The Guardian - Fashion • Jan. 30, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

The Night Manager’s Diego Calva and James Norton are also helping to build hype around small singular hoops While Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet has been nominated for eight Academy Awards including best picture, for many it’s a tiny silver hoop earring worn by Paul Mescal in his portrayal of William Shakespeare that steals the show. Worn in his left ear lobe, the barely-there hoop has people fixated online.

“Begging my boyfriend to get a tiny hoop earring too,” reads one post dedicated to the accessory. “I cried for over half of Hamnet, but Paul Mescal’s slutty little earring made me feel conflicted,” reads another.

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