Piercings were once synonymous with teenage angst, dimly lit rooms and indecorous surgical steel. Now, elegant women of all ages arrive, bright-eyed, at luxury piercing parlours and leave with precious studs and hoops twinkling and snaking up (and around) their lobes.
From Coal Drops Yard's trendy new space to an internationally-adored parlour favoured by celebrities, we've rounded up the best places to get your ears pierced in London.
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With the recent opening of King's Cross's slick complex Coal Drops Yard, comes a new addition to London's luxury piercing landscape. Sacred Gold was dreamed up by renowned tattoo artist Joao Bosco, and Guy Saar, co-owner of the world famous Love Hate Social Club in Notting Hill. The space champions style and comfort, with high-end piercing and tattoo services to suit everyone.
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Piercing-cost prices range between £20-25, depending on where it is on the body, and jewellery prices range between £100 – £3000.
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Trendy, London-based jewellery brand Astrid & Miyu has been stealing hearts since 2012 with its signature ear cuffs and stacking. More recently, the brand has opened a series of Instagrammable piercing parlours (in Bond Street and Shoreditch), offering a range of dainty and on-trend studs and hoops in different platings, made in solid gold or surgical steel options.
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from £45 for a lobe and £55 for cartilage. Prices include the jewellery and the piercing. You’ll also receive 20% off all Astrid & Miyu earrings and ear cuffs when having a piercing done
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Maria Tash is widely acknowledged as the catalyst that sparked the modern woman's love of elegant, daintily pierced ears. With past clients including Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss and more, the brand expanded from New York to London's Liberty and Harrods.
The brand is famed for its penchant for 'ear curation', which involves looking at an individual's ear to suggest which piercings will suit them.
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Prices start at £15 for the piercing, not including the jewellery. Studs start at £91.
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Sustainable jewellery brand Lark & Berry's Marylebone outpost is dedicated entirely to pieces made with lab-cultured diamonds and stones. The specialist experts pierce with both hoops and labrets so that customers can achieve their perfect look immediately, with pieces that minimise scarring.
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All piercings are free with the purchase of jewellery, for which prices start at £95.
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Nichola Joss – i.e. Meghan Markle's facialist of choice – partners with fine jewellery house Shen London to offer piercings (lobe only) of 18 carat white and yellow gold and diamonds.
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Piercings come free with purchase of an item of jewellery, with prices starting at £510.
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