Ludlow Drop Huggies
Daily diamonds, worn close.
Suspended from a short, curved bar, the Ludlow Drop Huggies hold a round brilliant lab-grown diamond just beneath the earlobe — close enough to hug the ear, free enough to catch the light — on a lever-back that clicks shut and stays put.
The setting is Georgian: a collet of 14k white gold ringed with fine prongs, the way 18th-century jewelers topped gold with white metal so diamonds looked whiter. We kept the idea and went two-tone in solid 14k — a white gold head on a yellow gold lever-back. Not your grandmother’s earrings, even if she’d recognize the setting.
Diamond-forward and light on the ear, in two sizes: 0.5ctw for the diamond you forget you’re wearing, 1ctw for the one nobody else will. Named for Ludlow Street, our founder’s old block on the Lower East Side, and made to be stacked.
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Product Details
- Material: Solid 14k gold, two-tone — 14k white gold setting on a 14k yellow gold lever-back — durable, hypoallergenic + nickel-free
- Stone: Round brilliant lab-grown diamonds — ethically sourced, with the same hardness and brilliance as mined diamonds
- Carat weight: 0.5 ctw (0.25 ct each) or 1 ctw (0.50 ct each)
- Diamond diameter: 4mm (0.5 ctw) · 5mm (1 ctw)
- Diamond color: E–F
- Diamond clarity: VS1
- Setting: Georgian-style six-prong collet, 14k white gold — 5mm across including the rim (0.5 ctw) · 6mm (1 ctw)
- Front bar: 4mm (0.5 ctw) · 3.5mm (1 ctw) from the top of the earring to the top of the diamond, gently curved to sit just under the lobe
- Inner hoop: 6mm
- Closure: Lever-back
- Total weight per pair: 1.5g (0.5 ctw) · 2g (1 ctw)
- Sold as a pair
- Free returns
- 1-year craftsmanship guarantee
Diamond Specs
Specs are per pair.
Stones 0.5 carat or larger can be IGI certified for an additional fee (generally $25–$150 per stone, depending on stone size) — email us for a quote.
Shipping Details
Made To Order
This item is made to order and usually ships within 3 weeks of ordering.
Materials
- Lab-grown diamonds — ethically sourced, identical in brilliance and durability to mined diamonds.
- Solid 14k gold — hypoallergenic, nickel-free, tarnish-proof.
Free Returns & 1 Year Warranty
Easy Free Returns
We want you to love your jewelry! We offer free 14 day returns. Read more about our policy here.
1 Year Warranty
Your jewelry is made to last. Read about our warranty policy here.
Ludlow Drop Huggies
Frequently Asked Questions
Often, yes. Non-standard sizes, stone swaps, and other modifications are possible on many pieces — email concierge@zaylanewyork.com with what you have in mind and we'll tell you what we can do. Just note that custom-made pieces can only be exchanged or returned for store credit.
Chemically, physically, and optically — nothing. Even a professional gemologist needs specialized equipment to tell them apart. Lab-grown diamonds form under the same heat and pressure as mined stones; the address is just different.
We chose lab-grown because they're traceable, responsibly made, and let us set bigger, better stones at honest prices.
Because lab-grown diamonds changed the math — and we price off the new math.
Growing a diamond above ground costs a fraction of mining one. Much of the industry still prices diamonds the way it did a decade ago — and the market would let us do the same. But we exist to make diamonds accessible: an everyday staple, not a once-a-decade splurge. So we price off what diamonds actually cost us today, plus the honest margin a small business needs. Nothing padded, nothing theatrical.
The stones don't cut corners: graded on the same 4Cs as mined diamonds, full specs on every product page, and IGI certification available on any stone 0.5 carat or larger for an additional fee (details in “Are your diamonds certified?” below). The price isn't the catch — it's the point. Diamonds you can wear every day.
Every diamond's specs — carat, color, clarity, cut — are listed in the Details section of its product page. For pieces with stones 0.5 carat or larger, we can arrange IGI certification before your piece ships — fees are generally $25–$150 per stone, depending on stone size, and it adds about a week of processing. Anyone can request a quote. Email hello@zaylanewyork.com to set it up. One note: the certification fee isn't refundable, even if the piece comes back to us.
We offer free 14-day returns on all unworn items with original tags attached. Pieces marked Final Sale (look for the red badge on the product page and in your cart) can't be returned or exchanged.
Standard shipping typically takes 3-5 business days. Express shipping is available for 2-3 day delivery.
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