17 Best Affordable Jewelry Brands, According to Shopping Editors

So many jewelry brands are putting out fun and stylish designs that are fun to indulge in and easier on the wallet. The best affordable jewelry brands offer rings, necklaces, bracelets, and earrings you'll want to add to your collection—think gold vermeil chains, chunky dôme rings, pretty pearl pieces, and colorful drop earrings that are great wardrobe essentials. Many even offer high-quality adornments made from solid yellow gold, silver, and rose gold with legit diamonds and gemstones. No matter if you lean minimalist, classic, Y2K, or full-on maximalist, there’s a budget-friendly bauble for you. Below, discover the best affordable jewelry brands to dial up your look.

Our top affordable jewelry picks, at a glance:

• Best Affordable Jewelry Overall: Mejuri
• Best Personalized: Baublebar
• Best for Every Day: Gorjana
• Best Dainty: Catbird
• Most Versatile: Madewell
• Most Affordable: Pavoi
• Most Giftable: Kate Spade

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You’ve likely spotted Mejuri’s pieces all over Instagram and on various celebs like Taylor Swift, Sydney Sweeney, and Reneé Rapp (dôme hoop earrings and croissant rings, anyone?). The cult-favorite brand has got it all, from under-$100 staples you can wear daily to sculptural jewelry for special occasions or a vacation. Also on offer: customizable jewelry pieces, birthstone jewelry, fine jewelry (including engagement rings and wedding bands), layered necklaces, limited-edition capsules, and a wide selection of men's jewelry.

• Price range: $38–$8,400, with most prices in the $50–$300 range
• Shipping: Free in the US and Canada for orders over $75; $8 for orders below
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns. Engraved and monogrammed products are nonrefundable.

The ultimate in affordable and trendy jewelry, Baublebar has everything from the latest jewelry trends (right now we love its enameled and two-toned gold and silver offerings) to shimmering statement pieces to wear with occasion attire, in case you've got a wedding in the works. It's even got fine jewelry, including earrings sets, trendy chains, and stackable rings. Need a unique gift for your mom, sister, or teen girl? The brand is particularly known for its customizable jewelry, with a wide menu of whimsical, fun lettering and style options (including cute personalized charm bracelets).

• Price range: $10–$325, with most prices in the $50–$150 range
• Shipping: Free for orders over $50
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

Founded in breezy Laguna Beach, California, this jewelry line gives us serious Cali-girl vibes. Whether you’re the type to rock a single delicate necklace or layer up with cool chains, coin necklaces, and beads, pieces from this line can freshen up any outfit. Gorjana carries both staple gold-plated brass jewelry and fine jewelry.

• Price range: $25–$4,500, with most prices in the $50–$100 range
• Shipping: Free on all orders within the US and Puerto Rico
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

Madewell is perhaps best known for its casual-cool clothes, including jean jackets, fluttery maxidresses, oversized button-downs, and leather mules. To top off these looks, consider its in-house jewelry line, which rides the line between classic and trendy. Here you'll find mix-and-matchable huggie hoops in various stylings (like croissant and chunky), slinky herringbone chains, and statement rings—mostly favoring yellow gold and silver. The pricing is affordable, with basics like solitaire stud earrings coming in at $25, but you'd never know they cost so little. You'll find collaborations with popular jewelry designers as well, including Kinn Studio and Agmes.

• Price range: $20–$600, with most pieces in the $25–$50 range
• Shipping: Economy shipping starts at $3 (free for Madewell Insiders).
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

This Brooklyn jewelry brand is a mecca for dainty everything, including thin stacking and signet rings, teensy charms, and barely there chain necklaces and bracelets you’ll never want (or have) to take off. Catbird also offers engagement rings and wedding jewelry for more investment-worthy designs, and frequently collaborates with other brands and popular artists (like Boygenius and The Met) to create distinctive pieces you won't find anywhere else.

• Price range: $14–$13,800, with most prices in the $50–$300 range
• Shipping: Standard shipping in the US starts at $6.
• Return policy: Free 10-day returns

Like its handbags, Kate Spade's jewelry charms us with its quirky novelty designs and elegant, high-quality pieces. The brand makes many winning jewelry options, like this sweet pendant necklace personalized with an initial of choice. Need the ideal gift for a woman who holds a special place in your life? Glamour readers can't get enough of this stylish bangle that's thoughtfully engraved with the message “heart of gold” inside.

• Price range: $32–$395
• Shipping: Free ground shipping in the continental US
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

Best Vintage-Inspired: Missoma

This London-based brand is a go-to for modern jewelry with timeless appeal, with fine jewelry in the mix too. Everything is meant to be layered: Pile on its necklaces and bracelets or rock an earful of studs, drops, and gold hoops. The brand also offers sets that make for excellent gifts or the perfect indulgence to make things easy, whether you’re into initials jewelry, gemstones, or chains. Not to miss is the label’s recycled metals jewelry collection, as well as trend-forward pieces designed in collaboration with influencers and designers like Lucy Williams and Harris Reed.

• Price range: $63–$9,100, with most prices in the $100–$300 range
• Shipping: Free for orders over $150; $8 for orders under $150
• Return policy: Free 60-day returns

Best One-Stop Shop: Jenny Bird

There's a reason everyone from Selena Gomez to Hailey Bieber gravitate toward Jenny Bird jewelry, which blends contemporary design with everyday wearability at accessible price points The namesake Canadian brand was founded by Bird in 2008; she first focused on handbags but shifted to jewelry in 2010. It's known for its bubble-inspired gold- and silver-dipped brass statement pieces that are surprisingly lightweight. Glamour commerce editor Malia Griggs owns the below puff earrings and says they're her new go-to to dress up an outfit. “The silver earrings feel modern and cool, and they are so light. I wear them for hours without noticing,” she says.

• Price range: $45 to $350, with most prices in the $100–$150 range
• Shipping: Free for orders over $100; $10 for orders under $100
• Return policy: Free 14-day returns. Sale items are ineligible for return.

Another Glamour-reader-favorite fashion jewelry brand is Pavoi, which you can shop on Amazon. Maybe you just want a pair of dependable, unfussy hoops that won't break the bank if you misplace them. Perhaps you want to try a trendier style just for fun (like a chunky chain anklet), well Pavoi has plenty of pickings. We're fans of this sparkling zodiac necklace, a blingy dome ring, and all sorts of earrings and cuffs of many shapes (chandelier tassels! cubic zirconia huggies! dangling crystals!). Best of all, everything is under $20.

• Price range: $12–$20
• Shipping: Free shipping for Amazon Prime members
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

Best for Birthstone Jewelry: Local Eclectic

Instead of focusing on a singular line, Local Eclectic's women-founded company showcases jewelry from emerging and independent female designers around the world. The site brings together a variety of aesthetics, and it's here that you'll find a stackable birthstone ring that features an ombré of color, a beaded gemstone choker, or a quirky charm. You can shop by stone, including popular birthstones like opal, emerald, and sapphire, as well as more unusual ones like black diamond and citrine. You can also select from a wide variety of styles, with a helpful section just for extended sizes, in case it's a challenge finding a ring that fits just right.

• Price range: $20–$600, with most prices in the range of $35–$150
• Shipping: Free for orders over $150
• Return policy: Free 14-day returns. Return requests made after 14 days are eligible for store credit for up to 90 days.

Best Heritage Jewelry: Monica Vinader

Although many Monica Vinader pieces skew higher-end, the Kate Middleton–approved brand carries many more affordable price options for gift shoppers looking for timeless designs. Since 2020 the brand has prioritized sustainability by choosing materials like recycled sterling silver and recycled gold vermeil for its designs, as well as sustainably sourced diamonds, gemstones, and freshwater pearls. Its designs feature classic pearls, lab-grown diamonds, hearts, and hammered gold.

• Price range: $29–$2295, with most prices in the range of $100–$300
• Shipping: Free to the US and Canada
• Return policy: Free 100-day returns

Best Beaded: KELM

When not acting as Glamour's shopping producer, Leilani McQuay designs and creates a line of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and eyewear chains that features organic pearls, shells, and multicolor beads. Her nature-inspired pieces are opulent yet refined, with curving gemstones and cascades of turquoise suspended from cords and hoops that you can mix and match as statements or accents.

• Price range: $48–$225
• Shipping: Free for orders over $100
• Return policy: Store credit only

Best Trendy: Electric Picks

If trendy gold jewelry is your jam, then you might already be familiar with Electric Picks. The label offers tons of pieces made to be layered and piled on, from chains to hoops and anklets. Turn to the brand if you're looking for a tennis bracelet that doesn't cost a ton, a chunky ’80s-inspired ring to add to your rotation, or delightfully dangly earrings.

• Price range: $48–$148
• Shipping: Free for orders over $100
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

Most Playful: Soko

If you’re all about sustainably made jewelry, you’ll love Soko, an ethical label that utilizes sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya. The vibe? Architectural and sleek with an organic sense of movement in many pieces. Come for the unique takes on everyday hoops and chains; stay for the sculptural and mixed-metal statement pieces.

• Price range: $48–$338
• Shipping: Free for orders over $125; $8 for orders under $125
• Return policy: Free 15-day returns

Best Statement: Éliou

For statement jewelry with personality, look no further than Miami-based Éliou's eye-catching designs, which rely on handcrafted techniques to fashion chokers, bracelets, and earrings out of baroque pearls, colorful beads, leather rope, and other offbeat materials. These showstopping pieces play with form and size in a field of tiny, delicate jewelry. Think oversized gold conch-shell earrings, necklaces bursting with daisy-shaped beads, and chains of pearls that wrap around your neck.

• Price range: $76–$288
• Shipping: Price depends on location.
• Return policy: Store credit only within 14 days of purchase

Best for Piercings: Maison Miru

The AAPI- and female-founded Maison Miru is best known for its tarnish-free earrings, particularly its nap earrings, which have flat backs that you can comfortably wear all day. If you're building out at an earscape, the brand's offerings are organized by piercing location (tragus, helix, nostril, etc.), so you can easily browse its array of dainty teardrops, nostalgic lightning bolt studs, and hoops. The jewelry (which also includes necklaces, bracelets, and rings) is all made of recycled stainless steel, medical-grade titanium that's gentle on sensitive skin, and recycled 14-karat gold.

• Price range: $40–$420
• Shipping: Free for orders over $75; $7 for orders under $75
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns

Best Minimal: Adornmonde

Some of us are statement-jewelry girlies, and some of want the most delicate of jewelry. Adornmonde delivers with a selection of beautifully small studs and slim, simple chains that sparkle when the light catches them. Though it, of course, carries some bolder options like this rainbow of ear cuffs, but we're partial to picks like this dainty bow and twinkling letter charm.

• Price range: $54–$432
• Shipping: Free standard shipping within the US
• Return policy: Free 30-day returns