Abstract: An earring for pierced ears has an ornament for display on the outside of the ear and a fastener of unitary construction which is slidable through a pierced opening in the ear lobe for securing the ornament to the ear. The fastener is attached to the ornament and includes a shank portion for insertion into the pierced opening and an ear contact portion coupled to the shank portion by a resilient intermediate portion that positions the ear contact portion transverse to and intersecting the shank portion and is opposite and in spaced relation to the ornament. When on the ear the wearer's ear lobe is compressed between the ornament and the ear contact portion of the fastener under pressure from the intermediate portion so that there is little chance of accidental detachment of the earring from the ear.