Jewelry Fashion

Piercing and Body Jewelry Trending: Following the Pattern

The Trend: patterned body jewelry. Popular Items: marble, two tone, plaid/tartan, hearts, stars, music notes, florals, and playing card suits.   Wear It With: solid white, red and black pieces for ...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

Piercing and Tattoo Photo File: Taking a Bite Out of Body Mod

For those who are unfamiliar, when a set of piercings (a set meaning two or more) are done around the lip area, they’re often referred to in simple terms as “bites.”   Examples: Snake Bites– a set ...
Celebrity Piercing

Celebrity Piercings We Totally Love: Rihanna’s Tragus Piercing

Rihanna’s tragus piercing; isn’t it cute?  The singer generally wears a small diamond or cubic zirconia stud in the piercing, which is often coordinated with larger studs or long dangle earrings in...
New Body Jewelry

What’s New: the Three Dimensional Call of the Kraken

  Dimensional embossment is a hot ticket right now, and though there are many ways to wear this trend, one of our favorites is the extruded plug.  It’s hip, classic, and ripe with possibilities.  J...
Body Jewelry History

Jewelry Fashion Fix: Remember, Remember the Fifth of November

Of course you remember the fifth of November (it was yesterday), but for those in Great Britain the fifth has a different meaning.  That day is Guy Fawkes Day, a yearly commemoration of the arrest ...
Piercing and Aftercare Information

The Photographic Dictionary of Modern Piercings: Ear Piercings

Anti-tragus– any piercing of the hard outcropping of ear cartilage that lies opposite the tragus. Conch– a perforation of the “hollow” of the ear, the flat plain between the helix and the inner fol...
New Body Jewelry

Body Jewelry Update: Tis the Season for Belly Bling

Winter is almost here, and along with the snow comes a sparkle of a different sort.  We’re talkin about bling, and lots and lots of it.   The great thing about the snowflake motif is that it’s cons...
Jewelry Fashion

We Heart Body Mod, Piercing and Art: Doing the Body Electric

This Winter season, we’re craving a mega dose of super hot color, and we think you’ll agree that neon is where it’s at in November.  One of our fave super hot hues (as seen at Swarovski, Tom Binns,...
Jewelry Fashion

Alternative Style File: Caught in the Hurricane

It’s hurricane season, and waves of fashion are about to break. Natural Power   Nature is powerful, beautiful, awe-inspiring and deadly, which makes it sound a lot like a femme fatale.  No wonder t...