100 Years of Piercings | Allure

Take a look back at the last 100 years of piercings.

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100 Years of Piercings | Allure

[thesweetestlemon]

So your telling me that they had DOUBLE NOSE PIERCINGS in the 40/50s but they only had pierced ears 60/70s ?

[AtOutoftheBlue]

Anyone who calls clip ons "painless" has clearly never worn clip ons.

[ronnie]

If I even mention the word “piercing” to my mom she’ll scream

“YoUlL gEt An InFeCtIon”

[RolyWestYT]

As someone who is addicted to Piercings i was rather excited to see this on my feed <3

[serenfee]

The Monroe piercing was definitely more popular in the early 2000s. Now in the 2010s people are more into septum and medusa piercings.

[Shawna_Seraphim]

HIGHLY doubt people had nose piercings in the '40s

[madhurakulkarni]

In India there is history of piercing of thousands of years. Even men used to pierce their ears.

[OhNo-jqiz]

No, there's definitely a trend missing here that we did between 80's to early 90's, which was having just 1 piercing on only 1 of your ears then getting like 7 piercings all the way up your other ear = the asymmetric lobes !

[iliveinyourcloset]

1:44 that girls beautiful! she could pull off almost any piercing!

[zoedujour]

"Pain free"
HA!
Those clamps hurt worse than walking around in heels with wooden bases all day.

[tdaetaunm]

There is absolutely no way nose piercings and septum piercings were excepted in the 40's and 50's, especially before ear piercings. My grandmother and great Aunts and Uncles were all born and raised in that time period and they hate my septum piercing

[saintsweetsubs]

did you have "no piercings at all" strict parents or "only allowed ear lobe piercings to be lady like and any other piercing is forbidden" strict parents?

[viel]

idk if its just me but whenever i see someone wearing huge heavy earrings with the piercing close to the edge of the ear i have the irrational fear that its gonna tear through any moment

[syrupsyringe]

What about stretched ears? Pretty sure that's a big one you missed...

[tessawhittaker]

The 1990s girl with the lip piercing was literally so pretty.

[justiniantbh]

1:24
she looks SO good... like, she's SO pretty and her lips are PERFECTLY shaped...i LITERALLY don't like lip piercings but when the camera zoomed in on her lips, i gasped because it looks so perfect 😍

[visjeintwater]

Wow I dont agree with the last one, think it should be ear piercings and septums for example

[margaritam.]

1940s piercing was only popular among dancers and the boheme.
Imagine e.g. seeing a regular person shopping in 1940s supermarket with a nose ring 😂

[nickaa]

you guys really need to research before doin videos😐

[WolfieVlogsXD]

You guys should do actual research instead of making your own facts.