Almost every style in this collection describes itself as lightweight, and that is not marketing filler — it is the entire reason the material is used at this scale. A 70mm acetate drop puts a small fraction of the load on your earlobe that a 70mm metal one would. It is the difference between taking your earrings off in the car on the way home and forgetting you have them on.

The fronts are acetate. The posts and findings are 316L surgical-grade stainless steel — recorded on all the styles, not only the ones whose own descriptions mention it — copper free and nickel free, which is the part that matters if you react to most earrings. 92 of these product pages call out sensitive ears specifically.

Prices run from $10 to $50, with most styles at $24.

Kennedy — 30 styles, the largest family. Transparent bases with saturated colour and a glossy finish, mostly 70mm.

Flora — 24 styles. Layered petals with real dimension and movement, in soft and bright colourways.

Kaelyn — 17 styles. Cleaner shapes, transparent and pearlescent tones.

Bianca — 11 styles.

Olivia — 9 styles, in teardrop, oval and rectangle.

Michelle — 9 styles.

17 of these styles are in game day team colours and 8 are coastal shapes and tones. None of them is set with a stone — the acetate carries its own colour — so if you want cubic zirconia or pearl at this scale, those are separate collections.

If you want acetate in a smaller footprint, the same material appears in acetate hoops (42 styles) and acetate studs (17 styles).

Acetate is durable but it is not the same material as the steel posts, and it is the part that decides how these are worn. Not one of them carries a water rating, and unlike the waterproof stainless steel pieces elsewhere in the shop, these are not shower or swim safe. Treat them like eyeglass frames: wipe them dry, keep them out of the pool and the ocean, and they will hold their colour for years.

Acetate is a plant-based plastic derived from wood pulp and cotton fibre — the same material used for quality eyeglass frames. It is moulded and polished rather than cast, which is why it takes marbling, glitter and transparent colour that metal cannot hold. LINNY CO's product pages describe it as eco-friendly acetate.

Because acetate is far less dense than metal. A large shape that would be genuinely heavy in brass or steel weighs very little in acetate, so you get the visual scale of a statement earring without the pull on your lobe. That is the whole reason the material is used at 70mm and above.

Yes, because of the post rather than the front. The acetate never touches your piercing — the post does, and on all of these it is 316L surgical-grade stainless steel, copper free and nickel free. If you react to most earrings, the metal in the post is almost always the cause, not the size or material of the earring itself.

Most styles state a measurement, and the most common is 70mm. Most fall between 60 and 79mm, around thirty are 80mm or larger, and a handful are under 40mm. Each product page carries its own measurement — worth checking, because a shape that looks moderate on screen can sit differently against your jaw.

No. Not one of them carries a water rating, so treat them the way you would a pair of glasses — take them off before you swim or shower and wipe them dry if they get wet. If you want jewellery you never have to take off, the screw back flat back studs and the waterproof necklaces are the pieces built for that.