Lend me your ear: How body piercing became a fashion statement

Body piercing was once an act of rebellion - now it’s a fashion statement. Carolyn Moore meets the woman who drove the craze - celebrity piercer Maria Tash.

Do you remember your first piercing? Twenty years ago that would have been something of a redundant question, since most people’s first piercing would also have been their last. You got your ears pierced, and if you went through a rebellious phase you might have stuck a darning needle through your lobe to give yourself a second piercing; it was far from sophisticated but it did the job.