Body Piercing Jewelry: Fashion From Ancient To Modern Age

Posted by admin | Jewelry | Sunday 25 July 2010 3:13 am

There has been a special craze for jewelry in every age irrespective of gender, religion, age, culture and fashion. No matter how much traditional or modern a person is, choice of jewelry makes him or her create his own fashion statement.

There is no doubt that jewelry has fascinated every women and it is something that women can associate themselves completely. Today, the fashion conscious folks have developed a sharp inclination towards body jewelry. And the fact cannot be ignored that men are equally going crazy with the jewelry fashion as the women are. Body jewelry in particular is drawing significant attention of the youngsters and exotic jewelry has the ability to make heads turn around.

Body jewelry is worn as a latest trend and is quite popular among the youngsters. However, its origin and use can be traced back in the ancient time. According to the Bible, body piercing jewelry was popular some 2000 years ago. Earlier, body jewelry was considered to be a symbol of class and standard and in some places, a symbol of religious practice.

There are various reasons associated with wearing body jewelry depending on religion, culture and castes. In medieval age the jewelry was used to boast the status of the person who wore it. Interestingly, before some decades, they represented a rebellious hip culture and the hip youth. Today, in the modern era, body jewelry is a way of enhancing beauty and hence, is a popular fashion. There are many types of jewelry having origin from the ancient rituals and are still popular.

Nose piercing jewelry:

Wearing nose ring can be recorded as the first type of body piercing jewelry. It is a prevailing trend of fashion and tradition in countries like India and Middle East. Till date, it is popular among the young folks. Whereas, many popular pop-stars have been found piercing their nostrils to wear nose rings.

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Posted by admin | Jewelry | Wednesday 21 July 2010 3:41 am


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A Guide to Modern Lingerie Explained – Help Choosing the Right Lingerie for You

Posted by admin | Lingerie | Friday 9 July 2010 3:07 am

, the lingerie market is flooded with different styles of panties, thongs and knickers.

However, lingerie does not stop there, as we all know. Bra’s and basques, teddies and baby dolls are still some of the most popular items of modern lingerie in a woman’s draw, a recent search for lingerie on Google returned some 105,000,000 results, with plus size lingerie, wedding lingerie, designer lingerie, corsets, stockings and thongs being the most popular searches, proving that today’s lingerie is high on the modern woman’s shopping list

Some of the most popular fabrics used in the production of today’s lingerie include


Chiffon – a soft fabric, often made of silk and sheer


Fishnet – used in stockings and body stockings, takes its name from the fisherman’s net


Patent Leather – A leather with a mirror like finish


Mesh – A fine fishnet


Leather – Cured Animals skin


PVC – A shiny, soft plastic


Lace – patterned cotton full of pretty holes


Silk – A shimmering natural material


spandex, made famous by Lycra – An elastic synthetic material


Fur – Animal skin, less common today.


Hemp – A natural plant


Paper – Often used as disposable lingerie


Cotton – soft and breathable natural fabric


Nylon – A man made silky material


Just which fabric you choose depends on the look you are wishing to achieve, the reason the new lingerie is bought for and your personal taste, whether you are allergic to some of the above materials or find them sweaty or restrictive, too see thru or too tame. However with the amount of lingerie designers around today, all experts in their own fabrics, you will no doubt find the right modern lingerie for you.

Bridal Jewelry – Tradition Vs. Modern

Posted by admin | Jewelry | Friday 2 July 2010 3:11 am

Bridal jewelry is the final touch that pulls the entire bridal look together with the bridal gown and hair. Selecting the bridal gown is the first and most important part, but the selection of the bridal jewelry is the icing on the cake. With bridal gown designers creating more varieties of dresses, the bridal jewelry industry must keep up. Many bridal gowns now have either pearl or swarovski crystal embellishments or a combination of both, leaving more options available for the selection of the bridal jewelry that will match.

Typically, in tradition, brides wore white or ivory pearls for their wedding day bridal jewelry. Whether the bride inherited the pearl bridal jewelry she wore on her wedding day or purchased new pearl bridal jewelry, pearls were what was traditionally worn for bridal jewelry. Many brides are still choosing to wear the traditional pearls for their bridal jewelry. Whether their mothers or grandmothers are passing down a family heirloom, or they are purchasing new pearl bridal jewelry, pearls are still a popular selection for many brides. Many bridal gowns available are embellished with pearls in the design of the bridal gown. For a lot of brides, selecting pearls not only matches their bridal gown perfectly, but still keeps the traditional pearl bridal jewelry theme.

Modern Style Statements ? Body Jewelry Piercing

Posted by admin | Jewelry | Sunday 25 April 2010 3:57 am

In modern days jewelry fashion is getting more popularity. Various metals are used in making of this jewelry. Piercing is also done in the some of the sensitive parts such as lips and tongue. For piercing different types of materials are used in protection and prevention of infections. Most of this jewelry is made of gold and silver metals. These jewelry is safe to wear and don’t have any allergic effect. There is body jewelry available in different designs, shapes and sizes. This jewelry is mostly used on the body part such as lip, nose, eyebrow, ear, tongue and on nipples.

Due to advance technologies a person can wear body jewelry anywhere on his body. Most of the celebrities around the world are using this jewelry as a modern fashion style. In developed cities there are large numbers of body piercing jewelry stores. This jewelry is also used by many people all over the world which is available in topaz and other gems. This jewelry is not available in 24k gold but soon it will be made available. They are also valuable with real diamonds which are the most expensive jewelry. Captive Bead Rings are one of the famous jewelry available in the stores all over the world. Captive bead rings have several varieties which include ball and socket rings. Eyebrow Ring is the other example of famous jewelry used as a new fashion.

Piercing is a painful activity which is done for the proper support to the jewelry wearing. There is piercing done in some stores at absolute cheap rates.