I do think the leather drop earring is trendy- stylish. How come not black leather/
The boho look is back this year, but this earring is a more updated look than that - the fittings are highly engineered and techie looking- not the old ethnic hippy low tech look. The bohemians would have dangled the bead from a chain- and it never would have been a pearl. NEVER! (I had a pair like that from Greenwich Village- 1960 with black beads- it looked great with my black tights and white tennies when I was a student at Benninton!) The hippy look would have been to knot the leather onto the earwire- been there, done that, too.
This earring is for people who wear leather and maybe have at least a hidden tattoo. It has hints of adventure in it, while not being too loud.
And, if one is just being trendy for now, it has nice pearls that can be reused in a more conservative piece.