{"id":31044,"date":"2015-12-07T12:54:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31044"},"modified":"2015-12-07T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T17:54:30","slug":"hoop-earrings-plus-multiple-piercings-for-midlife-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/hoop-earrings-plus-multiple-piercings-for-midlife-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoop Earrings, Plus Multiple Piercings for Midlife Rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was pleased to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whowhatwear.com\/hoop-earrings-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhoWhatWear&#8217;s recent story about the popularity of gold hoop earrings<\/a> among fashion bloggers, because <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/what-wendy-wore-next-seasons-earrings-big-hoops\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;d had a good feeling about hoops last year<\/a>. I love it when my predictions are confirmed in a timely manner! (In late October, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/throwback-thursday-my-big-hoop-earring-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Times had a good feeling about them too<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31045\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Barbed-Wire-Hoop-Earrings-%252d-Gold%2C-Diamonds\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31045\" class=\"wp-image-31045 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BarbedHoops_Gold_Z__65616_std.jpg\" alt=\"BarbedHoops_Gold_Z__65616_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BarbedHoops_Gold_Z__65616_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BarbedHoops_Gold_Z__65616_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BarbedHoops_Gold_Z__65616_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click here to purchase my 18K gold barbed wire hoop earrings.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, multiple piercings continue their march from <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/hot-earring-trends-in-the-mainstream-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">sex-ay<\/a> to standard. Last year, inspired by the plethora of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/store\/categories.php?category=Category\/Earrings\/Studs\" target=\"_blank\">single stud earrings<\/a> I&#8217;d designed, I got my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/lean\/\" target=\"_blank\">fourth earlobe piercing<\/a>. This year, I added a tragus piercing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/69UHcYDZew\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">With so many earring styles in my collection, I need more piercings. @_eryn_elizabeth took this photo of me getting a tragus piercing at @newyorkadorned yesterday. #newyorkadorned #piercing #tragus #traguspiercing #earring #pierced #piercedgirls #ear #piercedears (PS thanks @cassisoclassy !)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-08-29T06:57:20+00:00\">Aug 28, 2015 at 11:57pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/musical-interlude-madonna-part-ii-and-the-hole-y-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\">fifth lobe piercing<\/a>. I felt so cool.<\/p>\n<p>About a month after the latter, I was amused to find out that I was not a piercing rebel without a cause, but a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=basic+bitch\" target=\"_blank\">basic bitch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/piercing-insight\/\" target=\"_blank\">thanks to this New York Times story about women over 30 going crazy for multiple piercings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph ran a similar article this weekend, just bumping the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/fashion\/style\/the-rise-of-multiple-ear-piercings\/\" target=\"_blank\">basic-bitch multiple-piercing age up to the over-40 crowd<\/a>. I totally identified. As one organizer of a piercing party told reporter Kerry Potter, &#8220;Straight after being pierced, women would get on their phones, take a selfie and post it on Instagram.&#8221; Check!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/6-ePG3DZY-\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Photo of new #traguspiercing by @_eryn_elizabeth. Also in photo: my gun emoji and #middlefingeremoji stud earrings. Skull pinky ring with ruby eyes. Self-designed engagement ring. Full-finger barbed wire ring. No Class ring. #piercedears #tragus #lovegold #beplatinum #gunemoji #emojijewelry #rings #showmeyourrings #newpiercing #lobepiercings #barbedwire #skull #skullring #skulljewelry #jewelry #jewellery #fullfingerring #barbedwirejewelry #smile #redlipstick #profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-08-29T17:45:00+00:00\">Aug 29, 2015 at 10:45am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The sentence from Potter&#8217;s story that best sums up the trend is this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Suffice to say, if the Unicode Consortium ever wanted to create an emoji signifying midlife crisis, a woman\u2019s ear with multiple earrings would be a shoo-in.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I literally laughed out loud at that because I&#8217;ve created a lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=emoji+earring&#038;x=0&#038;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">emoji stud earrings<\/a>, including <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/jewels-of-the-month-more-emoji-and-emoji-stud-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\">designs that SHOULD be emojis<\/a>. 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