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January 30, 2026
‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring
The Night Manager’s Diego Calva and James Norton are also helping to build hype around small singular hoops
TL;DR
- Paul Mescal's small silver hoop earring in 'Hamnet' has gained significant online attention.
- Demand for men's earrings has increased, with huggies and singular hoops being popular.
- The earring was a deliberate choice by the film's costume designer, inspired by historical depictions of men wearing earrings.
- During the Elizabethan period, earrings were a common status symbol for men.
- Inspiration for the earring came from portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare.
- Paul Mescal had a specific casting process for the earring, which was a small white gold hoop.
- Other celebrities like James Norton, Diego Calva, Jacob Elordi, and Josh O'Connor are also noted for wearing earrings.
- Men's earrings have historically fluctuated in popularity, with periods of widespread adoption and periods where clip-ons were preferred.
- The current trend is seen by some as a modern embrace of personal style and a redefinition of masculinity, rather than simply performative culture.
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