Body Jewelry History

A December to Remember: This Month in History

A lot of pretty interesting things have happened in past Decembers, so we thought we’d take a moment to celebrate the historical significance of this December and every other as we make our way tow...
Body Jewelry History

What to Wear to the Scariest Places in the United States

Taking a frighteningly cool vacation this year?  We’ve got the goods on what to wear to the most creepy and haunted locales in the continental U.S., starting with Body Candy’s haunted hometown, Buf...
Body Jewelry History

Popular History of Piercings: What We Learned From the 80’s

Fashion photography sourced via WGSN For much of the pierced and modified generation, the eighties were a blur of early childhood energy, or even a period of pre-existence, but as retro becomes the...
Body Jewelry History

Your Mother’s Cache: Jewelry and Fashion Inspired by the 1970’s

Pet Rocks, macramé, and paisley ties just might be on everyone’s must-have list with the way the current hipster-youth are fascinated with iconography from the 1970’s. The trend spans from bearded ...
Body Jewelry History

Skull Jewelry: the History and Symbolism Behind the Bones

Skulls.  They appear in every style of clothing, accessories, and jewelry; they feature prominently in print graphics and modern tattoo art.  But what’s really behind the representations of skulls,...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Stretching Your Piercing: Weird New Trend or Cultural Habit for Centuries

If you guessed weird new trend, PLEASE do not stop reading.  I know that myself and many others have heard similar remarks “why do something so weird” “what’s the point of making yourself look like...
Body Jewelry History

A Short History of the Tongue Piercing

The practice of piercing is known to have existed for over 5,000 years at least, with the oldest mummified corpse ever discovered being found to have ears that were not only pierced through with or...
Body Jewelry History

The Gothic Movement: History, Subculture, and Inspirations

Though the term “Goth” was originally coined circa 1981(an interesting pseudonym pilfered in part from the architectural style to which its aesthetic bares resemblance), the gothic rock movement ce...
Body Art and Extreme Modification

Body Art: a Short History of Temporary Tattooing

Temporary tattoos are one of the most widely available and inexpensive body art options in the modern United States, but did you know that semi-permanent tattooing has been alive and well for centu...