When it comes to accessorizing for work, the common wisdom says that it’s important to express your personality or, more to the point, to avoid fading into the beige background of your cubicle walls. But with jewelry there can sometimes be a fine line between dressing to stand out and dressing like you’re headed for the club, so if I find a look that works I tend to repeat it to the point of excess. This has been the case with me and my hoop earrings for ages — in either gold or silver they’re versatile and can project totally different styles based on size (these Fossil hoops fit the bill perfectly), but wearing the same thing every day has gotten more than a little old.
Thankfully, I came across tortoise Ralph Lauren style a couple of weeks ago, and have been unabashedly obsessed ever since. While both hoops and tortoise are total staples in the world of accessories, you almost never see the two together, which makes for a really fresh and unexpected twist on a classic. The tortoise is also subtle enough that even if you happen to have a day where you’ve really piled on the jewelry (hey, sometimes that’s what it takes to get up in the morning), there’s zero risk of this look going overboard. Instead, it’ll look like you threw on a great pair of earrings from your grandmother’s collection… even if you only bought them last week.
