Body Piercing Archive

04/29/2026

And stop very special day of the year where we give a shout out to the piercing legend, Richard Simonton, better known to us by his scene name of Doug Malloy! Doug was responsible for investing in the pricing businesses of Jim Ward's Gauntlet as well as Alan oversby aka Mr Sebastian in London. This photo is from the original Los Angeles Gauntlet, c. 1978.

03/27/2026

Check out the latest drop from Mel Sprinkle 😍

02/08/2026

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Los Angeles - FAKIR documentary - Q&A w RON ATHEY - February 26
FREE - must rsvp. One night only

ADMISSION: Admission is free. RSVP beginning Monday, January 5, 2026, at 10 a.m. RSVP DESCRIPTION: “A multilayered perspective on artist Fakir Musafar’s life to creatively excavate his role as a pioneer of extreme body modification.”—Hyperallergic “Part alt-cultural timeline, part essay on...

02/03/2026

01/13/2026

Unidentified 1970s advertisement... Just as fierce today 💅

12/31/2025

Please read the museum label image for context. Included in the powerful exhibition "Monument" is this very rare late 19th century image of an African American male with earrings. Photography by Hugh Mangum.

12/25/2025

Really fun ad from PFIQ n. 20, 1983, p. 29, from a company called Limestone Ridge Canadiana out of Buffalo, NY.

12/25/2025

Original GAUNTLET X-mas card. Illustration by Jim Ward, signed by Doug Malloy.

Happy holidays, lovelies!

11/24/2025

We're sadden by the news of the passing of the great underground film star, Udo Kier. In the early 1990s, celebrity photographer Greg Gorman was looking to photograph Udo with fake piercings, Gauntlet piercer, Paul King, was able to talk them into play piercing. The shoot was a hit! 💜🙏

08/10/2025

Remembering the legend. Happy birthday Fakir.

07/23/2025

It's one of our favorite days of the year!
We love celebrating the incomparable ANNIE SPRINKLE on her very special day 💜
Wishing you love and joy today and everyday.

Photos by Fakir Musafar, Spider Webb, and Charles Gatewood.