These earrings are very nice, especially for the price, and seemingly well made. We did end up returning them however, as they were just a little larger, *longer and wider, than we expected, and because they were more gray than silver. The description was technically accurate, but in person, the predominate silver was in the frame that surrounds and supports the threading, rather than through the threading itself : / We know these are available in different colors, and it is possible that in those models, the stronger thread colors would draw the eye, but in these, what we saw first was the framework > /