NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Studs, a new ear piercing experience that enables consumers to express themselves through earscaping, launches nationwide online and in its first brick and mortar ...

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It’s been a minute since I’ve gotten a new piercing — but when Studs invited me to visit their Nolita studio in downtown NYC and design my own curated ear (or “earscape,” as they call it), I jumped at ...

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Charleston, get ready for a new ear-piercing studio in town called Studs. The grand opening will take place today - Thursday, Oct. 6 - at 346-B King Street. This will be the store’s 14th location ...

Malls, Claire’s, tattoo parlors, a friend’s house, and jewelry stores may seemingly not have anything in common but these are the common venues people frequent in order to get their ears pierced, each ...

This isn’t an arbitrary list- malls, Claire’s, tattoo parlors, a friend’s house, and jewelry stores. It’s the list of common places people go to get their ears pierced. Studs is on a mission to be the ...

As one expert said, multiple piercings and jewelry styles are “a way to switch up your aesthetic.” By Libby Banks In the mid-1990s, getting my ears pierced felt like a sizable check on my to-do list ...

In 1993, astronomist-turned-jewelry designer Maria Tash opened her first piercing studio in Manhattan’s then gritty East Village. There, and by way of her future eponymous piercing chain, Tash ...

A startup called Studs wants to reinvent the ear-piercing experience for Generation Z. Today, consumers only have two options to choose from when they want their ears pierced — the traditional “mall ...