Body Jewelry

For the women with her own fashion sense. who wants affordable costume jewelry. Unique necklaces, chains, earrings, bracelets, bangles, brooches, dress clips, rhinestones, and more.

Body piercing and body jewelry have been used for centuries by people of different cultures around the globe.  In many tribes it was and still is a rite of passage while for others it shows a social status within the tribe. And in the modern world it is a fashion tool used to enhance ones beauty.  In fact today's celebrities have played a huge role in the increased popularity and acceptance of body piercing and body jewelry that adorn today's modern gals and guys. 

Body piercing is especially popular with the younger generations. They don't care about the piercing pain.  They are only concerned with the hip and trendy finished look.   Older generations are beginning to also find body jewelry appealing and so they too are getting body piercings.  As a result body piercings  in no time at all body piercings have become mainstream.

It wasn’t all that long ago that body jewelry was confined to bikers, tough guys, gptj. and punk rockers.  Those days are gone with pop celebrities like Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Fiona Apple displaying their own awesome and extensive collections of body piercings.

When you think body piercings, do you think, belly button, eyebrow, and nipple?  Bet you never thought of pierced ears as a form of body piercing.  We don't think of it as a body piercing because it's been mainstreem for so long so it doesn't get the same attention that other body piercings and Body Jewelry get.  But did you know that in the 1950s women who pierced their ears where shunned? That wasn’t that long ago when you think about it.  So the saying we’ve come along way babe! really does apply.

As with other body piercings, many celebrities played an important role in creating acceptability for multiple ear piercings. Some celebrities with rather serious images are seen wearing multiple earrings. And even for men ear piercing was made acceptable by the stars.

Actress Camryn Manheim sports multiple earrings on the cartilage of one ear. Gillian Anderson has a pierced belly button. Spice Girl Melanie Brown and dancer Jimmy Gulzar have tongue piercings. Supermodels Christy Turlington and James King have several body piercings.

Body jewelry has been used throughout the ages to enhance sensation, and by extension, sexuality and sexual performance. Genital and nipple piercing in both men and women, while not as widespread as nose, ear, tongue, navel and eyebrow piercing, still has its own following.

Once again the celebrities are in the forefront of making these more unusual piercings acceptable. Janet Jackson, Axl Rose, Tommy Lee, Bjork, Lil Kim, Britney Spears all have pierced nipples and are proud to share this information with the world.

One must wonder why it takes celebrities, super models, and rock stars to make body piercing acceptable in modern society when it is a form of body art that has been practiced for centuries. That’s because stars are often seen as role models and they have great influence on fashions and trends.

So if you are into body art, perhaps thinking about a new type of piercing, why not give body piercing a try?

Body Jewelry