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In 1961, Rowland Schaefer founded Fashion Tress Industries, a company that sold wigs and became the world's largest retailer for fashion wigs. [7] In 1973, Fashion Tress acquired Claire's, a 25-store jewelry chain, and began shifting its focus towards a line of fashion jewelry and accessories under the new name, Claire's Accessories, Inc. [7] Claire's Accessories began providing ear piercing ...
1 Ear piercings. 2 Nose piercings. 3 Facial piercings. 4 Lip piercings. 5 Tongue piercings. 6 Genital piercings. Toggle Genital piercings subsection. 6.1 Male. 6.2 ...
Mummified bodies with pierced ears have been discovered, including the oldest mummified body discovered to date, the 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman, which was found in a glacier in Italy. [5] The mummy had an ear piercing 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) in diameter. [5] The oldest earrings found in a grave date to 2500 BCE.
A fresco depicting an elegantly dressed woman with hoop earrings from Akrotiri, Thera Greece, c. 1650-1625 BCE. [3]Ear piercing is one of the oldest known forms of body modification, with artistic and written references from cultures around the world dating back to early history.
Stretching, in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed piercing for the purpose of wearing certain types of jewelry. Ear piercings are the most commonly stretched piercings, [1] with nasal septum piercings, tongue piercings and lip piercings/lip plates following close behind. [2]
Conch: Can refer to a piercing of either the inner or outer conch. Inner Conch: The cup-shaped portion of the ear directly in front of the ear canal, used for capturing sound. Outer Conch: The relatively flat area between the rim that forms the helix and the ridge that defines the antihelix. Daith: The small flap of cartilage just above the ear ...
Orbital piercing, second from the top. An orbital piercing is a combination of two ear piercings connected by one piece of jewelry. [1] [2] While usually located in the helix region of the ear, an orbital piercing can be done anywhere on the body including the earlobes. [3]
No o-rings are needed to keep the plug in the piercing, but the fistula needs to be wide enough to accommodate the flare when the plug is initially put in. A single flared plug has one flared end, usually worn on the front of the piercing, and one end with no flare. The no flare end is held in place by an o-ring and may or may not be grooved.