Everything worth knowing about Fun Jewelry is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. Solid gold costs more and lasts longer. Plating wears at the contact points first. Check the clasp. It is the part that fails and the part nobody photographs. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is metal, stone setting and clasp quality. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: Haus of Brilliance's Gold Vermeil Diamond Accent Infinity Cross Pendant Necklace at $302, and Splendid's Shashi Caroline Stud Earring at $88. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. Check the clasp. It is the part that fails and the part nobody photographs. Solid gold costs more and lasts longer. Plating wears at the contact points first. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

Pick one metal and repeat it. Mixing works, but only on purpose. From the second group, Haus of Brilliance's Sterling Silver Turquoise Beads Station Bracelet with Bolo Clasp ($190) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, jewellery, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 jewellery here from 12 brands, $32 to $345, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. Sterling Forever's Carina Pear Cut CZ Hoops at $32 is the low-risk way in, and Manymoons's Daytona Silver Bracelet - Blue at $345 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. Read as a set, they get you close to Fun Jewelry without any single purchase being compulsory. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: pay for the thing that touches your body and economise on the thing that sits on top of it.