September 2024

A Transient History of Piercings9 Images Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on. When growing up within the 90s and 00s, giving parents a piercing scare was somewhat of a rite of passage. Whether insisting on a lip piercing after the discharge of Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty” or coming home with a pierced navel to recreate Britney’s My Prerogative album cover; popular culture was awash with teen-influencing piercing inspiration. While that era is now often known as the golden age of contemporary piercing, today’s trends show that bodily bars, rings, and studs are removed from...