Eccentric, Expressing, Encompassing--Earring Fashions

A 1960's style, demonstrating the fashion
of over-sized earrings.

“The bigger, the better,” always said, but lacking clarity in its reference. The 1960’s earrings style followed “the bigger, the better” trend, but today’s fashion society steps away from that trend, conveying the message of inimitability in an evolving, not rebellious, culture.

The 1960’s holds a title for bearing rebellions, especially those of fashion. During the youth years, it is normal for teenagers to experiment with new fashions and gain a sense of their identity. This exact concept is viewed in the sixties, but because of political issues. During this time, “changes associated with women empowerment, various issues relating to human rights and racial equality were reflected in the acceptance” of what was once deemed extraneous fashion (1960’s Hippie Fashions). Earrings were bulky, providing not only a sense of style to a woman’s outfit, but part of her inner rebel and identity that she cautiously crafted. The earring fashion transformed from conservative, an added flair to accentuate a woman’s dress, to a freeing style, expressing the inner beauty of a woman on the outside through large, eye-catching earrings.

     Lady Gaga, an icon and inspiration
                 in today's fashion world, is prided on her unique sense of style.
                Sporting a classic earring style, Gaga shows that
                        it is okay to be different, giving women a chance to
                          express their inner diva and fashion artist.

Today’s society brings about an array of fashions that are acceptable because of the mainstream society and the cultural diversity that America offers, not because of political rebellion. The fashion sense of Britney Spears and JLO in the nineties sent the message to teenage girls that they could, too, be popular and beautiful by wearing earrings that screamed attention-grabbing. Trending from the earring fashions of the sixties, the women of today’s fashion-concerned society have adopted and added to the booming style of over-sized, wild earrings. Because today’s fashion sense follows that of the sixties, evolving from the incautious, commonplace earrings to vibrant earrings, it conveys the idea that society is open to ideas that sway from the “norm,” and tolerant of differences; earring styles merely one example.

Ranging from the primitive fashion trends of Lady Gaga to the professional style of Laura Bush, today’s culture accepts all styles. Especially in places such as New York and Los Angeles, fashion headquarters, anything goes, so break out the earrings, the bigger, the better!

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