
He took stage for his music performance sporting a silver nose ring.

Soon after, in February, another actor, Ayushmann Khurrana, made a fashion statement - this time, bravely, at a public event (HT Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, 2016). We wanted to create a gender-bender look for a man, with nose jewellery and a pussy bow blouse.”ĪLSO READ: Is the internet stealing the magic of fashion shows? Akanksha Jain, fashion editor, L’Officiel India, says, “The idea was to show Ranveer Singh’s alter ego, his metrosexual personality. And a look at the notes and reblogs is testimony to the popularity of the trend.Ĭloser home, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, known for his quirky fashion, sported a silver septum ring with a chain to his earlobe on the Februrary cover of fashion magazine, L’Officiel India. Tumblr has a page (Cute Boys with Nose Rings) dedicated to men with nose piercings. Of course, before them all was late American rapper Tupac Shakur, who wore a nose stud till his untimely death in 1996.īut it isn’t just male celebrities making this piece of jewellery cool. On the other hand, American singer Chris Brown received flak for flaunting what looked like a safety pin on his nose, ahead of the American Music Awards in 2014.

In April, 2015, Zayn Malik (ex-One Direction band member) had social media excited when he posted a picture of him wearing a nose stud on Instagram.

Is the nose ring on men a statement of confidence, or a silly, passing fad?
