subject: The Growing Trend Of Body Jewelry [print this page] Body jewelry can be bought online from wholesale body jewelry
Body piercing, After World War II, began gathering steam among the gay male subculture. Then, from 1960s, body piercing became more popular and acceptable in a trendy and fashionable way, continues to 1970s, the trend was enlarged in numbers by the movement of punk culture.
In the USA, body piercing was popularized by the group called "Californians". Jim Ward is considered the founding father of the body jewelry trend to the U.S.
Jim Ward opened his first body piercing Studio in West Hollywood, 1975. Later with the trend growing popularity Ward has opened few more piercing studios in San Francisco, Seattle and New York.
These days the trend is more acceptable in U.S, Europe and all over the world.
According to a survey included 10,503 British, older than 16: approximately 10% of them had body piercing. While earrings these days is not controversial anymore, and considered the most common type of body jewelry, nose rings have also became popular in recent years, while tongue rings and nipple rings are less popular, but still not unusual.
Body piercing is now more common and wide spread. You'll find different point of views about body jewelry, while some are open to the trend, others are totally against it. It doesn't matter much if the people around you like body jewelry or hates it, what actually matters is your own viewpoint.
