The first time earrings were used, was about 3.000 years before Christ, in the Middle East. In those days earrings were used in order to give strangers a certain ‘personality’, so that everybody could see that it concerned people from a different area with a different religious identity.
After a while people started to like these earrings. The earring became, just like other jewels, an accessory which indicated your social status.
In the Middle Ages the popularity of the earring was reduced, because of the fact that people wore large wigs and giant hats in those days. People believed, that the earring didn’t fit into this picture.
At the beginning of the 20th century (1900) the hair style changed into haircuts we kind of know nowadays. Around 1900 the clip-on earrings were introduced and they were much more hygienic. Since that time the earring came back into fashion again.
During this century the film- and model industry was started up and many people were suddenly confronted with the beauty of people and with accessories.
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