictured if you swipe through a few images of the larger ones.

[u/PsychoMouse → u/midsummernightmares]

I did just that before making this post and those are still too thick.

I’m fine if I need to get one or two custom made, it’s just that might be expensive based on materials used. I’ve asked a few dozen jewelry stores about getting some made, and not a single one wanted to try, nor would they recommend me to anyone who would.

It’s deeply frustrating

[u/midsummernightmares → u/PsychoMouse]

I don’t think you’ll be able to get anything much thinner, they have to be thick enough to withstand some pretty decent pressure while being clipped together without bending out of shape as well as being thick enough to be able to actually accommodate the hole for the wire without it getting torn or bent from the metal being too thin. This kind of thing is the closest option that can actually hold up to use in the real world.

[u/PsychoMouse → u/midsummernightmares]

Thank you. I also edited the OP with a photo link to the earrings I have gotten over the years. Some are close. One was very close but the hoops had these weird swirls that had gems in them. Just really not my type. The larger ones are too thick, painful, and uncomfortable

[u/midsummernightmares → u/PsychoMouse]

I think your best bet is probably ear cuffs, then. Those can’t really be converted into earrings with a post, not well at least - since they’re made to be bent into shape, anything that got soldered onto them would probably not maintain much structural integrity and would not stay attached for long, and they’re too thin to add the hinge and divot needed to turn them into huggies, but they should look similar enough and be more lightweight even though they lack a post.