SHANE WATSON: Time to put away the blingy earrings - less is more Kate Moss and Jennifer Lopez both opt for subtle earrings - and you should too READ MORE: 'Christmas has come early!' Stylists hail Kate Moss's Zara party collection and say it will be an 'instant sell out' By SHANE WATSON FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:47, 29 December 2024 | Updated: 20:47, 29 December 2024 e-mail View comments The lead-up to this year's festive season was saturated with Kate Moss , thanks to her party collection for Zara. Earlier this month we saw more pictures of Kate than we had in the past five years combined: Kate straddling a chair in a beaded bralette; Kate in a beaded black dress, entering and exiting a Mayfair club the night of the launch party. You would have thought there was nothing left to be said on the subject of this fashion icon's style but.

.. there is one more thing.

I could not help noticing that, in all these images – in the Zara ad campaign and paparazzi shots – there was barely a hint of earrings. On launch night Kate was wearing her party best and an unassuming pair of small drop earrings, just big enough to dazzle when the flashbulbs caught them. Fast-forward a few days and Victoria Beckham was a guest, along with husband David, at a banquet for the Emir of Qatar at Buckingham Palace .

What was she wearing? A plain black dress of her own design, hair scraped back, and no jewellery...

apart from some small, light-reflecting drop earrings. Plain black used to be the.