Belly button rings first popularized by supermodels in 1990’s

September 09, 2004
By:  Lori Wilkerson

So many women today sport belly button rings that it’s hard to imagine a time when you didn’t see them peeking above low-rise jeans and bikini bands around the world. Belly button rings have become a part of the fashion mainstream faster than any other type of body modification, probably because it was originally re-introduced to general attention by fashion models.

In 1994, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell wore their belly button rings the same week at London fashion shows and sent a shock wave through the fashion industry. While they didn’t say, many assume they got pierced together, since they unveiled their new rings within one day of each other.

Soon after, celebrities like Cher and Madonna began piercing their navels to show off their toned midsections and enhance skin-revealing fashions like those worn on the fashion runways.

Of course, belly button rings had been around for decades before this, but when the supermodels flaunted them at fashion shows, they became an accessory that was sought after by people who weren’t part of the fringe body modification movement. For these women, it wasn’t a form of personal expression or rebellion. Belly button rings became, like pierced ears, a simple fashion statement.

For this reason, belly button rings are now one of the most commonly requested piercings done. So perhaps the piercing parlors should say, “Thanks,” to those supermodels!

About the Author:
Lori Wilkerson is a successful freelance writer and publisher of http://www.body-jewelry-useek.com.  Body jewelry, piercing and tattooing information you seek to perfectly adorn your body.

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