For the almost 40-something who wants to add edge to her look, there’s no cooler way than an extra stud (or four, or three because that extra stud on top of the third was just too painful to endure)
Piercings – and in particular multiple ear piercings – are a huge trend.
Many of us hadn’t given our ears – and how we accessorise them – much thought since the ’80s or ’90s. But women in their 30s, 40s and beyond are going mad for multiple piercings.
Unique jewellery and piercings designer, Maria Tash reports that 60 per cent of her clientele are over 30. This sounds familiar, now nearly aged 40, I find myself with three holes in each ear! The sad truth is that they make me feel a little bit cooler and still ‘with it’, despite encroaching middle age but let’s face it, ear piercings, really, have never been cooler than they are right now.
I love the idea of having fitted rings or tiny diamond studs or dotted up my earlobe (who doesn’t?). I’m currently spraying myself with antiseptic and trying not to lie on my left side in bed because for some reason my third piercing has decided to hurt – as soon as my left lobe calms down, I might be going for more!
‘Piercing is the new leather trousers,’ notes Stacey Duguid
‘Earrings are the fastest-growing category of jewellery,’ says Urban Outfitters’ head of design Lizzie Dawson. ‘Customers prefer mismatched earrings for multiple piercings, and we’ve noticed a trend for asymmetric piercings – say three in one ear, five in the other.’
Maria Tash has a theory that women have an emotional connection to their piercings. ‘It involves minor discomfort when you have it done and then you have to heal. And if you take time to nurse something, it becomes part of you more than, say, a shirt would.’ And so we persevere.
You are never too old for ear candy!
