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" Forget what the fashion history books say: Earrings were not created to show off a debutante&amp;#x27;s swan-like neck, to denote tribal stature or that the wearer had sailed around the world and crossed the equator. (Thank you wikipedia, for that questionable yet fascinating gem.) At least not the long, dangly earrings we&amp;#x27;re seeing on the runways this season. No, those were invented for something else entirely: Cruddy Monday mornings. At least that&amp;#x27;s what I thought when I watched the Isabel Marant show, where every model hit the runway in a combination of sparkly yet casual layers, topped off with a pair of glittery earrings. The blingy jewels had a way of making every outfit look a little glossier and more pulled together, making me think they&amp;#x27;d do the same on those I-can&amp;#x27;t-get-it-together days, where your wardrobe decides it you&amp;#x27;re the enemy and refuses to offer up anything remotely flattering. (Not sure about you, but that frustrating scenario takes place in my bedroom every other Monday morning.) To see the rest of the Isabel Marant show, log on to style.com Now, I&amp;#x27;m not saying you should stroll into work and tour your colleagues through a Power Point presentation while wearing distractingly glitzy, prom-like earrings. But a pair of lean and sophisticated earrings has the power to make a cobbled-together outfit--even if some parts of it have been plucked from the dirty laundry pile--look polished. Can&amp;#x27;t you see these stunners making a head-to-toe black look seem especially sophisticated? Let&amp;#x27;s talk earrings and work outfits: Do they go together? If so, do you have any handy rules on what to wear when? How often do you wear earrings? (I&amp;#x27;m on a three-times-a-year schedule, but I&amp;#x27;m going to fix that shortly.) Also, let&amp;#x27;s discuss how cute those Isabel Marant outfits are. I never thought I&amp;#x27;d want a pair of sparkly pants (spants?) but I&amp;#x27;m now thinking they are pretty party-perfect. For more style updates, outfit ideas and celeb sightings from Paris fashion week, follow us on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;], count: 3}); Photo: Mark Leibowitz and WWD "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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