Holiday Jewelry

Fashionably Eco-friendly: Going Green in Celebration of Earth Day

Even for those of us who live green all the time, Earth Day is an important holiday to celebrate.  Whether it’s volunteering at your local park or recycling facility, participating in earth friendl...
Modification Around the World

Modification Around the World: Ear Piercing in Orissa

We all know that ear lobe piercing is the most common form of body modification worldwide, and depending on the country, piercings of the ear cartilage fall somewhere in the top three most prevalen...
Alternative and Gothic Fashion Now

Alternative and Gothic Fashion Now: the Folk Princess

Who She Is:   You’re likely to have met her working in your local coffee shop or sitting in your favorite independent book store, but wherever she is, she’s noticeably beautiful.  Prone to long, na...
dermals

Rising Stars of Modern Piercing: the Finger Piercing

Location: On any one of the fingers, most notably the ring finger.  Usually on the back of the hand near the base of the finger, on the largest phalanx (where a ring would normally sit).   Alternat...
fashion

Art Imitating Celebrity: Red Hot for Snow White

By now everyone has probably heard about the two Snow White films set for release this year, one starring girl next door Lily Collins as a sweet, more traditional princess character, and the other ...
Celebrity Piercing

Gaga for Fashion: a Style Tribute to the One and Only Lady Gaga

On this day, March 28th, in 1986, a girl named Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born.  That little girl would grow up to become music superstar and alternative fashion icon Lady Gaga. Lady Ga...
Modification Around the World

Modification Around the World: Whiskers in the Amazon

Piercings around the nose and mouth are common even in Western culture, and all have been assigned their names accordingly; labret, monroe, medusa, septum… But what about piercings that are so uniq...
Holiday Jewelry

Operation Easter: the Infiltration of Killer Cuteness

One of the funnest Spring trends to come out of Japan is Lolita, the sweet, super girly, and wholly feminine aesthetic that draws on childish elements and coloring to create something surreal, misc...
Alternative and Gothic Fashion Now

Alternative and Gothic Fashion Now: the Alternative Prepster

Who She Is: This fun loving and colorful character isn’t a prep, a hipster, or an indie chick, but she’s probably the best of all three.  Borrowing elements from almost every facet of alternative f...